It has been a while, for which I apologise but I wanted to write about loss and I find that quite difficult. Dignity in death One of the privileges of being a doula is that you walk beside someone who is taking their final journey and it never ceases to amaze me how dignified that READ MORE
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What is an End-of-Life Doula?
Some of you will be familiar with birth doulas, they support a mother during the intimate process of giving birth. An end-of-life doula does the same but for someone who is dying. I trained as an end-of-life doula a few years ago and since then I have sought to support families and individuals during the READ MORE
What will your wedding look like? It is your call.
A month in and the diary is starting to fill with weddings for this Spring and Summer. It feels as though there is a little more restraint these days. People are being careful with their health, their friendships and their money and the weddings that I have been asked to write and deliver are very READ MORE
The importance of taking care of yourself when working with others
At the risk of being repetitive, how many times have we heard that you cannot pour from an empty cup? Every time you open a newspaper there is an image of someone bereft of the strength to continue, blank eyed and exhausted. We all know that we must eat well, sleep and exercise to maintain READ MORE
Spring and Summer 2021 – next steps in planning for your special day
So, finally there is a chink of light at the end of a long tunnel and we can start to plan for weddings later this year. Dreaming and planning I have been keeping my couples ticking along, asking them to think about how they might like their wedding day to look. Most of them have READ MORE
A few things that you need to know about your family and how to survive them!
I am sorry if that sounds rude, I don’t wish to cause offence but families are so complex and convoluted sometimes and negotiating your way through half truths and tricky situations can be a minefield. It is both the privilege and the curse of a Celebrant to hear the stories and try to make sense READ MORE
Sure fire ways to set the right tone – choosing poetry that fizzes!
I don’t know about you but I love poetry and choosing the pieces that I use is one of my greatest pleasures. Sometimes a piece will suggest itself straight away and that is great but more often than not finding the right piece is a quest and it is one that I relish. Poetry creates READ MORE
Top tips to planning a spectacular wedding after Covid 19
My plan today is to encourage you to use me as your Celebrant. We are just beginning to see a glimmer of light at the end of a long tunnel of uncertainty where all the hooks on which we hung our plans were dashed to the ground and trampled on. Trust Just recently my READ MORE
Children and Animals – what can I say?
It has oft been said, to work with children and animals is a recipe for mishap. Not so in my experience this year. I was taught not to tie the actual rings to the bird tasked with delivering them … in the past I have had one owl who had other things on her mind READ MORE
Grief and Regret
Tomorrow is Father’s Day in England. I know that it is a modern concept, born of the marketing whizz kids keen to make a bit of money; but for those of us who have lost our Father’s it is a bittersweet day. It is hard to lose anyone important in your life. Speaking as a READ MORE