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Gifts We Carry
On Christmas Eve, we carry gifts, carefully wrapped, hidden under twinkling lights, each one chosen with thought and love. Some are small, some grand, but all are offered with the hope that they will bring joy. The gifts we carry are not only the ones we set under a tree. Each of us carries other…
Finding Meaning in Loss: Lessons from a Funeral Celebrant
In a world obsessed with credentials, nobody ever asks me where I trained to write or speak. They just want to know if I can help them say goodbye. My name is Julie. I used to be so proud of the letters after my name – I worked hard for them and I used to…
Hanna Green
Hanna Green’s life was one that began and ended in perfect symmetry. Sixteen years in completion… and although it was a life brief in years, it was vast in love; immense in learning, in meaning, and in light. How do you begin to honour such a rare, radiant soul on this, the seventeenth anniversary of…
Emotional Choices for Wedding Music …Celebrating Love
Popular music is full of powerful messages about love – not just romantic love, but the kind that helps us see ourselves more clearly and kindly. From lyrics that promise, “You make me feel like I’m enough” to ballads that speak of being seen and accepted, there’s a recurring theme: that the love of another…
Love in Motion: A Mother’s Rite of Passage
I’ve navigated a good few rites of passage in my life – marriage, motherhood, the sweetest transition into becoming a grandmother, and so many more quiet thresholds in between. But nothing has felt quite like this moment: standing at the threshold of another letting go, not of a child, but of a man – my…
Embracing Grief: The Sacred Process of Healing
I often get asked how I manage to lead funeral services; people are keen to know how I cope with being surrounded by such grief. There’s a simple answer to this – I am continually learning how to carry both love and loss together. And whilst the grief at most services is not my own,…
Celebrating Sisterhood in the Wedding Industry
The Power of Women Supporting Women: A Celebrant’s Perspective On this International Women’s Day, I want to take a moment to celebrate the strength, wisdom, and collaboration of women…especially within the wedding celebrant industry. In a world often dominated by conflict, competition, and the pursuit of power, there is something profoundly radical about collaboration, care,…
Transforming Challenges into Celebrant Success
From educator to celebrant: a bold career change! It has been a daring challenge and a huge learning curve, becoming a celebrant. My entire career, prior to setting up this business, was in a secure, but highly stressful role as a senior teacher and Head teacher. Whilst I had many transferable skills, I had never…
Maintaining Vibrant Networks as a Celebrant
It’s good for your health as well as for your business! I’ve been in Celebrancy for six years, loving every second of it and generally being very healthy throughout all of the wonderful, emotional events I have officiated. But, for the first time this week, I had to admit defeat. My kitchen has looked like…
What Difference Would It Make Today If The World Looked Like This?
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