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Becoming Gold
by Laura-Anne Smid
Ever wanted to take a married couple out for coffee to hear their story, wisdom, and advice? You've come to the right place.Listen in as married couples retell their love story, reveal their own journey of refinement as they help each other get to heaven, and share personal relationship advice for others navigating the fire and beauty of marriage, too. This is becoming gold.
Episodes
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44: What Our Wedding Photos Mean to Us Now
Your wedding day goes by in the blink of an eye. After the cake's eaten and your guests go home, the only things you really have to remember the first day of your marriage are the memories of the day and the photos to back them up. Join us on a walk down memory lane where Kathleen and I talk…
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43: What Makes a Good Date?
What's the hallmark of a good date? What does dating in marriage look like? What does dating DO for your marriage? Kathleen and I explore all these things and more in this episode. I've looked up to Kathleen as a date-your-spouse pro and loved hearing her insights into what being pursued by her...
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42: Cultivating Friendship with Your Spouse
Friendship includes shared hobbies and interests, but it goes much deeper than that. What does friendship in marriage actually mean? What do you do if you don't feel like you're friends with your spouse? There's definitely work required to cultivate true friendship with each other, but that…
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41: When You're the First Ones Married with Jason & Laura Smith
From meeting as teenagers on a NET team to now almost 15 years of marriage, Jason & Laura Smith have really grown up together. They were the first of their friends to get married and figure out what "building a life together" really meant. In this episode, Jason & Laura share about how they…
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40: 7 Things We'd Tell Our 22-Year-Old Selves About Relationships
Kathleen and I became friends in our early twenties and saw each other go THROUGH IT with dating relationships, y'all. With a decade in between our meeting and now, it seemed fitting to look back and reflect on what we've learned about relationships and how we'd share those lessons with our...
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39: Through the Highs & Lows — 33 Years of Marriage! with Marnie & Glenn Wynans
Marnie & Glenn Wynans share the story of their 33-year-long marriage, a relationship tested through fire after being thrown into the depths of their vows right away. From a wedding day they wanted to redo, to living in a tiny trailer as newlyweds, to learning what it meant to rely on God...
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38: Growing in Faith with Your Spouse
I'm joined by Kathleen LeBlanc from The Catholic Date Night to chat through the ever-changing and ongoing adventure of growing in faith with your spouse. It's easy to pigeonhole spiritual growth into one area, but the journey to heaven involves every part of ourselves integrating and becoming...
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37: An Irish-Canadian Long-Distance Love Story with Shane & Sarah Fitzsimons
In a long-distance relationship? You're gonna want to listen to this. In this episode, Shane & Sarah Fitzsimons share the grand adventures God invited them into as individuals and the truly incredible way those journeys had them cross paths. From a first meeting that one of them hardly remembers…
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36: Ready for Valentine's Day?
I'm joined by Kathleen LeBlanc from The Catholic Date Night to chat all about the occasion coming up: Valentine's Day. Should it be a big deal? Does it get a bad rap sometimes? Do we even do anything for it anymore?? With just under a week to go until Valentine's Day, now's the time to check in...
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35: Can You Use Your Wedding to Evangelize? with Real Bride Phylicia Aalbers
Spoiler alert: the answer is YES. There is so much beauty, truth, and goodness in a wedding day and you can absolutely use this occasion to share that in an intentional way with not only your non-Catholic guests, but *everyone* involved in the day! Listen to my chat with recently married bride...
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34: The BEST Birthday Tradition + ANNOUNCEMENT
This is my FAVOURITE way to reflect on my birthday: the Birthday 3-2-1. In this episode, I share where I learned about it, what it is exactly, and my actual 3-2-1 from my recent birthday. I also make an ANNOUNCEMENT that if you're reading this description you can just glance down below and see…
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33: Creating an Experience for Your Guests
You know you've got to plan the logistical things, like what time you're getting married at and when your dress alterations need to be done by, but what about planning for your guests? Have you thought about what they're going to experience from the invitation through to last call? Taking care of...
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32: What does it mean to be a wife?
There's a lot out there about what a wife does or should do, but what does it mean to actually BE a wife? In this episode, I share what I believe is one of the main things to focus on in your preparation to be a wife. This was originally recorded for the Becoming Gold community back in March and…
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31: Surrendering Your Wedding with Real Bride Danica McKinnon
In this episode, Danica shares her experience of planning the wedding of her dreams... and then giving up every single expectation she had along the way. Her wedding happened in the midst of the pandemic, but the lessons she learned about surrendering her plans apply to every bride. If you're...
