“By the power vested in me – by the two of you – I now pronounce you man and wife.” It feels so good to say those words.

You see, I don’t have any legal recognition as a marriage celebrant. And I actually like that fact.

It graces me and the people I’m marrying, with the freedom to choose how to celebrate through a ritual we create, a new phase of their relationship and their lives together.

With this freedom comes great responsibility

That of choosing the shape and form of the relationship that the people in love are creating.

And agreeing to live by it.

When a couple asks me to be their celebrant, it is because the act of them coming together means something more than the legalities, formalities and materiality of the world we live in.

And that ‘something more’ gets to be determined by them. It is the space that we get to dance in and explore together.

What does commitment look like?

What promises or intentions do we make to one another?

And what does it all mean – really mean – for us and to all the lives that we’ll touch.

Ritual is powerful. And sacred.

It is chosen and created, rather than dictated and scripted.

And this is what makes coming together in a committed relationship ‘real’ in a very powerful way.

I love making this possible for couples as much as for those still single – to determine for themselves the shape of relating, the shape of the love that they get to create.

DM me if you’d like some support and guidance in creating a relationship that truly lights you up.