Why create meaningful ceremonies?

Prof Alan Wolfelt states, ' Creating meaningful ceremonies when death impacts us can assist us with emotional, physical and spiritual transformations. The death of someone we love often temporarily disconnects us from ourselves and the world around us. As we search for some sense of balance, we must make internal adaptations to our new outer reality - someone who has been physically present in our lives is gone.'

'Participating in a meaningful funeral ceremony helps us begin to recentre ourselves, to make that painful but necessary transition from life before the death to life after the death. In my work with thousands of bereaved people, however, I have found that most people do not understand why funeral ceremonies help us adapt to change and help us heal (at least not until they have experienced a meaningful funeral service).'

'Most people do not understand why funeral ceremonies help us adapt to change and heal.'

Taken from: Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies - A Guide for Caregivers.
By Alan D Wolfelt, Ph D.
1994 Companion Press USA

Why choose me as 'As Your Funeral Celebrant'?

I Believe

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts
That hope always triumphs over experience
That laughter is the only cure for grief
And I believe that love is stronger than death".

Reading for the Queen Mother by an anonymous author.