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30: Preparing for a New Life Together
Happy Easter!! And what a better time than this season of new life to talk about preparing for a new life together as you get ready to enter into marriage. In this episode, I share 3 ways to help you do exactly that in your final stretch of engagement. I'm Laura-Anne Smid and I help Catholic...
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29: Life Chat with Laura-Anne
It's been a hot MINUTE since I just got to chat with you so today's episode is exactly that, a life chat. I talk about something Brandon and I are doing for Lent and how it's going, the women's gathering I'm helping with in April, and how my BG community is lighting up my life right now. Register...
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28: What You SHOULD Spend Money On for Your Wedding with Real Bride Risabella McCormack
My friend Risa & I chat about all the things you SHOULD spend money on for your wedding. Spoiler alert: your priorities are really the best way to determine what those things are ;) FREE DOWNLOAD: Setting Expectations GET THE WEDDING GUIDE: https://laura-anne.ca/the-wedding-guide Get a FREE MONTH...
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27: Wedding Timeline Walkthrough
There's more to a wedding day than showing up at your ceremony. You need to plan everything that's happening! Of course, you don't need to run the show — in fact, you should *definitely* have someone helping (like a wedding planner, co-ordinator, or a friend who's job is exactly that) — but you…
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26: How to Make Your Guest List + WHY it's important!
Where do you even START when it comes to making the list of who's gonna be at your wedding?? Here, that's where ;) I share why having guests is important at your wedding and then practical tips about how to get that list to a number you're happy with. Please note, I shared this to help people who...
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25: Real Married Couple Christina & Brad Burt
Ever wanted to take a married couple out for coffee to hear their story, wisdom, and advice? Listen in as Christina & Brad retell their love story, reveal their own journey of refinement as they help each other get to heaven, and share what they've learned for others navigating the fire and…
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24: 3 Tips to Manage Family's Expectations for Your Wedding
I'm sharing 3 tips to manage family's expectations for your wedding and the first one doesn't even include them 🙃 I know family can be complicated, but these tips will help you get ahead of common frustrations that come up so you can reach your wedding day at peace with each other! FREE…
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23: Prepare for Marriage by Doing THIS
Are you overwhelmed by all the things you need to do for your wedding day? Do you feel like planning your wedding is distracting you from preparing for marriage? Are you tired of planning and just want to be married already? Those are normal things to feel. But it doesn't have to be this way! I'm...
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22: The Beauty of the Season You're In
In this episode, I read a blog post from November of 2016 about being single, just weeks before being invited to move back to Langley... and meeting my husband. Focusing on the beauty of the season I'm currently in has been a big part of my prayer life lately and this flashback to what life was...
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21: A Pre-Wedding Pep Talk
This episode is full of encouragement for engaged couples in that last week before you say your vows. I share some practical advice for the lead-up to the wedding day, as well as some inspiration for when the enemy might try getcha down - because he doesn't like marriage and you're in his line of...
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20: 8 Tips for Your First Year of Marriage
In this episode, I'm giving you 8 tips for your first year of marriage. A lot of these are based on things Brandon and I did, aaaand a few of them are based on things we did not and wish we had done, so learn from our mistakes and take these and apply them to your relationship! Mentioned in the...
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19: Being Your Spouse's Biggest Cheerleader with Jesse & Kathleen LeBlanc
Does the love of your life know you support their dreams? Do they even know what your dreams are?? In this episode I chat with Jesse & Kathleen LeBlanc from Found Together about what it looks like to dream with your spouse and be the best cheerleader for their dreams, too. These two have hands-on...
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18: Our Journey to Budgeting Bliss
Money used to be one of the most difficult subjects for me to talk about, so the fact that I'm doing a podcast on it is WILD to me. In this episode, I share about my relationship with money, how I avoided looking at my finances to my own detriment, and what I did to finally have a healthy...
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17: Supporting a Spouse with Depression
Depression has shown up for both myself and my husband, Brandon. In this episode, I share how he supported me when I was at my lowest a few years ago and what I've learned to do to best support him, too. I hope our personal experience with depression in our marriage is helpful; know that there is...
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16: Embracing the Beginning with Hailey McIlmoyle
No one starts their marriage as an expert in love. Hailey McIlmoyle and I chat about what being a beginner in love and married life looks like, how she's sharing her experience learning to make a home for her family along the way, and the need we all have for connection on the journey of life…
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15: The Biggest Lessons I've Learned from a Decade of Weddings
After a year off from the show, I'm back and ready to see what God has in store! I can't wait to get it started with a little walk down memory lane into the last decade of my life… my wedding photographer life, that is. I recently celebrated 10 years of documenting weddings and I'm sharing some…
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14: Marriage & Motherhood with Sr Miriam James Heidland
In this conversation with my friend Sister Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, we talk about how we're ALL made for marriage with God. The goal in life is communion with God in heaven, so no matter our Vocation, we're made for marriage. That longing and desire for marriage is therefore good, keeping us...
