More Than Words
Most people know me as a celebrant – someone who writes and delivers bespoke ceremonies for life’s most meaningful moments. What many people don’t see is that writing has always been much more than a part of my work. It’s how I make sense of life itself. Long before I began crafting ceremonies for others,…
MAFSAU
Seagulls Round a Chip If you’ve been watching this season of Married at First Sight Australia, you may have noticed something: the red flags are as multitudinous as the litter of cliches: ‘ride or die’…’I’m not here for drama; I’m here for love!’…’wallsup…vulnerable…100%…my person…accountability.’ The red flags are blowing wilder than beach umbrellas in a…
Who Has All The Power?
A poem for Mighty Girls and Mighty Men
A Little Sunshine Sheds Light on Love
Spring Clean Your Relationships This Easter and get Ready for Wedding Season: A Gentle Reset for This Time of Renewal There’s something about spring that invites honesty. I just love it when, after the hibernation that winter demands of us, the light lingers for longer, the air softens, and suddenly the things we’ve been ignoring…
The Hands That Shape Tomorrow
She Who Nurtures the World: A Mother’s Day Tribute to the Power of Feminine Virtue In the 1800s William Ross Wallace wrote a celebratory poem of women – mothers in particular – honouring how “the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” The words and context are a little dated, but the…
Courageous Communication
Pre-wedding preps are full of conversations about flowers or wedding breakfasts, guest invites and seating plans, speeches and first dances. I’m not sure how many couples will sit down and ask each other the harder questions that are essential to their being successfully wed. And yet, those are the conversations that truly shape a marriage.…
I stand at the beginning of marriage…
…and I have stood at its ending. Both have shaped me. That perspective gives me a deep respect for the vows couples make. Marriage is not a fairytale – it is a living, evolving partnership. As a celebrant, I create ceremonies that honour not just romance, but resilience, friendship and the daily choice to love…
Be My Valentine Celebrant
Does Valentine’s Day make you think of roses and romance and Cupid’s arrow and proposals? Of course, for me as a celebrant it does. Not so much for me, personally these days…now, when I think about my loves, my heart leaps for my grandchildren, several cartwheels at a time. But there is a connection… I…
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…
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