Planning and preparing for a wedding can make even the most calm, cool, and collected person start to feel stressed out and overwhelmed?but you don?t have to stay that way. If you?re feeling some impending stress and anxiety about your big day, use these tips to help calm yourself down and get back into the joyful spirit for your wedding!
Know That Feeling Stressed Is Normal
While not every person finds the time leading up to their wedding to be stressful, many do. It?s important to know this because sometimes it can actually add to the stress to feel like something is wrong with you for not enjoying this exciting time of your life. Not everyone enjoys planning a major event?which is exactly what you?re doing?and if that?s you, it?s completely normal to be overwhelmed and stressful. Take comfort in the fact that you are certainly not alone and don?t be afraid to reach out to your married friends and family members about your stressors; you might be surprised to hear that your feelings are very much shared with those who went through the same process. Take Time Every Day to Decompress

Along those same lines, don?t be afraid to take some intentional time to decompress and do some general stress management. Maybe you should take a weekend away by yourself for some time alone. Even small adaptations to your daily life like using a meditation app, practicing yoga, or gratitude journaling can take you out of that anxiety-ridden headspace and get you into a healthy mindset. Giv...