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This is where we share resources, rituals, education and stories from our community to showcase how ritual and ceremony can be woven into moments and milestones across the life cycle.

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A pebbled beach at low tide on a sunny day, with calm sea and a forested headland

Ceremony Stories ·

Saying Goodbye to a Relationship

Why do we celebrate marriage in community but go through divorce alone? Megan Sheldon on convening a divorce ceremony for a dear friend.

A woman with long hair seen from behind, watching a bonfire throw sparks into the night

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Making Time for Release Ceremonies

Marina Billinghurst on how release ceremonies helped her move through PTSD, miscarriage and grief, and the simple ritual she returns to.

Young children playing on a backyard slide in the sun while a parent carries a bowl of sliced watermelon

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Kids Are Naturally Ceremonial

Kids thrive on both wonder and routine. Kate Love shares the family rituals that make ordinary days in her home a little more extraordinary.

Motherless Mother's Day

Ceremony Stories ·

The Most Important Person I Ever Lost

Kate Love shares the rituals that keep her mother Mimi close, from Mimi Wednesdays to a bowl of written thoughts, and how they reshaped her grief.

A couple in wedding clothes under a clear umbrella on a misty Tofino beach at low tide, with driftwood in the foreground

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Walking the Hill in Marriage

An Irish myth about walking the hill gave Megan Sheldon a way to say yes to marriage, and an anniversary ritual she and her husband return to every year.