Let me introduce myself …my name is Elaine Voci and I am a
life coach, specializing in career coaching, in private practice in Carmel, IN
and I am a graduate of the Celebrant Foundation & Institute class of
2014. I am a published author of
five books, and I write a monthly newsletter and blog for my clients and other
readers. When invited to write a
blog for the Celebrant Foundation & Institute, I gladly accepted. Here is my blog
for October 2015:My Celebrant Manifesto
I was
inspired to write a manifesto after reading a transcript of the most recent
broadcast of “On Being” with Krista Tippett, featuring an article titled “The
Monk Manifesto” by guest contributor Christine Valters Paintner (http://abbeyofthearts.com/) in which she spoke of living life with intention, and
having a clear sense of purpose and personal mission. These are topics that often come up with my clients in life
and career coaching, and they are at the heart of my own career decisions,
including the one to attend the Celebrant Foundation & Institute to be
trained as a life cycle celebrant.
Here is what Christine’s article prompted in me:
Celebrant: Someone trained in the art of ceremony
Manifesto: A public declaration of principles and
intention, from the Latin for “clear”
My Celebrant
Manifesto is, thus, a clear public expression of my commitment to live a
compassionate, regenerative and creative life while working in the service of
others. Here are my commitment
statements:
1. I commit to finding time each day to
be quiet and grateful for my gifts of creativity and compassion, and to resist
the larger culture of constant noise, stimulation and emphasis on ‘doing’
rather than on being.
2. I commit to offering hospitality by welcoming people who find me and seek my services to perform a ritual, rite of passage, memorial service, a wedding, a funeral and other celebrations of life that mark life cycles/milestones.
4. I commit to cultivating awareness of
my kinship with creation and a healthy discernment of how I use my energy and creative
gifts, letting go of what does not nurture me or others, in order to flourish
in my life and in my practice.
5. I commit to bringing my best self, my
fullest presence, to the sacred work I do, holding a heart of gratitude to
express my service to the world with purpose and meaning.
6. I commit to the rhythms of my
celebrant career to honor times of quiet and renewal that allow me to grow, to
reflect, to contemplate and to honor my own internal process of being and
discovery, resisting the culture of busyness that would define and measure my
worth only by what I do/produce.
7. I commit to ongoing acts of service
through my work as a celebrant, knowing that I have chosen this path of
transformative human experiences to connect with others supportively to honor
life’s milestones.
*Photograph courtesy of
Celebrant Michele Davidson of Vancouver British Columbia http://www.moderncelebrant.ca/
Celebrant Foundation & Institute
Blog Editor ~ Elaine Voci, Ph.D.
Elaine is a Certified Life Cycle
Celebrant and provides individuals and families in the greater Indianapolis
area with personalized and unique ceremonies that mark life’s important
transitions. She is also a Life Coach in private practice, specializing in career
coaching, in Carmel, Indiana and the author of four inspirational and
educational books. She is proud and happy to be our CF&I Blog editor!
You can reach Elaine at elainevoci@gmail.com.
Please direct all request, comment or
concerns about our CF&I Blog to our Social Media Manager ~
Marcia Almeida, Master Life-Cycle Celebrant. at celebrantsocialmedia@gmail.com
Or to the Celebrant Foundation
& Institute’s director, Charlotte Eulette at:charlotteeulette@celebrantinstitute.org or
call us at (973)746-1792.
Don’t
hesitate to visit our website at www.celebrantinstitute.org
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