18/01/2026
Good morning loveliest phone creatures.
Feels like an unpredictable life at the moment, doesn't it?
An unpredictable life in an unpredictable world.
And the less predictable life becomes the more convinced I become that the only way to cope with that is to lean in to the unpredictability.
There's that old adage, if you want to make God laugh show him your plans. I don't believe there is a God. But it still rings true to me. Perhaps all we can have is intention and the listening skills to be able to adapt as the world tells us what it's doing.
It's 5 years now since I began training to be a celebrant. I knew then, as I know now, that this was the thing I needed to be. It was who I was on the inside.
As I stood before my first group of mourners ready to hold the space they were in so that they could do what they needed to do, I knew in my cells that there was nowhere else I could have been.
It's the movements and the shifts of the world around me that's landed me here though, 5 years later, the proprietor of 2 businesses, a woman with a literal shopfront. It's not something I ever set out to do. But it is who I am on the inside there is nowhere else I could be.
So, here's the sitch ....
I am still Kirstie Celebrant I still support, work with and care for people who want to create a ceremony.
I do this for all sorts of people in all sorts of ways.
I am also Founder and Director of the Revolution at Dead Positive.
This means that (when not out being Kirstie Celebrant or working in the community) you will now find me in our gorgeous space.
We are building this space as a beacon.
So that when loss of any form upends your life you know there's a space to come to.
A space where we just completely get it.
Here we're housing our community events, our bereavement cafes, our grief space, our workshops, our memorials.
Here we're able to answer questions, offer advice, give honest and impartial suggestions or recommendations.
Here we're able to hold your hand as you navigate the shift in your life. As you begin to face a chapter you never planned for or wanted.
We're here from anticipation, through preparation and all throughout the grief journey.
I never planned that this is where I would be, but as external events crashed and clashed around me, I remembered who I am, what I need to do, how I can make things better and I'm so, so grateful to have landed here.
Come and see us whenever you like. This week I'll be there Monday afternoon, all Tuesday and all Thursday at the very least.
The kettle's always on.
We have biscuits, hugs and a warm welcome.
We don't believe in daft questions.
You'll find us at 202 Warrington Road WA8 0AX.
You can't miss us. We've made the word Dead as big as we possibly could and we've a disco ball ghost in the window. You'd expect no different, would you?
Our frontage is still a work in progress, but then nothing in life is perfect except for our intentions.
Sending love as always x
ps if you'd be so kind as to share this post with the wider world, disco ball ghost will grant you an outrageously entertaining dream tonight.
pps that last bit wasn't true, don't want you thinking this is one of those chain messages that did the rounds back in the day, I was just messing.
ppps I would be sparklingly grateful though x
