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Five friends, smiling and dressed in winter clothes, gather behind a memorial bench in a cemetery, backlit by the sun. The bench has an inlaid ceramic tile with an illustration of a woman riding her bike with her hands in the air. The bench is inscribed with the words ā€œLiberty and Justice for Allā€ with the name Marcy A. Westerling and the dates 1959 to 2015. Also inscribed but partially obscured is the name of her husband Michael with the date 1951.
Marcyā€™s Community Deathcare Legacy: The Benefits of Being Burdened

On the one-year cancerversary of her Stage 4 diagnosis,...

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Follow Your Bliss

by Lenny ScovelĀ 

Joseph Campbell once wrote, ā€œfollow y...

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A Wedding Celebrant Re-Discovers ā€˜Feelingsā€™

I was on the phone the other day with my mom, telling h...

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Celebrating Friendship with the Summer Solstice

By Kristen Roderick

ā€œOne of the deepest longings of th...

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More Than a Party: How a backyard graduation gathering became a rite of passage

By Karla Combres, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant

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How We Came to be Life-Cycle Celebrants

By Frank Wall, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant (SoulfulN...

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Reflections on the Equinox of 2022

by Benjamin Martin,Ā Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantĀ®

A...

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Alternative Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day: 6 Meaningful Rituals for Love and Connection

Valentine's Day is often associated with romantic love,...

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Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantsĀ®-In the Know and in the News.

By Aleesha Harris

Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantĀ® Sue ...

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Rituals that Say ā€œI Love Youā€

By Marcia Almeida, Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantĀ® and ...

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Funerals, God and Why We Need Ceremonies

By Linda Stuart,Ā Life-Cycle Celebrant/Officiant

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Re-...

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Family Handfasting Ritual, Photograph
Baby Welcoming Ceremony: It Takes a Village

What led you to have a baby welcoming ceremony?

Genna ...

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