Are you looking to welcome a new child into your family with a ceremony that is uniquely yours?

Would you like to gather a few supportive friends to mindfully mark the difficult transition of divorce?

As you reach milestone birthdays, do you want to embrace your new age with a meaningful celebration that goes beyond a mere party?

I’m Linda Stuart, a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant™ and Officiant servicing the Toronto area, and I am here to design innovative ceremonies and rituals to help you honour all the phases of your life. There are so many opportunities to use ceremony and ritual for healing and celebration and to create connections among families, friends, neighbours, and colleagues. Yours can be a private, personal moment just for you or a true celebration surrounded by supportive and loving friends and family.

Personal ceremonies honour all the transformations in our lives.

The moments and milestones in our journeys deserve acknowledgement and celebration. We marry and divorce. We welcome children into our families through birth or adoption. We build and change our careers. We move to new homes and cities. We survive physical and mental illnesses and the loss of family and friends.

Ceremony fulfills a deep human need to mark these rites of passages, creating a sacred time and space to ease our way through life’s transformations. Ceremony allows us to mindfully focus on the present and meaningfully engage in something more powerful than words. By creating a safe and comforting space to say goodbye to something old and welcome something new, ceremony allows us to move through the seasons of our lives with dignity and grace.

Let me design the perfect ceremony to pay tribute to all the stops on your life journey.

In today’s fast-paced lifestyle, slowing down to acknowledge the transitions in life can be deeply healing and profoundly inspiring.

Let me help you create a one-of-a-kind ceremony to mark your rites of passage.

STORIES FROM MY CLIENTS

Melissa and James came to me to design a modern name blessing ceremony for their new daughter. We told the story behind her name’s meaning as her newly appointed guide-parents made vows in their important roles as mentors. Family and friends then participated in a unique pearl wisdom ritual, sharing wishes for this darling girl’s life.

Shellee came to me seeking a meaningful but fun way to mark her 50th birthday. Because her sparkling personality lights up any room, we created a special candle ritual symbolizing her dazzling light and bright future. She lit the taper, crossing the half century milestone surrounded by cheering friends and family.

As part of The Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals 100th anniversary commemoration, we turned to the symbolism of flowers to honour the organization’s achievements. With 100 carnations representing the association’s longevity, we paid tribute to members who had passed and, with a single golden rose signifying gratitude and optimism, we honoured its bright future.

“Through her careful and well thought out words, Linda brought considerable passion to our anniversary celebration, evoking inspiration in her audience. She is a pleasure to work with.”