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The Celebrant Survival Podcast — 78 episodes

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78: The Work We Love and the Cost No One Talks About (Hint: Burnout!)

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77. Claire's highs and lows of 2025

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76: Natasha's highs and lows of 2025

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75: Should funeral celebrants be worried about direct cremations?

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74: Ceremony sound: Why having your own PA system and mic is so important as a celebrant

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73: Claire's Camino - what Claire learnt from her 7 week sabbatical

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72: What should we do with children at ceremonies?

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71: The four elements that can make or break your ceremony

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70: Should I publish my price on my website and other questions?

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69: Working with wedding planners: the good, the bad and the ugly

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68: How Claire prepared for her big six week sabbatical on the Camino de Santiago

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67: Are there too many celebrants (revisited)?

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66: How to have a holiday during the holidays (or any other time of year!)

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65: Why do prospective clients ghost us and what can we do about it?

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64: How I've grown a successful celebrant business by Natasha Johnson

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63: Why building connections with other celebrants is so important

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62: New celebrants: Here's how to not reach out to existing celebrants

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61. What's it really like being a destination wedding celebrant in Spain?

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60: ADHD and celebrancy

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59: When will it be time for you to say goodbye to celebrancy?

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58: How to get paid as a celebrant

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57: Menopause, menstruation and celebrants!

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56: Raising your celebrant prices in three easy-ish steps

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55. What trainees can and should expect from training in 2023

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54: Our three takeaways from 2022's bumper year of ceremonies

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53: Your celebrant results - do you know what you want them be?

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52: Social Media - how do we use it and navigate it as celebrants

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51: Wedding couples and their celebrant shopping habits

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50: How will the cost of living crisis affect your celebrant business?

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49: Three SEO myths that are blocking you from SEO success

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48: Natasha's Mexican Marriage Extravaganza

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47: Claire's big fat white wedding

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46: How Claire works with her funeral clients

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45: How I work with my wedding clients from start to finish by Claire

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44: How I work with my clients from start to finish by Natasha

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43: How to choose the right celebrant training for you

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42: How to elevate your systems and processes for better business success

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41: Five top tips for giving your celebrant creativity a boost

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40: Why making mistakes can be good for your celebrant career

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39: Ten guiding principles that all celebrants need to know for ceremony creation

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38: How to create your year in your own way

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37: Why we think it's important to end your year in this way.

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36: Celebrating Worlds Celebrants Week 2021

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35: Refining and defining what you do and how you work as a celebrant

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34: Industry awards: Hard yes? Or hell no?

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33: Why you need to stop doing random marketing and get yourself a plan with Heidi Thompson

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32: A celebrant chit chat with Natasha J

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31: A celebrant chit-chat with Claire B

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30: How to stop being your own worst enemy and start being your new best friend

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29: Simple ceremonies: Why less can be more when it comes to ceremony creation

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28: The changing face of the funeral landscape

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27: Paid marketing - is it worth it?

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26: How Covid-19 has changed the celebrant industry

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25: Celebrant Creativity: The highlights and the headaches

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24: Behind the scenes at the Celebrants Collective

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23: How do you dress for success as a celebrant?

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22: How to cope with rejection as a celebrant

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21: How will celebrants and the celebrant industry change after coronavirus?

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20: Can you make a living as a celebrant?

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19: Knowing who your ideal wedding clients are with Heidi Thompson

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18: Wedding rehearsals; Yes? No? Maybe?

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17: How do you want to end this final quarter of 2019?

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16: Why business confidence is the key to your celebrant business success

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15: Four tips to keep you sane on social media

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14: Things I've learnt on my celebrant journey - part 2

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13: Things I've learnt in 12 years as a Celebrant

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12: Are there too many celebrants?

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11: Are celebrants placing too much emphasis on writing scripts when it come to creating ceremony?

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10: Let's talk about money

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9: Three life quotes to set you up for the year ahead

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8: Why review your business and how to do it in three steps

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7: Three things to do when your bookings are down

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6: Five myths about websites

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5: Four no-nos that you shouldn't do when setting the prices for your services

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4 - What to do when you're asked to discount your ceremony prices

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3 - Four ways to boost your professional development as a Celebrant

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2 - Three top tips for marketing your personality as a Celebrant

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1 - Five tips to get your business year off to an awesome start