Welcoming Tender Hearts, Joyful Spirits, and Deep Feelers
Hi, I'm Lauren! (they/them)
Rooted in Northern California, happy to travel (passport ready!)
I'm an award-winning Queer Love Celebrant & Best-Selling Author with nearly 20 years of experience creating and officiating love celebrations for fun, sentimental and beautifully non-traditional folks.
I've guided hundreds of couples through an emotionally rich, transformational journey, moving from performing, proving and people-pleasing to feeling deeply connected, seen and celebrated for exactly who they are.
For a lot of people, especially queer, trans and beautifully non-traditional folks, a wedding ceremony is the first time the world has been asked to gather, witness, and celebrate the full truth of who you are. Every beautiful, luminous part of you, loved out loud, on your own terms.
When I get to know you (really know you): your story, your humor, your tenderness, the specific and delightful way you move through the world together, something extraordinary becomes possible. A celebration that is fully, completely, cosmically yours.
“Lauren’s process takes you out of the logistics of planning a wedding and back into feeling the love — the whole reason you’re even getting married. Lauren made us feel seen, loved, and cared for as if we had been friends for years. The ceremony perfectly captured our love story, and every guest said it was their favorite part of the day.”
LAUREN AS A LOVE CELEBRANT
I'm reinventing what it means to hold space for love. After attending many traditional wedding ceremonies, I began to notice a huge emotional gap between how couples wanted to feel on their wedding day (happy, present, connected) and how they actually felt on their wedding day (stressed, overwhelmed, anxious).
Given my inquisitive, sentimental nature, I chose to embrace what this is really about: THE LOVE! I became the Love Celebrant who could fill that emotional gap by helping couples show up fully for the depth of the moment - rather than rushing through it.
My signature offering is the Love Celebration Journey, an emotionally rich experience where couples get to slow down, explore their relationship, strengthen their bond, and get clear on what marriage truly means to them. This journey leads to a unique, once-in-a-lifetime Joyful Love Celebration.
“Before working with Lauren, we felt excited to celebrate our day of love. After working with Lauren, we realized how much more there was to celebrate.”
Ready to create something joyful, tender and truly yours?
Schedule a free 45 minute Connection Call. I’d love to meet you!
I wrote a book!
“Joyful Love Celebrations,” now a #1 Amazon bestseller, is a warm invitation into creating a ceremony that feels like you. Written for queer, trans and beautifully non-traditional couples, this book is a gentle guide into growing love, self-belonging, and emotional connection, from the inside out. Check it out here.