Category: Blog
What is Midlife? And, why is it a crisis?
The definitions of Midlife and Midlife crisis vary according to the beliefs and opinions of the viewer. One description of a midlife crisis is they happen at 40 (plus or minus 20 years). This gives an age range of 20 – 60. My personal take on the Midlife range is 35 – 65 because we […]
How to Simple Guides to Improve Your Life – One
Today is day one of my new series of How to Simple Guides to Improve Your Life. Life is a mix of complex and simple. Each can equally frustrate, confuse, be difficult to deal with, or manage. These How To Simple Guides are intended to reduce stress, provide space to feel safer, and put you […]
We don’t treat diseases
We don’t treat diseases, we treat the people who suffer from diseases. ~ Avicenna, The Physician movie There are many ways to consider health and well-being. Interestingly, Avicenna’s ethos fits in with my approach to my practitioner work, and treatment. Anyone can treat symptoms, but, building a considered and caring care package for the individual, […]
How to Simple Guides to Improve Your Life – Two
Today is day two of my new series of How to Simple Guides to Improve Your Life. Life is a mix of complex and simple. Each can equally frustrate, confuse or be difficult to deal with, or manage. These How To Simple Guides are intended to reduce stress, provide space to feel safer, and put you […]
It comes to us All!
Madeleine Black has inspired me to share about my stage time at the Professional Speaking Association in London in September 2018. Professional speakers are a tough crowd. They’re also the most supportive crowd, too. My topic is funerals – I am a Funeral Celebrant – and funerals and death are something we all face at […]
About: Transitions
After death, taxes and breathing, change is one of life’s constants. The big changes can be called transitions, moments when life so significantly, in either direction; uplifting or saddening experiences. However they arrive, transitions will always disrupt life. And they always bring opportunity for something new by their presence. Examples include: a new relationship, marriage, […]
Healing a Broken Heart
There has always been a raft of ideas and beliefs surrounding how we (do, ought or should) fit into the world or the culture we live in. Ideas that together bring both security, as they provide guidelines that confirm the place we occupy, and clarity about who we are and that we fit. That is […]
About Being a Funeral Celebrant
Telling people I’m a Funeral Celebrant is interesting. Some are fascinated. Some are horrified. And think it morbid. They just see it as dealing with the dead. In fact, it is the exact opposite. My work is to acknowledge, represent and celebrate the life of a person who has died, for those gathered to remember […]
Why I became a funeral celebrant
Benn Abdy-Collins explains the route he took – and what motivated him My why began whilst I was mentally preparing for my mum’s death from cancer; known to be soon, just not when. Mum had just stopped breathing when I entered her room and I felt her carotid pulse its final two beats. Those moments […]