For Real: Life, Leadership, & Unlearning

At the Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill NC) Event Showcase on January 27th, Megan and Jason Gillikin walked around and interviewed 15 couples to get their take on what it's been like to find their vendors, where they're looking, what role social media played (Instagram!), and what they would tell wedding vendors to do differently.  Wedding vendors, this is some easy market research for you!

Show Notes

At the Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill NC) Event Showcase on January 27th, Megan and Jason Gillikin walked around and interviewed 15 couples to get their take on what it's been like to find their vendors, where they're looking, what role social media played (Instagram!), and what they would tell wedding vendors to do differently.  Wedding vendors, this is some easy market research for you!
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Thank you to all of the couples who participated, because it couldn't have been easy to randomly be interviewed, but all of these couples were amazing!
  • Katie and Charlie
  • Megan and Forest
  • Summer and Greg
  • Jessica and Dylan
  • Sarah and Robert
  • Amy and Matt (married three years ago)
  • Jackie and Hayden
  • Chris and Corey
  • Taylor (who was with wedding planner Gina)
  • Tim and Julia
  • B and Will
  • Teressa and Nick
  • Brienne (with mom Jewel)
  • Molly and Tom
  • Allison and Al
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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 Earfluence.

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What is For Real: Life, Leadership, & Unlearning?

For Real is a top 1% podcast for high-achievers who look successful on paper but feel like they’re one group text away from burning it all down. Hosted by Megan Gillikin - serial entrepreneur, business coach, keynote speaker, and recovering people pleaser - this show explores burnout, boundaries, identity shifts, and the brave act of unlearning who you thought you had to be.

With unfiltered conversations, “I thought it was just me” moments, and just enough humor to keep it from feeling like group therapy, For Real is your permission slip to evolve.

Formerly Weddings for Real - and glow-ups look good on us.