“The Bride’s Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself—which became an Amazon Bestseller on launch day—shows why Cornelia Powell has been known as ‘the bride’s sage’ for over twenty-five years.

        “While others focus on the trappings of the wedding, Cornelia focuses on the intimacy of the bride’s rite-of-passage. She brings her wise, soothing voice—unique to the wedding industry—to what is an essential gift book for brides of all ages and a pleasure for every woman who loves matters of the heart.”  

        I'm delighted with the feedback my work and this book has received! Now, let me tell you a few secrets about The Bride’s Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself! It's the book that thousands of brides and mothers over the years asked me to write—something for a woman's heart and soul.

        For this book, I tweaked the meaning of the familiar and beloved bridal rhyme “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence for your shoe” into a feminine language of self-discovery. With this more introspective twist, I then created a collection of “RitualWise Bridal Notes” that will rewrite how brides prepare for their wedding.

        These fifty “Bridal Notes” combine my love for storytelling with the magic of bridal folklore, goddess legends, deep-breathing ease, costume history, and fairy godmother-like intuitive wisdom. Every bride-to-be now gets to discover the depth of her own heart and experience wedding planning as a rite-of-passage of deepening relationship.

          What a beautiful gift for all women—what a powerful message for all little girls!

        In this book, my invitation to “look inside to find yourself” draws you into a woman's journey of ancient wisdom and feminine mystique—often lost in today's frenetic culture. So I've created a pathway for modern brides. Here you will uncover some of the mysteries and magic of your bridal rite-of-passage.  

        PLUS, in “The Bride's Ritual Guide” you will....

• Find how your wedding is more than being a “princess for a day”...it's practice for becoming a “goddess for a lifetime.”

• Feel the intimacy of your bridal rite-of-passage and discover the depth of your own heart.

• Learn ways to stay centered during the frenzy of wedding planning so you don’t lose yourself—or your connection to your partner!

• Discover how today's brides can make some old-fashioned notions very modern and savvy!

• Become deeply connected to the heritage and mythology of your bridal rite-of-passage.

• Understand how your little girl dreams can lead you to uncover your true grown-up heart's desire.

• Discover how to reveal your inner goddess so you wear your bridal legend well.

• Learn how to relax and keep your heart open so you are a more beautiful bride. 

• Uncover the difference in making a decision and choosing from your heart.

• Hear stories of goddess legends, bridal mythology, wedding fashion history, and the secrets of your bridal birthright.

• Enjoy your wedding planning more when you "circle up the women-folk" in your world for loving support!

• Find that when you nourish your inner beauty, your outer beauty glows!

        I   have worked with thousands of brides—and their friends and family members—for almost three decades and I've packaged the wisdom and delight of those experiences in The Bride’s Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself.

       As a bridal historian and wedding entrepreneur, I have drawn the best from the past and created a “modern mythology” for today’s bride, bringing messages of ease and reassurance to a woman’s life at a time when she can use lots of both! The invitation to “look inside to find yourself” is always present throughout the book as you find yourself immersed in a soothing woman's heritage of loving support and encouragement.

                              Read what other women have to say:

• “Cornelia Powell has captured the true spirit of weddings in her writings and in her advice to brides. She mixes to perfection tradition, wisdom and style.”

         - Phyllis Hoffman, publisher of Victoria magazine 

• “I absolutely love Cornelia’s take on the intuitive and very feminine aspects of the wedding event for women…”

          - Anik Keuller, Floral designer

• “Cornelia Powell is a wise voice on what weddings are meant to be: stylish and sacred, fun and deeply meaningful. I think every bride needs her message: that every choice you make—from your dress to your vows—is an opportunity to your authentic self.”

         - Danielle LaPorte, creator of WhiteHotTruth.com; Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design

• “Cornelia Powell brings wisdom and joy back to the wedding experience. Her book is a must read for any bride who seeks a magical journey to the altar.”

- Rev Laurie Sue Brockway, Interfaith minister and author of Wedding Goddess: A Divine Guide to Transforming Wedding Stress into Wedding Bliss

 

• "Cornelia Powell is truly the only one who is able to eloquently and succinctly articulate this special bond that joins not only the bride with her dress, but with all the other bridal rituals that make a wedding unforgettable...”

 - Lara Meiland-Shaw, Couture bridal designer

 

• “I had experience with Cornelia’s wise counsel when I was a mother-of-the-bride. It made such a difference for both my daughter and me; not just how it changed wedding planning activities—more ease and simplicity along with a sense of sisterhood for my daughter and her friends—but also in our relationship. Cornelia’s message was a gift of relaxation to the bride—and to her mother! So I look forward to having all this wisdom and insight packaged in a book!”

 - Maureen Nolan, ACC, “Your Attention Coach”

 

• “Cornelia Powell is the spokesperson for brides who want elegance with intimacy, style with grace. When you read her words, they seem to fall off the pages like she's speaking right to your heart. Her words flow in a way that you want to tie a ribbon around them and hold them close to you.”

  - Jeanne Dudley Smith, Designer, Jeanne's Fantasia

        In The Bride’s Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself, I share what I call “the feminine connection” with brides. You see, I find that the “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence for your shoe” bridal rhyme—the verse that became a beloved personal ritual for generations of brides—may be the most intimate way for a bride to express her femininity. (And I explain why and how in the book!)

       I take this little bridal rhyme, something so dear from the past, and create it into a soothing, heart opening ritual reverie for the modern bride. Learn how you can do it and be a more relaxed, beautiful bride!         

        Being a bride—the time of wedding planning as well as preparing for marriage—is not a woman's only rite-of-passage, but it is the opportunity for one of her most intimate experiences if she allows herself the heart-pleasures of journeying inward. And this is where The Bride’s Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself takes her as I map out this womanly pathway of beauty and self-discovery.

       Don't miss it! Come along on this journey with me and join in the wise & wonderful lineage of women!               

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Order the Amazon Bestseller today....	....as a gift for you or someone in your world!

        The Bride's Ritual Guide: Look Inside to Find Yourself will not only change how brides prepare for their wedding, but also how they relate to their partner and family.

        I believe when a bride is inspired to find that more heart-centered place within herself—and that is where The Bride's Ritual Guide takes her—this deeper awareness inspires a wedding ceremony that opens the hearts of all present, then in turn that openness and connection create a shift in consciousness for couples, families, and communities world-wide.

        What an important message—not just for brides—but for little girls and women of all ages! I bet there are many women in your world who would love this book.

With love & gratitude,

Cornelia

ps: Whether you buy this book as a gift for yourself or for women or girls in your world, it is like sharing a piece of your heart!

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