49: Three SEO myths that are blocking you from SEO success
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
Release Date: 09/12/2022
78: The Work We Love and the Cost No One Talks About (Hint: Burnout!)
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this longer than usual but much-needed episode, Celebrant Survival hosts Claire and Natasha talk openly about celebrant burnout: how it really shows up, why it’s so often misunderstood, and the emotional cost of doing deeply meaningful work on repeat. Drawing on their own experiences, they explore the signs they ignored, the myths that kept them pushing through, and why burnout is as much about depletion, as it is about workload. This is an honest, compassionate conversation for celebrants who love their work but feel tired, flat or quietly overwhelmed and who need permission to...
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77. Claire's highs and lows of 2025
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this episode of the Celebrant Survival Podcast, Claire shares the highlights of her celebrant year and looks at the things which ticked all the boxes and the things that ticked none at all. She talks about how the highs and lows have made her feel and what she's learnt from it all. This episode is for wedding and funeral celebrants, whether you’re newly trained, fully booked, or feeling stuck, overwhelmed or burnt out. The Celebrant Survival Podcast is hosted by experienced celebrants, Natasha Johnson and Claire Bradford of The Celebrants Collective, supporting celebrants worldwide...
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76: Natasha's highs and lows of 2025
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this reflective and honest episode, Natasha opens up about her three biggest highs and three standout lows from her 2025 wedding year. From unforgettable ceremony moments and personal wins, to the challenges that tested her resilience, she shares it all with warmth, humour, and the real-talk celebrants love. Packed with warmth, honesty and a touch of celebrant humour, this episode is a comforting reminder that every year brings growth, lessons and plenty to smile about, whether you're a seasoned pro or new celebrant? Tune in for stories, takeaways, and a little behind-the-scenes peek into...
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75: Should funeral celebrants be worried about direct cremations?
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this very topical episode, Claire puts her funeral celebrant hat on as she tackles the subject of direct cremations. With the increase in direct cremations and the appeal to some people of having a 'no frills', easy disposal of their remains after death, it's a topic that affects the funeral industry as a whole. As worrisome as it might seem on the face of it, Claire looks at how funeral celebrants can embrace this 'new' addition to the funeral landscape and how celebrants can use it to their advantage. She looks at how celebrants can create new opportunities for ceremonies for people who...
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74: Ceremony sound: Why having your own PA system and mic is so important as a celebrant
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this episode, Natasha talks about the importance of ceremony sound and why as celebrants sometimes it's not enough to solo rely on our naked voices to deliver our ceremonies. Natasha shares the story of a ceremony incident which not only left her devestated but which made her vow to never have repeated again. In this episode she also talks about what voice projection actually is, as opposed to what most people think it is and why as celebrants we need to take more respoinsibility for our voice delivery, if we don't already. If you love our episodes please do consider leaving us a review. It...
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73: Claire's Camino - what Claire learnt from her 7 week sabbatical
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
Back in March 2024, Claire set off on a dream of a lifetime as she walked the whole length of the Camino de Santiago from France to Spain. As well as wanting to know what it was like, how she did it and how she found it, lots of people wanted to now how she managed to leave her celebrant work behind and pick up where she left of on her return. Well, in this episode Claire shares all of her insights from her break, her experiences on the Camino and also what it was like to take on such a massive undertaking, physically and mentally! It's fair to say that the Camino taught Claire a lot about...
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72: What should we do with children at ceremonies?
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this episode, Claire and Natasha try their best to not sound like horrible child-haters (they're not!), whilst they talk about the worst and the best bits about having children at ceremonies. They look at what can happen when kids are present at ceremonies and how as a celebrant you can prepare yourself, the guests and their families for a smooth service. Sometimes though, prepared or not, when children are involved plans do not always go to plan! Claire and Natasha share their experiences, and what they do to try and ensure sure that everyone is happy! If you love our episodes please do...
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71: The four elements that can make or break your ceremony
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this episode, Natasha looks at four ceremony elements which can really affect the success of the ceremony itself. You may have been there yourself. You've written/prepared what you think is the perfect ceremony, the best one yet, you're prepped, poised and ready but when it comes to the actual ceremony itself, it just falls flat. And sometimes it can leave you scratching your head wondering why it might be. Well, tune in to this episode to hear Natasha share the four things which she feels can radically alter the way that a ceremony lands and what, if anything you can do about it. Ps....
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70: Should I publish my price on my website and other questions?
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
Check out the latest episode where Natasha and Claire answer a series of common questions that they've come across or are asked a lot. They start off by looking at the question "Should I put my prices on my website?" Followed by "Am I too emotional to be a celebrant?" And finishing off with "I hate social media, do I really have to be on it to get work as a celebrant?" Three juicy questions, right? Tune in and hear what that have to say. On another note, they really enjoyed recording this type of episode, so if you've got a burning question that you'd love them to answer, let us know and they...
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69: Working with wedding planners: the good, the bad and the ugly
The Celebrant Survival Podcast
In this episode, Natasha talks about working with wedding planners and her experiences of working with them, and why she thinks that having a good working relationship with wedding planners can be really good for business. She looks at how wedding planners can help to push referrals your way, which can increase your overall number of bookings, as well as how helpful wedding planners can be on the wedding day itself. And because with the good, sometimes comes the bad and the ugly, she talks about the potential negative sides of working with wedding planners too.
info_outlineIn this episode, Natasha wants to get you feeling much better about SEO, especially because there's so much good that can come from it when you make yourself best friends with it. But the thing about SEO is that it gets a bad rap and most people end up thinking that SEO is confusing, difficult, unmaneagable and complicated. But Natasha's here to tell you that it's not true!
In this episode Natasha explains why all celebrants need to get onboard with SEO and why it's a good move for all small business owners. And she also debunks three big myths about SEO that do more harm than good.
If you're feeling a bit iffy about SEO but know you want to have a better grasp of it, then this episode is for you!
Want to get further stuck in to SEO? Check out our resources.
Our live SEO webinar workshop with Justine Coombs
https://www.celebrantscollective.eu/celebrants-collective-live-sessions/
Our SEO 101 for Celebrants
https://www.celebrantscollective.eu/seo-101-for-celebrants/