Each year I serve around 200 families as they try to navigate life's most difficult crossroad.

I am often asked how I manage working with so much grief and loss but I believe in the importance of my work. Why? Because I am able to help individuals and families through those difficult early days. I meet people whose paths I would never have crossed, hear their inspiring stories and then get to retell them. For a short period of time I become immersed in their family and their lives. I laugh with them, cry with them and am so enriched by them. I work with them to craft meaningful farewells and in the process provide a platform for their grief.

From a simple, private farewell to an event for hundreds I support and guide to create a perfect end of life ceremony. I recommend funeral professionals and other service providers; advise on venues; suggest music, readings, rituals, symbols and faith-based content; craft eulogies and tributes and coordinate family and friends to then lead, what I believe to be, life's most important ceremony.

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Religious Studies Major and a Certificate IV in Funeral Celebrancy. Since 2009 have led almost 2000 end of life ceremonies experiencing the diversity of culture, religion, sexuality and ethnicity that Melbourne families offer.