Creating a Beautiful Life

My life’s work is infused with a deep and profound love of the sacred: nature, words, ritual, home and family. In fact, my favourite word is home.

Flowers of every type enchant me, and I adore hot sunshine, tempestuous thunderstorms, my hands in the earth, the haunting strains of cello, stars, and moonlight. My great pleasures also include being snugged up on the sofa by the woodstove reading a book, being mesmerised by birdsong at dawn, and time with my family. My favourite scent is eucalyptus (and I use it like a white witch in my housecleaning!) because it reminds me of my childhood in Australia, and how good the bush smells after the rain.

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Celebrant Training

Comprehensive and in-depth practical training course in creative, heart-led, authentic celebrancy.

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Celebrant

Veronika’s worked as a celebrant since 1995 and officiates at weddings, funerals, namings and blessingway ceremonies.

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Non Fiction

Veronika is the author of over twelve non-fiction books, focusing on conscious parenting, holistic health and plant-based recipes.

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Novels

Veronika is the author of four novels.

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Blog Posts

Tying the Knot: Handfastings in Cumbria

Have you ever wondered where the expression “to tie the knot” comes from? It has its origins in the ancient Celtic ritual of handfasting. As an independent celebrant, more and more of my clients wish to include…

Risky Business

Recently, someone I’ve known for about fifteen years said to me: “You don’t take risks, do you?” I was absolutely gob smacked. It really threw me for a while for two reasons. One was that it made me realise she didn’t know me at all,…

I Create Love

Love. It is essential to human happiness. But where does it come from? How do we grow it in our lives? Why do some people have an abundance of it, while others are deprived? When I wrote my book, I Create My Day, I chose to include the…

The Life You Want

One of the questions that has been dominant in my mind for a few years has been: “What am I really good at?” Yeah, sure, there are plenty of things I’m good at, but what I really mean is: “What do I excel at?” I’m a classic ‘Jill…

Slow Living: what death has taught me about life

A consequence of getting older (50 is on my horizon in just over a year) is an ever-growing, deeper appreciation for this amazing thing called life. I suppose, in my youth, it was something I simply took for granted. After all, I was going to…

Choosing a life-centred funeral

"This is what happens around the world; if you love, you grieve, and there are no exceptions." Funerals. They're not something people like to think about, let alone talk about. They conjure up images from the movies of families huddled together…