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How to Write Wedding Vows that Sound Like You (Not AI or a Template!)
If you’ve been staring at a blank page wondering how on earth to turn your feelings into wedding vows – you’re not alone! Just about every couple I work with...
Celebration of Life after a Direct Cremation: Why We Still Need to Gather
In the last few years, choosing a direct cremation has gone from something hardly anyone knew about to something you can’t avoid. It’s advertised between daytime shows and all over...
A Summer Solstice Commitment Ceremony in the Woods: An Uncommon Wedding
People often assume that being a celebrant means performing weddings and funerals. I do both, and I love both, but that’s only part of what I do. I create ceremonies...
Day of the Dead: What Mexico’s Most Colourful Festival Can Teach Us About Love
Some places get under your skin and never quite leave. For me, that place is Mexico. Ten years ago, we spent 14 months living in San Miguel de Allende, a...
Vikki and Rich’s Colourful Wedding: Disco Balls, Flashmobs and So Much Fun!
Vikki and Rich's vision for their day was colour, disco balls, laughter and fun and they certainly delivered. This is the story of their colourful wedding, and a little bit...
Why Ceremonies Matter
"Do you really need a wedding? Just sign the legal paperwork!" "Mum didn't want a fuss, so we're not having a funeral." "Isn't a naming ceremony a bit much?" If...
Spiritual Ceremonies: Honouring Your Spiritual Path
At the beginning of this year, I set an intention. I wanted to do more of the work that is most meaningful to me: weddings, funerals, namings and celebrations of...
Meg and Arthur’s Whimsical Wedding at The Alverbank Hotel
Some weddings take months of careful planning and endless back and forth. Meg and Arthur's Hampshire wedding at The Alverbank Hotel was not one of those. I met them at...