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The Lodge at Torrey Pines Wedding | Greg and Courtney

Dec 13, 2019

Is your heart ready for this one, friends?? Greg and Courtney’s wedding day was so full of joyful surprises and romance and sweetness that our hearts can BARELY handle it!! Jeff and I were melting into puddles of happiness all day long! We knew from early on...

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Jeff and I are heading into our 14th wedding season and the word gratitude keeps finding its way into my being this week. And you know what I’m deeply grateful for? Our #tycouples ❤️ They’ve been the soul of our business, the purpose behind our work, the peanut butter to our jelly, and the sweetness in our souls. They are kind, generous, classic, traditional, FUN, joyful, and the coolest people on the planet. To all of our past #tydreamies and to all of our future ones yet to come, I want you to know that telling your love stories has been the greatest legacy and the biggest privilege of my life. I could be 14 years in and completely burned out. I could be tired of weddings and cynical about love. But I’m not, and it’s because I see how you love each other and love your families at each and every wedding. Thank you for giving me the best job in the world! If you’re a TY Couple that’s reading this right now, comment below so I can send you some virtual love! -E #tyweddings

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I had this spin instructor once that at the hardest part of every workout would always yell at us to “relax in the work!” . I thought she was crazy. Because, relax?? Seriously? My heart rate wasn’t RELAXED. . But here’s the thing. It’s entirely possible. This is going to be a challenging year for our business because Jeff and I have set some very lofty, scary goals and we have a LOT we want to accomplish in 2020. And I bet you do, too. But I don’t want to spend my year stressed out and overwhelmed, and I bet you don’t either. I want to be present with my son. I want to check out while I’m on vacation (because we’re actually taking a legit family vacation - woohoo!). I want to enjoy my days and not watch them fly by in a crazy tornado of hustle. But I also want to achieve and I want to grow. A lot. . After our two-day goal planning session with our team last week, I thought to myself, “How are we going to get this all done and not be stressed out??” And that phrase from so many years ago popped into my head, “Relax in the work.” . In other words, we can be calm within the challenge. We can find rest inside the hustle. We can work hard, go after our goals, and be badass business owners WHILE being present in the most precious day to day moments that actually matter. And out of all of our ambitions and goals that we have for this year, being present sounds like the one I want to work the hardest to achieve. - E #savoristhenewhustle #goalsetting2020

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During my first year of dating Jeff in college, I spent three months studying abroad in Spain for an entire fall semester, then flew home to Idaho for the Christmas break. Jeff and I knew we wouldn’t see each other until January when I would fly back to San Diego, and I was feeling super sorry for myself that I had to wait so much longer to see my man after so many months of living across the world from him. . I was sitting in my childhood home in an old pair of sweats, I hadn’t showered or brushed my teeth, my greasy travel hair was tied up in a sorry excuse for a messy bun, when I heard a knock at the door.... and it was Jeff! He had huge bags under his eyes, he smelled terrible, and he was freezing in the Idaho cold in his thin college hoodie. He had never been to Idaho before in his LIFE, and he had just surprised me a full week early at my family’s house!! . Turns out, Jeff had packed a duffel bag, and because he had no money (cuz #collegelife), he bought a ticket for a GREYHOUND BUS, and spent 24 hours riding busses all the way from San Diego to Idaho in the dead of winter. He even had to spend a few hours sleeping in the Las Vegas bus terminal in the middle of the night (and by ‘sleeping,’ I mean clutching his duffel bag). Plus, there was no Uber back then and taxis definitely weren’t a thing in rural Idaho, so he had to convince a random high school friend of mine to pick him up and give him a ride to my house out in farm country! . So that’s the story of how I brought my future hubby home for the first time. A crazy California boy showed up on my doorstep. A year later, that crazy boy proposed - and its another crazy story that I’d love to share, but I’ll save for another day. Basically, I love our love story, and all the crazy that goes in it. What crazy love stories do you guys all have?? I know I’m not the only one! -E #lovestory #casadeyoungren

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There were a LOT of reasons why I dragged my feet for two years to launch my podcast, Creative Rising (if you’ve listened to the show, you know ALLLL about it). Self-sabotage, fear, insecurity... they all played right into my inaction. . At one point a few years ago, when I was in a particularly nasty self-shaming cycle over it, our coach, Julia, said ’What if what you’re going through right now is the training ground for what’s to come?’ . At the time, I shrugged it off. But now that the show is live and I’m in the thick of recording Season Three - what she said feels VERY true. I NEEDED those years to grow and mature. In those years, I walked valleys and climbed mountains and fell on my face in ways that makes the show a much better show. I don’t believe the podcast would have been as authentic. I don’t think I would have asked the same questions or been as vulnerable. I would have tried to sound better than I am and come across as more successful. And in the end, the show wouldn’t have mattered as much to me... or to all of you. . So if you’re in a place right now that you don’t want to be - you’re working a job you hate, you’re struggling to get something started - look around you and learn everything you can from your current place. Because what you’re experiencing right now may be the very lessons that you’ll need when your big thing really gets going. And I promise you, you’ll be so thankful for where you’re at right now when you’re finally at the place you’ve always dreamed of going. . Speaking of Creative Rising... season three episodes are dropping oh-so-soooon!!!! I’m polishing up the first episodes now and can’t wait to send my little audio babies out into the world! Stay tuned! -E #creativerising #creativepreneur

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Two days. One year. One whiteboard. Jeff and I just got back from a two day staff retreat at a gorgeous beach house where we set all of our goals for 2020. A week ago, I would’ve told you what I HOPE to accomplish this year. Today, I can tell you exactly WHAT we’re going to accomplish. And I feel like a giant amazing firecracker has gone off inside my full (and very tired!) brain!! . This is the first year that Jeff and I are using a new model for goal planning, and it’s the most clear and intentional we’ve ever been with challenging ourselves and our team to get honest about our goals. We’ve always had dreams and visions moving us forward, but we’re at a point in our business where it’s crystal clear that what got us to where we are now isn’t what’s going to get us to where we want to go. And even though 2020 is going to be a challenging year of leveling up in big ways, it’s SO STINKIN’ EXCITING. . But what’s even more abundantly clear after these two days is how thankful I am for a team that I adore, sunset selfies on the beach, and tired brains with full hearts. It’s seriously this incredible team that puts the fire in our biz! Love you guys! - E #goalsetting #2020vision @baumancommercial @cloveandkin @skylightsandiego

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