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13: Dealing with Difficulty in Your Engagement
When Brandon and I were engaged, a lot of things went sideways. We had work issues, mental health challenges, and needed a new wedding venue less than three months before our wedding. We dealt with a lot during our engagement and I know if you're engaged right now you're dealing with a lot…
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12: Wedding Memories with Liz Hughes
A walk down memory lane with my friend & assistant photographer of five years, Liz Hughes! We talk about how Liz began on my team as an intern, reminisce about our time travelling across the country together, and share how we've grown and what we've learned from photographing weddings over the...
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11: Phil & Amy Morin
Phil & Amy Morin live in Calgary, AB with their four beautiful kids. I lived around the corner (and down a bit) from them when I was in Calgary and got to hear these stories for the first time at their dinner table! Hearing them retell how they met (and how Phil started dating someone else two...
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BONUS: Your Wedding in a Pandemic
Even if I'm not photographing your wedding, I'm praying for you as you prepare for marriage and now possibly navigate what to do about your wedding day if it's falling on a date that makes a large gathering of people impossible. Or, potentially impossible. This bonus episode outlines the options...
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10: Your Relationship in a Pandemic
Never thought that'd be the title of any episode! Instead of shying away from talking about COVID-19, I'm marking this unprecedented time on the podcast and wading through it with you, hoping that what I have to offer is helpful for you and your spouse - not just during quarantine but for the…
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9: Gabe & Kaylene Dipple
Gabe and Kaylene Dipple met when they were just little kids and it was when Gabe barely hit puberty that he knew he loved her. Not so much for Kaylene, though, and their relationship took a few years - and a couple of years apart - to become official. Listen in on their retelling of the ups and...
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8: The 5 Love Languages
I know life is very different these days. I'm doing my best to walk the line between talking about COVID-19 and connecting with you about something OTHER than COVID-19, so for this episode I'm going to talk about something that's NOT coronavirus specific but might very well help you get through...
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7: How to Prepare to Meet Your Spouse
Today I'm talking all about what I did to prepare to meet Brandon, even if I wasn't fully aware that that was what I was doing. Before I get too much further I want to say this episode MIGHT sound like it's just for single people, but if you're married I think this is a great chance to reflect on...
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6: Benjamin & Megan Turland
Benjamin and Megan Turland have been married for almost five years and have three kids under three and a half. Their marriage began with an adventure leading a mission in the Amazon and hasn't slowed down since - except in the last six months. We talk about how they started reigning in the pace…
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5: Nathaniel & Drew Wynans
Nathaniel & Drew Wynans hired me to photograph their wedding and we're still friends two and a half years later! Nathaniel is a dispatcher for BC Ambulance and a volunteer firefighter, while Drew is on maternity leave from teaching. At the time of recording they were 37 weeks pregnant, but baby...
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4: Joseph & Marion San Jose
Joseph & Marion SanJose are an integral part of the Catholic Christian Outreach community, even if Joe's the only one with an official job title there. I met them through CCO one way or another and they graciously said yes to leading worship at adoration the night before my wedding. This...
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3: Date Yourself
I'm getting real real here and telling you the story of my very first date and what that relationship from literally 10 years ago taught me. I didn't know it at the time, and it took until after that relationship ended for me to really act on that lesson, but it shaped my life in a way that I…
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2: Jesse & Kathleen LeBlanc
Jesse & Kathleen LeBlanc helped shape my view of relationships because I had a front row seat to their whole story. I knew Jesse before either of us knew Kathleen and I lived with Kathleen for a few years, so I figured they were a great first couple to have on the show. They're also incredible...
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1: This is Becoming Gold
It's here, the very first episode of Becoming Gold! I'm Laura and in this episode I'm telling you a bit of my story; how I got started in wedding photography, why I changed how I did business, and how I knew I wanted to start this podcast. Let's go. Want to support this mission? Check out the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ever wanted to take a married couple out for coffee to hear their story, wisdom, and advice? You've come to the right place.Listen in as married couples retell their love story, reveal their own journey of refinement as they help each other get to heaven, and share personal relationship advice for others navigating the fire and beauty of marriage, too. This is becoming gold.
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Laura-Anne Smid
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Ever wanted to take a married couple out for coffee to hear their story, wisdom, and advice? You've come to the right place.Listen in as married couples retell their love story, reveal their own journey of refinement as they help each other get to heaven, and share personal relationship advice for...
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