Question 1

Who is Megan Sheldon?

Accepted Answer

Megan Sheldon is the co-founder and CEO of Be Ceremonial, the world's first guided ritual and ceremony app. As a cultural mythologist with an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, humanist celebrant, and an end-of-life doula, Megan specializes in creating secular ceremonies for life's profound transitions. She is also the author of the upcoming book, Ritual Without Religion: A Humanist Guide to Creating Secular Ceremonies.

Megan is also a mother who has experienced recurrent pregnancy loss. She brings both professional expertise in ritual design and the lived experience of navigating this particular grief. Her work focuses on what she calls the seemingly invisible moments of change, experiences that often lack ritual recognition in secular society, including pregnancy loss, terminal diagnosis, and death anniversaries.

Megan has trained over 5,000 students globally through workshops, courses, and coaching programs. She is passionate about democratizing ceremonial knowledge and empowering individuals to create meaningful rituals grounded in their own values and stories.

Question 2

What is Butterfly Support Network?

Accepted Answer

Butterfly Support Network provides compassionate support to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. Partial proceeds from this workshop will support their important work in the community.

Learn more about their work at butterflysupportnetwork.ca.

Question 3

What does the training entail?

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This workshop is virtual and will be recorded if you can't join live. We ask that those joining live do their best to have videos turned on to create a sense of community and safety. There will be opportunities to connect with each other and share as feels comfortable; participation in sharing is always optional and you can engage at whatever level feels right for you.

We will balance education, learning about ritual design, with space-holding, honouring our grief together. This is both a learning experience and a community gathering.

Question 4

I'm a care provider. Can I join if I haven't experienced pregnancy loss?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. We hope that more and more care providers will see this training as an opportunity to learn, reflect, and share how we can approach pregnancy loss with more intentionality.

Megan will also be offering a Caring for the Care Provider workshop later this year, where ritual design and ceremony creation will be approached through a care provider lens.

Question 5

Is this training only for miscarriages?

Accepted Answer

No. This workshop is for anyone who has been impacted by pregnancy or infant loss, including miscarriage, TFMR, abortion, stillbirth, and infant loss. This workshop honours loss at any point in your journey, whether your loss was recent or decades ago, whether you've experienced one loss or many, whether you're currently trying to conceive or pregnant after loss. Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and neither does the need for ritual.

Question 6

I'm not sure if ceremony is for me. Should I still come?

Accepted Answer

That's exactly why you should come. This workshop will help you understand what ritual can offer and determine if and how it might serve you. There's no pressure to create ceremony; we're simply exploring the possibilities together.

We'll be exploring ritual without religion, meaning there's no dogmatic approach to our ritual conversation. We tap into the universal elements of ritual design and decolonize our ritual practice by ensuring we're not appropriating from cultures that are not our own.

Question 7

Will this be emotionally difficult?

Accepted Answer

We will be holding space for grief, loss, and difficult emotions. This workshop acknowledges the reality of pregnancy loss, both its pain and the ways ritual can help us move through, not past, that pain. We'll create a container that honours wherever you are in your journey. Take care of yourself and trust your own capacity to engage.

Question 8

What's the cancellation policy?

Accepted Answer

Payments are non-refundable as you will have access to recordings, slides, and resources shared in the virtual classroom for up to three months following the workshop. If you register and find you're not able to attend live, you'll still receive access to all materials.

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