The Celebrant Survival Podcast

In this jam-packed episode, Claire speaks to award-winning funeral celebrant and grief trainer Rosalie Kuyvenhoven about all things funeral. They discuss the discrepancies between the way that funerals are perceived and the actual realities of funerals. They look at creativity within funeral work, the growing trend of Zoom funerals and the rise in Death Cafes too. As well as discussions about the...

When it comes to marketing your celebrant business, if you want to and if you have the means to, you could spend a ton of money on it! But not everyone wants to or has the means to! In this episode, Claire and Natasha navigate the ins and outs of paid marketing - everything from directories to Facebook ads, to help you think about how to pick the right avenues for you without burning a hole in you...

In this episode, Claire and Natasha go deep as they explore the long-lasting effects of Covid-19 and the pandemic and how it has affected us on both a human and celebrant level. They also look forward to a post-covid future and what lessons as celebrants we'll be taking with us.

In this episode, Claire and Natasha delve into all things celebrant creativity. Looking at the good, the bad and the ugly sides of creativity and how celebrants can be hindered during their creative processes. Tune in now for top creative tips and advice.

In this latest episode of the second series, Claire and Natasha pull back the curtains at the Celebrants Collective and take a look behind the scenes at everything that's been going on over the last year. From expanding the Collective to building a celebrant community online, we chat about what makes us tick as celebrants and what downright gets on our wick. (We did not mean that to rhyme!). And j...

In this latest episode, Natasha answers a question submitted by a Celebrant Survival Podcast listener on the subject of how to dress as a celebrant for your ceremonies. An awesome question, right? One which Natasha has answered in her usual Natasha-ristic way. Find out why she thinks everyone needs to stop having opinions on how celebrants dress and how she thinks celebrants should really dress fo...

In this episode, Natasha looks at what happens when your dream couple, who ticks all the boxes and who you quickly bond with, does't go ahead and book you! It sucks, right? But believe it or not, rejection is a very healthy, normal part of the celebrant booking process and Natasha gives some tips on how to reframe the rejection and get over it quickly and easily.

In this episode, Natasha looks at how the coronavirus pandemic will affect celebrants and the celebrant industry. From how celebrants work, to how the growth of the industry will be affected, there is not one celebrant who hasn't been or won't be affected by this pandemic. 

At least once a week Natasha gets asked this question, whether it's via email, DM, PMs or carrier pigeon! And understandably, it's a question that's on the minds of most people setting out on their celebrant journey, and even those already with some skin in the game. But as straightforward as this question might be, the answer is anything but! And so in this episode, Natasha looks at why this ques...

Natasha is joined by her first ever podcast guest, the awesome Heidi Thompson of the Evolve Your Wedding Business community, who shares all of her insights, wisdoms and knowledge on working with your ideal wedding clients. Knowing who your ideal clients are, is one of those areas in business that can leave you scratching your head, or maybe even pulling your hair out. But Heidi's no-nonsense, acti...

In this episode, Natasha takes a look at both the business and the ceremonial side of doing wedding rehearsals for your clients. She looks at the pros and cons of rehearsals and whether wedding celebrants should be offering rehearsals as standard, as an option or not at all! And for those who do run rehearsals, Natasha looks at how you factor them in in your overall pricing.

In this episode, Natasha helps you to look ahead to how you want to end this final quarter of 2019? Have you even thought about it yet? Well, if not, don't worry, this episode is for you. It's never too late to set intentions and put goals into place, but before you do that you need to take a moment to look ahead and decide how you want to feel when this year comes to an end. Natasha will take you...

In this episode, Natasha not only invents new words, but she delves deep into the hows and whys of celebrant business confidence and spills the beans on how gaining business confidence is the key to moving your business forward as a celebrant and reaching the levels of success that you want. Check out this page for more on celebrant business confidence.

In this episode Natasha shares her four top tips for maximum sanity on social media. There is no doubt that social media has revolutionised the way we market ourselves and our business. Clients now have more ways than ever to come across us and engage with us before booking and more ways to get in touch too! But on the flip-side of this, social media use for business marketing can cause overwhelm,...

In this episode, Natasha digs even deeper into the things that she has learnt during her 12 years as a celebrant, the things that she touched on in episode 13. From experiencing a lack of confidence, epic fails, crappy days and crappy people, this episode explores common themes that ALL celebrants and officiants experience at one time or another. 

In this episode, Natasha shares her own celebrant journey and looks back on some of the things she's learnt over her twelve years as a celebrant. Everyone has a different path but many experiences are common ones and sometimes hearing what others have done is the inspiration or kick up the butt that you need to get yourself where you want to be! Listen to this episode to hear about Natasha's highs...

In this episode, Natasha tackles another weighty and controversial subject -  the idea that there are TOO many celebrants. Are there really too many celebrants and how many is too many? She also looks at what effect a saturated market might have on other celebrants and gives advice of ways to look at the 'situation' differently.

In this episode Natasha explores the idea of ceremony script-writing and how much emphasis we place on its importance for our role as a celebrant. She looks at how scripting for ceremonies has become such an important element in the creation of ceremony, that it might possible overshadow everything else that goes into creating a ceremony. Tune into this episode to hear this fascinating discussion...

In this episode, Natasha talks about all things related to money that we as Celebrants don't talk about enough. From setting prices, sticking to prices, raising prices, to having the confidence to talk proudly and passionately about what you charge and why. We celebrants are sometimes our worst enemy! Listen now for some top tips on building up your confidence surrounding money, from how you think...

In this episode, to gently ease into 2019, Natasha selects three of her favourite life and business quotes, breaks them down and shows how you can use their sentiments to focus your mind for a solid year ahead. You can have all the software, technology, the talent, enthusiasm and passion in place, but if your mindset is not your strongest asset, then it can make everything else redundant and all y...

In this episode, Natasha looks at how to carry out a full review of your Celebrant business, but more importantly why you should be doing it at all. It's all good and well to make plans for the year ahead but how can you make plans for the future without looking at how your business has faired in the recent past and present? Natasha looks at how to systematically carry out a review of your busines...

It can be a real worry when you notice that the number of bookings you have, appear to be less than your previous year, or for the same period of time in a previous year. Or you could be a new Celebrant who is worried about the number of bookings or lack of bookings received, especially when you're not reaching the targets that you set. Particularly. for more experienced Celebrants who have perhap...

Websites, websites, websites - it's all we talk about nowadays, isn't it? But, let's be fair, it's for a pretty damn good reason! Websites rule, right? And frankly speaking, if anyone wants to get anywhere in whatever business they happen to be in, their website is where they will want to focus a lot of their attention, the place which all avenues lead to. There are however a lot of myths that sur...

In episode five of the Celebrant Survival Podcast, Natasha looks at how pricing is an area which affects all Celebrants no matter their experience and she goes through four no-nos that Celebrants should avoid when it comes to pricing. Pricing is something which is extremely important as a Celebrant, yet some Celebrants dislike getting into complicated discussions about it. Some even feel that it's...

Whilst as Celebrants we understand the expense that goes into holding a celebratory event, whether it's a wedding, funeral, baby-naming or other service, being asked to reduce our price does create a potentially awkward start to a working relationship. Everyone has their reasons for why they ask for a discount and sometimes there is not a simple response. Sometimes, it's not about simply saying 'n...