My interest in death and dying

People have often said to me…how can you work in such an area? Don’t you find it depressing? And various other versions of this. Alongside myself, there are many end of life care workers, who feel completely the opposite. Right from when I was training as a nurse in 80’s, I knew that I wanted to work in cancer care. I spent a few years working at The Royal Marsden in London, where I also studied oncology (cancer care). Relocating to East Sussex in the late 90’s saw me moving into end of life instead, and I truly felt I’d found my place. I’ve worked in all settings, in patient, community, day care, outpatients and so bring into my celebrancy a wealth of experience and knowledge. I have spent so much time in the company of those who are dying, and those who care for them. It has been such a blessing, in that it has helped me to appreciate life. I’ve worked for hospices since 1998 and have found them to be such life affirming places. Places where staff go that extra mile, treating each person as holistically and supporting them to live as fully as possible while they are dying

Working with you to create a funeral ceremony - whether that’s for you, or for someone you love is a way that I can use this experience differently. I am passionate about supporting people to think about death, to talk about death, to live with impending death, and the death of a loved one. Helping people to have these conversations can help us to prepare for that which is inevitable. And it may be that you have lost someone, and you here here looking for a funeral celebrant and that the very act of working towards the ceremony to say goodbye, will also inspire you to start to have further conversations about your wishes for the future.

If any of this piques your interest feel free to reach out to me for a no obligation chat, and we can see if there is a way I can help you. Thanks for reading, Jane