Ep5 - Storytelling Life - Linda Stuart Life Cycle Celebrant

What Makes An Effective Funeral Celebrant?

Stories have captivated mankind since the beginning of time. The art of the
story is a skill and ability needed if you are a funeral celebrant. Being
able to listen well, find the story and tell it with sensitivity and
relevance is what makes an effective celebrant. 

In this podcast, I chat with Linda Stuart a Life Cycle Celebrant from
Ontario, Canada. We talk about how Linda's creative website has driven new
business, the use of social media and red wine and chocolate! A great mix!

Linda tells us:

I’ve always been in the caring professions and my family has been involved in funerals since I was a girl. I have taken these experiences and built my expertise as a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant™.

I have spent hundreds of hours studying ceremony creation and performance and perfecting the art of ceremonial public speaking. I received certifications in both wedding and funeral Celebrancy from the Celebrant Foundation & Institute, the leading educational organization training Celebrants in North America.

I furthered my studies by obtaining an additional funeral celebrant certificate from the In-Sight Institute, a program widely recognized by funeral directors. I am licensed by the Province of Ontario to officiate at weddings and I am a member of the Celebrant Foundation & Institute Canada-East Chapter (Celebrant Ceremonies).

I bring to my work as a Celebrant decades of experience in sales and marketing, business management, nonprofit administration and, most significantly, motherhood.

Contact Details:Website - Linda StuartTwitter - @LindaStuart65GETTING TO KNOW LINDA STUART

Each episode I ask my guests 3 questions to get to know a little bit more about them.

What would be a song that you would like played at your funeral?What is a book you think everyone should read?What is a film that you think everyone should see?MY FUNERAL SONG

Shenandoah - Daughter of a star.

BOOK TO READThe Missing Piece - Shel SilversteinA FILM YOU MUST SEEForrest Gump

Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him.

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