Shannon Rosnau-Celebrant/Officiant

05/21/2022

Co-creating ceremonies like crazy these days and love this bit of “Wedding season”inspiration that we happened upon on our morning walk.💗I am so grateful and honoured to do this work.🙏

05/09/2021

Today is Mother’s Day. It is a difficult day for many of us. Sending love...

Here in the US, Mother's Day is upon us. We're thinking of all the people for whom today particularly difficult. This Sunday in May seriously sucks for so many people and in more ways than I can list.

So many wounds in the world. So many ways to be wounded.

I wish these made-up holidays didn't come with so much extra grief. There is plenty to go around without these greeting card dates. For now, please know that however this Mother's Day affects you, we're all here in this together, holding onto each other, holding each other up.

Whatever your loss - mother-related or no - I hope this weekend gifts you with something that lets you feel held, if only for a moment.

How about you? Is this Mother's Day thing hard for you, or is it a non-issue? If it's not a sore point for you, how does the mother-related pain of others affect you?

01/11/2021

Yes to this!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

11/18/2020

“You are not obliged to be beautiful. You don’t have to shine. Blooming will happen when it happens...” Lynn Ungar’s poetry speaks my heart. 🙏🍁❤️🍁

11/17/2020

Further to my last post.... This is so helpful. https://youtu.be/l2zLCCRT-nE

(sharing this video? using it in a training! Great! Tag or email us and let us know, and be sure to give proper attribution.) It's so hard to know what to do...

11/17/2020

Refuge In Grief is such an amazing resource for anyone who has experienced loss. 🙏

When someone's life implodes because of loss, there is no one perfect way to respond or to support them.

But here's a secret: NO ONE knows what to say in those situations. No one. That's a huge part of why we're here! You can’t make it better if you just say the exactly right thing. You can’t say the perfect thing because the perfect thing does. not. exist.

You can’t do it right because there is no “right.” I hope that’s a relief. The thing is, it’s not your job to make your friend feel better, or even to take away their pain. Follow the link in my bio to watch an awesome animation about how – letting things hurt – is the best thing you can do.

It’s not a surprise that you don’t know how to do any of this, or that you suddenly become someone who weirdly shouts “everything happens for a reason.” Because we don’t talk about this stuff, most people don’t know what to do.

The trick is to lean into your helplessness in the face of your friend’s . Your job is to feel awkward and stay there anyway. Just hang right out with their pain.

Bearing witness to someone’s pain without jumping in to fix it or make it better is a skill. And skills can be learned. Hooray for !

When pain exists, let it exist. Make it safer for each other to say, "This hurts," without rushing in to clean it up. Make space for each other.

This applies to grief. It applies to illness. It applies to social injustice. It applies to your friend who's just having a really cruddy day. It applies to so many situations, each one an additional reason we need to build these skills.

Show up. Listen. Don't fix.

Every day we have the opportunity to practice. The more we practice, the better we can show up for each other in our hardest, darkest moments.

How have you practiced showing up, listening, and not fixing today?

11/13/2020

So grateful to live on this amazing island where the beauty of nature is all around us. Today, I was delighted by a visit from Otter. 💗 In Animal Speak, Ted Andrews writes, “if otter has surfaced in your life, it may be time to find some play time”. Oh, yah. I think we could all use a little playtime! Wishing you a wonderful weekend. 😉🙏

10/31/2020

Blessed Samhain. 🙏🍁❤️

09/27/2020

This is a beautiful article that speaks to the power of storytelling and what we Life Cycle Celebrants love to do! 🌸

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09/22/2020

Happy Fall! Equinox Blessings! 🌼”Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

09/16/2020

🌟It’s Official!!!🌟So thrilled to be embarking on this new path! 💗🙏💗