25: Pre-Marital Counseling and Marriage Tips with Therapist Terry Michael Newell

Terry-Michael Newell, Officiant and Marriage Therapist, comes on the show today to talk about why all couples should go to pre-marital counseling, some of the common reasons he sees couples after the marriage, tips for a healthy marriage, adults giggling like middle schoolers when talking about sex, and the one time he told a couple to fire him and hire a maid.

Terry-Michael Newell, Therapist and Pastor

For more information on pre-marital counseling or any other type of couples’ therapy or counseling, check out Integrative Therapy and Pastoral Counseling at TPCCounseling.org.

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This episode of Weddings for Real is brought to you by WeddingBee.com. Wedding Bee features blogs, editorial articles, message boards, classified ads, and image galleries, with a focus on providing advice, tips, and tricks to real couples around the world. They actually featured our podcast last week, which was very exciting! For couples, check out their new section at WeddingBee.com/Real-Weddings to submit YOUR real wedding story…they will be sharing submissions next month on how couples met. For vendors, Wedding Bee gets 4.5 million visits per month, so if you’re looking for exposure, check them out. You can also find Wedding Bee on instagram, @weddingbee, and Facebook, @weddingbee.

This episode is also brought to you by Honeybook! At A Southern Soiree, we’ve been using Honeybook since February 2015. I think we were one of their very first clients, and it has truly been a life changer. They make proposals and contracts super easy to use on both our side and the client side. I think before Honeybook I would send proposals and contracts by email, and the client would have to mail the contract to us or fax it by efax. Proposals were in no way streamlined either, so this has made our lives so much better. As a consultant, whenever I sign up a vendor client, one of the very first recommendations I make is Honeybook. No need to complicate things – it works, it’s great…just get it. And if you follow this link, you get 50% off your first year of Honeybook, which is nice, but not nearly as nice as all the time you’re going to save. And if you have any questions about my experience, feel free to send me an email to megan@weddingsforreal.com.

Also, Megan mentioned an online marketing seminar. It’s at The Umstead Hotel in Cary NC on September 6th. Here are some of the details, and you can sign up at Eventbrite. We can’t wait to see you there!

What you can expect from this intimate seminar:   An Insider’s Guide to Social Media Strategy & Etiquette, SEO Tips and Tricks, and Generating More Legit Inquiries!   The Social Media Strategy: • Breaking down Instagram components and how to maximize use of them for your business • How to build the right following and continue a steady growth of followers/future clients • Social Media Vendor Etiquette and how this translates into real life referrals • Best use of Instagram stories, polls, etc • What to post, what not to post, and best times to post • Tools and tips to streamline your Instagram posting   Millennials: How are millennials finding their wedding vendors? What factors determine whether you get the job? Learn some easy best practices for attracting and communicating with the generation that is your biggest client base.   The SEO Component: • Setting up/Refining your Google business page • Online directory tips to improve your rankings • Getting reviews (the formula Megan uses!) • Titles, tags and descriptions and how these help or hurt your business rankings • Writing SEO friendly and user friendly content for your site • Image optimization tips

Sign up at Eventbrite. See you there!

Also, go check out the 919 Podcast, which has so much great information about Wake County, at https://the919.podbean.com/, or Apple Podcasts at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-919-podcast/id1330854382?mt=2.

Music for this episode by https://www.bensound.com.

The host of the show is Megan Gillikin, owner and lead consultant at A Southern Soiree Wedding and Event Planning.  She’s also available for wedding and hospitality business consulting and can be reached at megan@weddingsforreal.com.

 Weddings for Real is edited and produced by Jason Gillikin for Happy Hippo Digital.