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Five friends, smiling and dressed in winter clothes, gather behind a memorial bench in a cemetery, backlit by the sun. The bench has an inlaid ceramic tile with an illustration of a woman riding her bike with her hands in the air. The bench is inscribed with the words ā€œLiberty and Justice for Allā€ with the name Marcy A. Westerling and the dates 1959 to 2015. Also inscribed but partially obscured is the name of her husband Michael with the date 1951.
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Follow Your Bliss

by Lenny ScovelĀ 

Joseph Campbell once wrote, ā€œfollow y...

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A Wedding Celebrant Re-Discovers ā€˜Feelingsā€™

I was on the phone the other day with my mom, telling h...

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Celebrating Friendship with the Summer Solstice

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ā€œOne of the deepest longings of th...

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More Than a Party: How a backyard graduation gathering became a rite of passage

By Karla Combres, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant

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How We Came to be Life-Cycle Celebrants

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Reflections on the Equinox of 2022

by Benjamin Martin,Ā Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantĀ®

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Alternative Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day: 6 Meaningful Rituals for Love and Connection

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Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantsĀ®-In the Know and in the News.

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Rituals that Say ā€œI Love Youā€

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Funerals, God and Why We Need Ceremonies

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Family Handfasting Ritual, Photograph
Baby Welcoming Ceremony: It Takes a Village

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