Blog
This is where we share resources, rituals, education and stories from our community to showcase how ritual and ceremony can be woven into moments and milestones across the life cycle.
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Farewell to a Family Cottage
Karen shares her House Cooling ceremony as she brought her family together to say goodbye to their cottage, a place that held 45 years of memories.
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A Celebration of Life Fit For A Matriarch
When Nan’s mother died, she wanted to create a celebration of life that would honor her mother’s life and legacy in a meaningful way
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A Reclamation Ceremony After An Organ Transplant
Ali Hiebert shares the story and the rituals behind her reclamation ceremony after an organ transplant, where she reclaimed her voice and her power.
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Complicated Grief and Father's Day
William Turner Heath, a funeral director and end of life doula, shares why he's holding grief this Father's Day surrounding the estrangement from his father.
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Grief and Father's Day ~ A Bereaved Father's Perspective
Father's Day can be filled with celebration, but it can also hold complicated emotions for those with more complex experiences of fatherhood.
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A Celebration of Life after MAiD
Christina shares how Be Ceremonial supports her with ritual ideas when she creates celebrations of life for people around the world.
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A TFMR Birth Story
Ali Hiebert explores the connections between life and loss within the context of ritual and ceremony, following the loss of her son Paris.
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Motherless Mother's Day
Our Director of Learning and Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying) Kate Love shares her ritual inspirations for a Motherless Mother's Day.
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How to Host a Grief Walk
Helen used Be Ceremonial to create a unique and meaningful Grief Walk Ceremony for the palliative care committee that she volunteers with.
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A 40th Milestone Birthday Ceremony
Nicole Sammut created a Closing the Year ceremony to say goodbye to her 30s and welcome her 40s in true ritual style.
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A Liver Transplant Ceremony
Ali created her own liver transplant ceremony to help her heal and release what she needed to let go of before and after her surgery.
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My Virtual Crone Ceremony
Helen created a crone ceremony to acknowledge the importance of a milestone birthday and help initiate her into this next chapter of life.