This week on The Leap Lifestyle Podcast, we're thrilled to have Danielle Pasternak, owner and wedding planner at DPNAK Events, and co-host of the Put a Ring On It wedding podcast.

In this episode, Danielle shares with us why having a wedding is a luxury, and why it is so important to hire professionals to protect your investment in your wedding. By re-framing your wedding and approaching it as a luxury experience for you and your guests, there is a natural perspective shift that leads to a more enjoyable planning process overall. After all, you deserve to have fun, be present, and enjoy every minute of your wedding day with as little stress and worry as possible.

Danielle also walks us through what a Coordinator or Wedding Manager is, and how hiring someone to be in charge on your wedding day (other than you, your mom, your bridesmaids) can positively enhance the experience you take away from your wedding day. As Danielle so astutely points out, a wedding day is a 24-hour day like any other day, where some things are going to go as planned, some not quite as planned, and having someone on your team to help manage the "not quite as planned" aspects so that you can focus on ALL the things that are wonderful about your wedding day, is so important.

You can find Danielle on the web at www.dpnakevents.com and on instagram @dpnak.
Also, be sure to tune in for more amazing wedding planning advice on Danielle's podcast Put a Ring On It.

As always, thanks for listening!