04 Aug 2021 | Ceremonies

Wisdom of a Bear

“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you.” Worldly Wisdom according to…

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02 Jun 2021 | Ceremonies

Dance: Moving to the Deep Rhythms of Your Life

A Reading by Oriah “Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance, the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart, and I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my…

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14 Mar 2021 | Weddings

Circling in for the Bride

Jane rang me five weeks out from her wedding with concerns that her marriage celebrant wasn’t returning her calls. They had paid a booking fee yet hadn’t met with the celebrant to lodge the notice of intent to marry form. Jane was concerned that they would miss the deadline and…

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10 Feb 2021 | Weddings

A glass of tea, water, wine and champagne!

It was hot and humid in the late morning sun on the beachside lawns. Mike and his guests were relaxing in the shade of the casuarinas to one side of the resort garden. Gemma’s mum came through from the reception area to let me know that Gemma had to make…

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Ceremony Writers Collective

01 Feb 2021 |

Ceremony Writers’ Collective

Whether you are a celebrant, an officiant of ceremony, a writer of life stories for sharing…if you would like to take your writing to another level join me for 21 days of daily prompts to support your creativity, understanding and insights into writing ceremonies. Writing, like life, is a voyage…

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10 Jan 2021 | Celebrants

Remembering a Handwritten Ceremony

From when I was first registered in 1995, way before Facebook was imagined, I used to take a photograph of every couple and had multiple, beautiful albums filled with photos and thank you cards. Today, as I decluttered filing cabinets and cupboards, I came across all the photo albums. Pages…

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wedding ceremony readings

20 Dec 2020 | Weddings

Inspiring Wedding Ceremony Readings

Wedding ceremony readings come in all shapes and forms and it can be a challenge to source one that speaks to you or the couple 100%. For a start, people use and understand the word love in many ways – love for another, love for the world, love for life,…

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10 Dec 2020 | Weddings

Peter and Lauren’s wedding

Peter and Lauren had a beautiful afternoon for their rehearsal – blue skies and a cool breeze. Lauren’s mum, Angela, and her father, Derek, were going to walk with Lauren from the car to where the guests would be seated. At this point, her father would shake hands with Lauren’s…

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wedding candle

05 Dec 2020 | Weddings

A Wedding Candle with Meaning

Sonya and Brett had a small wedding candle decorated for each of their guests with different values or ‘universal needs’ written on the side – Joy, Peace, Belonging, To Matter, Respect, Fun, Trust, Love, etc. Each guest was given a wedding candle as they entered the ceremony venue. The usher…

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Handfasting ceremony

02 Nov 2020 | Weddings

Handfasting Ceremony

I was invited to conduct a handfasting ceremony on a beautiful farming property up on the Dorrigo plateau in northern NSW.  The garden, where the ceremony was held, was a maze of pathways that were an invitation to wander through the terraced beds of flowers and shrubs down to a…

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