1.2K
Downloads
25
Episodes
A podcast by Michelle the #FunkyCelebrant® for anyone who loves LOVE, ceremony and celebration. Chock full of her own random musings. Her funky guests and their random musings as we explore life and death. Love and loss as well as our own place in the universe! Okay...so, it’s mainly going to be wedding chat, but that’s a pretty big universe in itself! Let’s talk and dream big together! Follow me on Insta - @michelle_funkycelebrant Facebook - Michelle Taylor Your #FunkyCelebrant or email me - michelle@funkycelebrant.co.uk
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
In this episode I am joined by Ericka Davis an American wedding officiant and Gwen Rule a wedding and funeral celebrant from London.
We continue our conversation on overt and covert racism as well as looking at whether it's ok for anyone to jump the broom. Before looking forward to the future, as role models within our industry.
Two more fabulous women of colour working within the Wedding Industry who you would be mad not to find out more about!
Ericka can be reached via her website www.expertiseweddings.com
and Gwen via her website www.uniqueceremony.co.uk
You can find out more about me via my website
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
In this episode I get to have an in-depth conversation with my favourite gin swilling beardy photographer...Avi from AK Expressions.
We talk about weddings post lockdown and how they really are likely to look, for a little time yet at least.
How your suppliers who need to get up close and personal might have to adapt and how your celebrant, photographer and videographer are going to have to work before during and after the ceremony.
It's not all doom and gloom though, because as we talked, we started to bounce some solutions off each other and left the conversation feeling quite upbeat and looking forward to finally getting some form of 2020 wedding season off the ground.
How do you think its all going to shape up?
Want to book the bearded wonder?
Pay a visit to his website www.akexpressions.com
You can find out more about me via my website
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
TRIGGER WARNING
This episode is a serious, frank and open discussion between 5 women of colour as we discuss racism, how it has impacted our every day lives and continues to affect some aspects of our working lives as celebrants here in the UK and Malaga, Spain.
I make no apologies that some people listening to this podcast may be upset by some parts of the discussion, because it IS a discussion that needs to be held in communities all over the country.
Here is a list of resources you may find useful.
This is not the end of the conversation, but the beginning.
My thanks go to
Jamie Walker - www.jamiewalkercelebrant.com
Jas Biant- Infinite Celebrations By Jas - www.infinitecelebrations.co.uk
Sheron Burt - www.sbyourcelebrant.co.uk
Maxine Mitchell - maxinemitchellecelebrant@outlook.com
Natasha Johnson - www.malagaminister.com
You can find out more about me via my website
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
Meet two of the most awesome Celebrants in the North of England...
Ellie Farrell & Louisa Starr
We're all from the Midlands, so once conversation starts flowing we are quickly reduced to giggling wrecks, and can all understand each other perfectly.. I just hope you can too.
We discuss wedding day ferrets, wedding day beards, vikings, Harry Potter and what makes an alternative wedding ceremony, as well as the future of Celebrant led weddings....such a lot crammed into ½ an hour!
You can find out more about Ellie at https://alternativeceremoniesuk.com
and Louisa at https://funeralcelebrantyorkshire.com
You can find out more about me via my website
Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
Hello and welcome, let introduce myself
My name is Michelle aka the Funky Celebrant...my nickname since 16 is Flo ....apparently I reminded the name giver of Floella Benjamin because of my bright and bubbly personality.
Come on over and meet me on my website to find out more about me
Or
If your a UK based wedding celebrant in need of some mentoring