Date Night While Planning a Wedding
Wedding planning can turn your engagement into weekly meetings, decision fatigue, and unnecessary tension. In this episode, we’re keeping it real about how to protect your relationship while planning your big day — without guilt. I’m sharing my “3-Date Rule,” a simple connection checklist, and the boundaries that keep love at the center of the season.

Booking your wedding venue is exciting, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood parts of wedding planning. In this episode, wedding planner Tamesha Kinloch Carter sits down with Anisha Taylor, Hospitality Director at Bella House 1873, to talk about what every couple should know before signing a venue contract.

From understanding what venues actually provide, to asking the right questions about guest count, logistics, and vendor coordination, this conversation offers clarity couples often wish they had earlier in the process. You’ll also hear why planner and venue collaboration plays a major role in creating a smooth, stress-free wedding day.

Whether you’re newly engaged or actively touring venues, this episode is designed to help you book with confidence and intention.

If you’re early in the planning process, save this episode and listen together. It’s a conversation worth having before you commit.

This Episode is sponsored by:

FMTY Weddings & Events

www.fmtyweddingsandevents.com

The Bella House 1873

www.thebellahouse.com

The New Year doesn’t always come with clarity, and that’s okay.

In this fireside episode of Did You Say Something?, Tamesha invites you into a quiet, honest conversation about releasing pressure, letting go of what no longer serves you, and choosing intention over resolutions.

This isn’t about fixing yourself or rushing into goals.

It’s about alignment.

It’s about grace.

And it’s about entering the year on purpose.

If you’re feeling hopeful, tired, reflective, or somewhere in between, this episode is for you.

Show Notes:

Every New Year carries a different weight.

Some years we’re excited.

Some years we’re exhausted.

And some years, we’re simply grateful to still be standing.

In this intimate, fireside episode, Tamesha slows the pace and reframes the conversation around the New Year. Away from hustle, performance, and unrealistic resolutions, and toward clarity, discernment, and intentional living.

This episode is a reminder that you don’t need to reinvent yourself to move forward. You just need presence, honesty, and permission to choose what aligns with your life in this season.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why not every New Year needs a “new you”

• Letting go of overcommitment, guilt, and people-pleasing

• The difference between goals and alignment

• Choosing rhythms over rigid resolutions

• Faith, stillness, and listening instead of forcing outcomes

• Simple anchors for the year: a word, a boundary, a rhythm, and simplification

• Why peace is expensive, but worth the cost

This conversation is gentle, grounding, and meant to be listened to slowly. Let it meet you where you are.

Reflection Questions:

You may want to pause and reflect on:

• What drained me last year that I don’t want to carry forward?

• What did I survive that proves my strength?

• What does alignment look like for me in this season?

• What is one boundary or rhythm I need to protect this year?

🤍 Closing Note

If this episode resonated with you, take a moment to breathe, reflect, and share it with someone who may need permission to slow down too.

You don’t need pressure to grow.

You need intention.

Cheers,

Tamesha