I’ve worked my whole adult life in Communications, trying to make things like employee benefits sound as exciting as the line up for Celebrity traitors. An impossible task you might say! And you’d be absolutely right.

I love writing and creating, but the corporate stuff was getting old. I needed a new creative outlet. One that embraced the joy I get from talking to people, finding out about their lives and loves, and sharing that with others. But what job could do that? It was a real conundrum.

Until the hand of fate (or the Instagram algorithm, whatever) stepped in and showed me the light. I should train as a celebrant! It seemed so obvious, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t realised sooner.

Just a few things that made it the perfect fit are that I:

• Love writing

• Love being nosey and digging into people's lives

• Love planning stuff so people have a great time

• Love organising (let me tell you, I can organise the shit out of anything) 

Plus I also happened to have the inside scoop on what a celebrant led wedding was all about, because I had one when I got married and LOVED it! It was so special and fun, and our celebrant was awesome. So I was pretty confident I’d love it from the other side of things too. 

Now skip to the end - the training is done, I’m qualified, and I do in fact bloody love being a celebrant. It’s so fun to work with people who are cool, and weird, and know their own minds, to help them create a ceremony that they, and their people, will never forget.