About Me

Being a funeral celebrant is a complete privilege and enables me to do what I love most – to tell people’s stories.

I combine being a celebrant with writing and am just finish my Writing MA at Falmouth University. I run two community choirs in Newquay and St Just which add to my slightly kaleidoscopic work!

My journey into the celebrant world began seventeen years ago, when my father died at 58. His wishes for his own funeral changed substantially in his last five days, culminating in him having a last ‘burn up’ over the South Downs in a motorbike sidecar hearse.

I wrote and delivered his eulogy and was struck just how important it is to have a good end and one that is personal and soulful.

Since that time I have gone on to help friends create naming ceremonies for their children and enabled women’s circles to hold elemental ceremonies. Ritual and ceremony have become a really important part of my life particularly during these slightly odd times.  I am happiest out on the South West coastpath in all weathers. 

I have two gorgeous girls who are currently 22 and 14 and we are back in West Cornwall. I am a keen gig rower and trying to get better at swimming in the sea all year round.

I am delighted to have trained with Green Fuse

This is a podcast I recently recorded with Katie Tregidden – we talk about ritual, storytelling and a whole host of other things. Click on the photo for link.