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Dying Wish: a documentary with an enduring message

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Something to Do After a Suicide Death

(Art by Tina Lewis. Natural Transitions Magazine Vol ...

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 “Liberty and Justice for All” 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.

Marcy’s Community Deathcare Legacy: The Benefits of Being Burdened

On the one-year cancerversary of her Stage 4 diagnosis,...

Follow Your Bliss

by Lenny Scovel

Joseph Campbell once wrote, “follow y...

A Wedding Celebrant Re-Discovers ‘Feelings’

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

Celebrating Friendship with the Summer Solstice

By Kristen Roderick

“One of the deepest longings of th...

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

By Frank Wall, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant (SoulfulN...

Reflections on the Equinox of 2022

by Benjamin Martin, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®

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

Valentine's Day is often associated with romantic love,...

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

By Aleesha Harris

Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant® Sue ...

Rituals that Say “I Love You”

By Marcia Almeida, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant® and ...

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by Benjamin Martin, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®

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