Celebrant Susy

24/05/2026

Apparently, none of us are the centre of the universe.
Which is all very well… until your wedding day. ✨

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Except, Of Course, On Your Wedding DayThere was a time when humans believed that everything revolved around the Earth. The sun, the moon, the stars, all orbiting dutifully around us like very obedient wedding guests.Then along came Nicolaus Copernicus, and he really upset the apple cart by pointing....

16/05/2026

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24/04/2026

03/04/2026

Well. Nothing like a death threat to sharpen your appetite for life!

I received a death threat the other day.Seriously, I did. Oh, not the kind that arrives in a sinister envelope pushed through the door. No shadowy knife-wielding stranger at the end of a dark alley, like Marion had to contend with in The Runaway Wife.Nothing like that.This one arrived quietly, almos...

26/03/2026

Sometimes life doesn’t turn out the way we imagined—yet even in the unexpected, there’s space for gratitude, reflection, and the story that’s still unfolding.

Journalist and broadcaster Bibi Lynch recently published an article taking stock of her life after she turned 60 - a bit of midlife reflection, if you like. She had no partner. No children. No home of her own. “On paper,” she wrote, “it might look like a failure.”And I felt a flutter of some...

13/03/2026

Every so often I come across a piece of writing that stops me in my tracks. This morning it was a post by humanist writer and former evangelical pastor Jim Palmer. It isn’t an argument so much as a series of quietly unsettling questions about religion, responsibility, and what it means to live well in the one life we know we have.

They’re the sort of questions that make you pause over your coffee and think, “Yes… I’ve wondered that too.”
I’ve shared the post, along with a little reflection on Jim’s journey from pastor to humanist, over on my blog. If you’ve got five minutes and you're in a thoughtful mood, you might enjoy reading it.

Every so often I come across a piece of writing that resonates so strongly with me I can’t keep it to myself. This morning it was a post by writer and humanist chaplain Jim Palmer. If you haven’t come across him before, Jim spent many years inside evangelical Christianity before eventually stepp...

18/08/2025

There’s currently a $110m yacht - La Datcha - at anchor in Kilfinan bay, and I bet they’re not having a fraction of the fun we had this weekend when I traded my celebrant garb for a lifejacket. Haven’t seen any of them drinking G&T off the back of a unicorn, anyway. 🤣🤪

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18/08/2025

🔥 No hell. No brimstone. Just… be nice anyway. Ricky Gervais nailed it, and it’s at the heart of what I see in my work as a celebrant. New blog up now : grab a coffee and take five.

Amongst many a pearl of wisdom, Ricky Gervais once said, “You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.”When I first read it, I wanted to punch the air. Because that quote sums up what humanism means to me. No fire and brimstone. No eternal punishment or reward. Just… a quiet, conscious choice...

11/08/2025

Carolyn and I nearly fell out over this one (she’s usually right, which is very irritating).
She asked me whether I cared about my legacy — and my immediate response was, no, I don’t. Not even a bit.
For me, what matters most isn’t what people will say when I’m gone, but how I show up for them while I’m here.
Click the link if you'd like to read more.

The other day, Carolyn asked me what I wanted my legacy to be.It’s a good question, and one we’re often encouraged to ask as celebrants when preparing a funeral ceremony for a grieving family. It also comes up in end-of-life coaching. Legacy can be a powerful way to reflect on the impact we’ve...

04/08/2025

Death is one of the few certainties in life—and yet we’re so often lost for words when it comes close. In this blog, I share how I came to offer end of life coaching: not as a way to fix or hurry grief, but to walk alongside people with kindness, clarity, and compassion.

Whether you’re navigating a terminal diagnosis, supporting someone who is, or just feeling the weight of the unspoken, you don’t have to face it alone.

👣 Read more about what this work means to me, and how we can make space for honesty, dignity, and even moments of light—right to the very end.

When I first started working as a funeral celebrant, I honestly thought my role would be pretty straightforward. I imagined delivering ceremonies - whether at a graveside, a local village hall, a crematorium, a woodland, or even a beach. I pictured myself working with grieving families, crafting eul...

28/07/2025

Sometimes, the hardest part of grief isn’t what we’ve lost—it’s the hope we keep holding onto.
In this blog, I’ve written about the strange freedom that comes when we stop hoping things will go back to how they were… and start finding a way forward from what is.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in that in-between place, this one’s for you.

There’s a particular kind of grief that doesn’t come with black clothes or funeral flowers. It doesn’t come all at once, or even loudly. It just… settles in. Quietly. Slowly. And then refuses to leave.I have a friend whose mum once told her siblings that she’d be very happy never to clap e...