“Lisa performed a beautiful blessing for our adopted son Cassius. She intuitively determined what was important to us and what we wanted to share with our friends and loved ones. The blessing was the perfect mix of ceremony and light-heartedness—exactly what we wished for.”

— Carmen

“Angelica and I want to thank you for your work Saturday...we received great comments both regarding the ceremony and you officiating!! Again - thank you!”

— Bonnie & Angelica

“Lisa Hartley is a warm, loving, and sincere celebrant…we were having a destination wedding in Vancouver, Canada, and looking for a thoughtful celebrant…Lisa was the perfect person. She was attentive and sincerely cared about what we wished for so that she could deliver exactly that. And she had many nice suggestions to make our wedding day even more memorable. On our one-year wedding anniversary, Lisa sent us a card. It was such a loving surprise and all the memories of the wedding day came rushing back. My husband and I wholeheartedly recommend Lisa Hartley. If you wish to have a wedding program that is catered to your wishes and needs, she’s the person to call.”

— Jaewoo & Catherine

“The ceremony Lisa built for us was moving and transformational during a time of great change. Lisa has a strong intuition and a keen sense of knowing how to work with people in order to help them to identify and meet their own spiritual and emotional needs. She was able to build a formation around our different cultures as well as able to gently reveal some of the big unknown questions that we needed to figure out. And through all that, she kept us sane and even managed to summon an eagle to fly overhead just as the I DO's were being said. She rocks.”

— Quentin & Leena

“Thank you SO much for your presence and guidance at our wedding. We loved our ceremony, and we have had a lot of feedback from our family and friends about how meaningful and touching it was for almost everyone. Even Aimee, the photographer, sent us a note saying that in her nine years of photographing weddings, our ceremony really moved her, touched something in her. That is always lovely to hear.”

— Mary & Phil

“Many of our guests commented on how our ceremony was unique, interesting, and heartfelt. Lisa impressed us from the first meeting. She was thoroughly professional, working with us on the ceremony text for weeks. On the day of our wedding, she dealt calmly with unexpected situations, even right up to the crucial moments of our ceremony. We would recommend her to anyone.”

— Neil & Melanie

“Ben and I … are so pleased with how our day turned out and couldn't have enjoyed it any more than we did. You were amazing and we can't thank you enough.”

— Nicole

“So many people commented on what a lovely ceremony it was, and how great you were, which we totally agree with. You’ve got a great style.”

— Caroline & Laura

“Thank you again for helping to create such a lovely and memorable day for us. We had many compliments on the ceremony! Your guidance and help were absolutely invaluable!”

— Leslie & Mike

“Thank you so much, everyone loved the ceremony, said it was the best they had ever been to!”

— Jane & Dan

Memorials & Grief Support

“Lisa took the time to learn about my late husband by meeting with me at length and speaking to those closest to him. She was respectful, attentive, and made sure to get everything "just so" prior to the service. Lisa's words were written uniquely for my husband, to honour the unique life that was his. Her demeanour is gentle, warm and sincere. Losing my husband to brain cancer is devastating. Working with Lisa, we could come together in a ceremony to remember and honour him in a way that was true to the man he was and the legacy he has made in all of our hearts. Lisa's structure, words and guidance both before and on the day were incredibly poignant and absolutely indispensable.”

— Patricia Gooch

“…thank you for doing a lovely job yesterday. It was a perfect and fitting tribute to a lady you’ve gotten to know a little vicariously, and she would have loved it from beginning to end. Your job is challenging—I admire the way you do it with grace, patience and the manner in which you slow down the pace of life and create reflective moments in these services. It was beautiful!”

— Heather Smith

“Lisa, you were wonderful in every way. My brother would have loved you, and we will always remember how much you helped us through these difficult days.”

— Stephen Macklam

“The service you wrote for Jennifer was beautiful. The message, the ‘we will remember you’, everything. You knocked it out of the park.”

— Ngaio Davis, Funeral Director

“I cannot tell you how many people at our mother's memorial said, ‘Wow! That celebrant was wonderful. That was a beautiful ceremony!’ Thank you for making it so, and for allowing us to just be ourselves.”

— Tomiye Ishida

“Through many hours of meetings and phone calls—so that Lisa could learn about Mom from everyone who was closest to her—Lisa listened to our stories and heard our feelings. She then wrote a beautiful and heartfelt eulogy, which she shared during our celebration. I think it was the most complete eulogy I've ever heard, and I'm so happy that so many aspects of Mom's life were captured.”

— Suki MacDonald Kapahi

“The ceremony went very well and everyone was truly impressed. It was quite frankly a powerful event for everyone. It was also cathartic for me personally, and I feel a huge sense of relief since Saturday. Thanks again so much … for making this a special and meaningful event.”

— Daniel

“Thank you, Lisa! You did a fabulous job of keeping the space for us, allowing us to speak and read the poems that touched us and yet also have time to reflect and feel. Your words were true; you knew our mother though you hadn't met her. Thank you again for a powerful and moving ceremony!”

— Utta Gagel

“Lisa's authentic desire to connect made it easy to feel open and to want to share with her my stories and life experiences with my beloved friend. Her thoroughness and attention to detail made me feel I was in good hands and my friend would be honoured by her understanding in her eulogy. Lisa's marvelous sense of humour brings lightness and delight to my interactions with her. She has a creative and outside-the-box thinking edge that fitted right in with mine, so I loved working and brainstorming with her.”

— Marie

“Lisa turned out to be the right person at the right time. We met for a round table discussion at our home. My daughter, son, and I shared our stories and memories of Dianne and how we wanted to celebrate her life. Lisa quickly responded, from that chaos, with a first draft of Dianne’s Ceremony that provided a focus for us to move forward with. It seemed as though Lisa had known Dianne for years. From her Welcoming Words to the Closing of Dianne’s celebration, Lisa guided us skillfully and sensitively through our grief and efforts to ‘heal the tapestry of our community….without Dianne.’ Lisa’s writing and wordsmithing skills helped us clearly express our thoughts, tributes, and emotions. The result was truly a Celebration of Dianne’s life. Throughout the Celebration, I was incapable of speaking coherently, so Lisa in her calm, reassuring way, read my Tribute to Dianne. Lisa, a complete stranger only a few days before, was somehow the right person to read that tribute. I will be forever grateful for her skill in presenting my thoughts with just the right tone and emotion.

— Ken Harford

“Lisa's service as my family's Celebrant went far beyond my expectations. She has been remarkably caring, genuinely compassionate, and has helped me immensely in transitioning to a world without my mother. Though we were meeting for the first time, the attentiveness she brought every time we met was that of a long-time friend. There is an undeniable beauty in the service she provides. I am truly grateful for everything she's done.”

— Jacques Stevenson

“Lisa was such a pleasure to work with. She seemed so invested and inspired, right from the start and I trusted her right away. She was professional, creative and very attentive, and gentle with us during a very difficult period. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her as a celebrant.”

— Elvira Parent