In my role as a celebrant, there are times when I’ve had to step in at next-to-no notice for another celebrant. In my funeral work, it’s usually because the celebrant has been ‘sacked’ by the client. It’s an awful situation all around, but I find myself (even with only 24 hours of notice) interviewing a […]
In the corner of our living room, I keep a heaping basket of heart-warming greeting cards that I’ve received, some of which include the ‘thank yous’ from my ceremony clients but also from people we’ve trained as celebrants. The latest one reads (shared with permission): Where do I begin? The Heart-led Celebrants’ training has […]
Do you have a burning desire to create and present your ceremonies? Creativity is the cornerstone of celebrant life, yet how often do we consciously think about what this really means? And, just as importantly, what do we do to stoke the embers of inspiration? At our next celebrant retreat, the theme is The Creative […]
I can, hand on heart, say that I’ve never outsourced the writing and creation of a single ceremony script to another celebrant or used AI to write one. It is becoming increasingly common for celebrants to engage in such a practice. Whether it stems from laziness, overwork or being inadequately skilled, it paints a poor […]
If there’s one thing I dislike about being a celebrant, it is this: having to replace a celebrant who has done an inadequate job on the journey to ceremony. You might wonder how a professionally trained celebrant could get something so wrong as to make a client ‘sack’ them or ask for another celebrant, but […]
Curious about attending one of our celebrant retreats? Although our retreats are open to all celebrants, regardless of where they’ve trained or level of experience, our core values at Heart-led Ceremonies remain the same: integrity, acceptance and creativity. Although each of our retreats has a different theme, here’s what you can expect from them: […]
You’ve got your Celebrant Certificate and off you go into the world. It’s an exciting, nerve-wracking and hopeful time. Regardless of how thorough or rigorous your training was (and, frankly, most courses aren’t no matter how fancy their marketing strategies), the bottom line is you are not (and never will be) a finished product. The […]
When deciding on this blog title I was reluctant to write ‘Day in the Life of a Celebrant’ for the simple reason that no two days are EVER the same. So, instead, I shall share glimpses into what happens in my celebrant life and my working practices. As I officiate ceremonies for all rites of […]
When a person chooses to train with us at Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training, there is a journey they undertake after their face-to-face component of the studies. For the Certificate in Celebrancy, it is followed by 12 weeks; and the Diploma in Advanced Celebrancy and Ritual is followed by 18 weeks of independent study and completion […]
One of the reasons I sometimes hear for people leaving celebrancy, not getting started in celebrancy or wondering whether to train as a celebrant, is the idea that “the market is overcrowded”. No, the field of celebrancy is not overcrowded. Just because there are other celebrants in your area (and maybe even a lot of […]