Our core ethos at Heart-led Celebrants is acceptance. To this end, we work with our celebrants-in-training to not only create inclusive ceremonies where every single person is welcomed and respected but to consider their whole celebrant practice as a place of personal and professional development by unravelling their prejudices and biases. This is lifelong work. […]
Although we run monthly group CPD sessions for our certified Heart-led Celebrants and celebrants-in-training, I also offer celebrant CPD by Zoom to any celebrant, worldwide, regardless of whether they’ve trained with us at Heart-led Celebrants or not. Celebrant Masterclasses are based on an initial 1.5 hour Zoom session where I will analyse, assess and advise on […]
Many celebrants (and other people) use the words ‘ritual’ and ‘ceremony’ interchangeably. They’re two different things. One example is when celebrants talk about a sand ceremony. It’s a ritual. The ceremony is the wedding or naming service. The ritual is the symbolic act of pouring sand. So, to be clear, the ceremony is the overarching […]
By Veronika Sophia Robinson The world of celebrancy is filled with variables: changes of venueconstantly new clientsnew scripts to writenew languagenew CPDnew, new, new. What can be particularly helpful is having a place of consistency in our ever-changing work. One such place is having the foundation of tutors you’re familiar with and can come […]
If you’ve been planning to train as a celebrant, the great news with our training is that our celebrant-training dates are available at mutually convenient times. We aim to be flexible to your needs so if you prefer weekends, or school holidays, we can work to that (depending on what dates we have remaining). Sometimes […]
If you’ve been thinking of training to be a celebrant, we’re so thrilled you’ve found us. Our training courses are unlike any other that you’ll find. Why? There are many answers to that question but first and foremost is that you’re not just another number/delegate. You are a person and we respect and value the […]
By Veronika Sophia Robinson When I trained to be a celebrant more than 28 years ago, it was on a one-to-one basis. To this day I can’t imagine what it must be like to be part of a group of 12 to 15 people all training to be celebrants and trying to gather information, digest […]
By Veronika Sophia Robinson Once a person has been certified as a celebrant, they face the reality of setting up their celebrant business. For some people, it happens rather seamlessly especially if they’ve been self employed before; and for others, it can feel such a hugely different way of working and living that it may […]
With so many different ways and styles of being a celebrant, why would someone choose to become a Heart-led Celebrant? This post isn’t about the reasons you might choose our training so much as about the ethos behind being heart-led in our work. And the answer is simple: we do this because, despite whatever skills, […]
As we head into the last couple of weeks before the Winter Solstice, where the darkness of the evenings seems to stretch on and on, it is easy for our health and well-being to slip under the radar. What is easy is hibernating! As celebrants, we’re self-employed and that can often mean working seven days […]