Welcome friend,

I’m Amy - an Interfaith Minister, Celebrant and Funeral Director offering beautiful, creative and deeply personal ceremonies that reflect your beliefs and speak your heart-language. Partnering with Picaluna Funerals, I bring a passion for doing death differently and specialise in crafting bespoke, meaningful funerals across the Blue Mountains - and hosting the occasional Death Café.

With a background spanning 20+ years in theatre, music & the arts - my creativity and celebrancy are interwoven in devotion to your unique story. Whether at a time of unspeakable loss, deep transition or a loved up celebration - witnessing each other in life’s most precious moments is what brings meaning to our lives. Have a look around my website to learn more about what I offer or simply get in touch to start dreaming into your perfect ceremony.

Sacred Ceremony: made just for you.

Ceremony & Rituals

Whether it’s celebrating new beginnings, crossing a threshold into new chapters, or grieving the end of a life, humans have always gathered to mark the moments that matter. I’m passionate about hand-crafting bespoke ceremony that is tailored to your unique story.

Serving the Blue Mountains

A born and bred Blue Mountains gal, I bring a deep understanding of the Blue Mountains community. I craft ceremonies that embrace the abundant creativity of our close-knit community and incorporates the stunning natural beauty of our local landscape. 

About Picaluna Funerals

Supported by Picaluna Funerals, I work with a network of dedicated Funeral Arrangers, local suppliers and service providers to ensure the best possible care for your person. Picaluna is all about offering genuine, personal, affordable funeral care.

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Testimonials

I pour my full heart and soul into each and every ceremony I craft - but don’t just take my word for it, here’s what some happy darlings have to say about our work together:

Blue Mountains Death Café

NEW DATES:
March 20 / May 1 / June 12
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Join us for some cake & a cuppa at RoseyRavelston Books in Lawson, as we talk openly about all things death, dying, grief and life. All welcome. Free of charge. Delicious cake.

UPCOMING DEATH CAFÉ’S

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Blog: Moments Of Meaning

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Children and Funerals: Let Them Come
Children and Funerals: Let Them Come

I believe in taking children to cemeteries. I believe in including them in funeral ceremonies & the rituals of death - not to frighten or alarm them, but to teach them that dying is a part of life and that grief is a part of love.

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Funeral Music Guide: A Playlist For Every Mood & Occasion
Funeral Music Guide: A Playlist For Every Mood & Occasion

As both a Funeral Director and a life-long musician, helping you choose the right soundscape for a funeral ceremony is something I am deeply passionate about. But where to even start?! I’ve put together a series of playlists to help guide and inspire your choices.

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Divorce Ceremony: Honouring an Ending, Blessing a Beginning
Divorce Ceremony: Honouring an Ending, Blessing a Beginning

We mark the beginning of a marriage with vows, rings, and celebration. But when a marriage ends, there is often no ceremony - just paperwork, division of assets, and a quiet, complicated grief that society doesn’t always know how to hold.

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🪦 Children and Cemeteries 💐 I believe in taking children to cemeteries. I believe in including them in funeral ceremonies & the rituals of death - not to frighten or alarm them, but to teach them that dying is a part of life and that grief is a
🎵FUNERAL MUSIC GUIDE: A Playlist For Every Mood & Occasion // 🔗 Link in bio 🎶 Song choice is one of the most powerful tools on offer when planning a ceremony. Music transcends language and speaks straight to the heart when words just aren&rsq
I hope you never need me, but when you do: I’m here. 💐 Whilst life as a celebrant & interfaith minister brings moments of huge joy, it’s my work as a Funeral Director with @picalunafunerals that brings deep purpose to my life. Bei
🎊 T E N Y E A R S 🎊 “Their first moment of contact was a delirious, hurried, dosey-doe down a narrow corridor at work – and as their eyes met time stood still and sparks flew. We’re pretty certain their roots had been holding han
This is the time to be slow,
Lie low to the wall
Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
The wire brush of doubt
Scrape from your heart
All sense of yourself
And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
Time will come
BLUE MOUNTAINS DEATH CAFÉ New 2025 Dates + Venue: I’m beyond thrilled to announce that we have found the dream venue for our Blue Mountains Death Café - the stunning bookstore and social enterprise, @roseyravelstonbooks in Lawson.
I’ve just surfaced from an incredible three-day Deathwalker Training with the legendary @zenithvirago - a true trailblazer in holistic death care here in Australia. This training is all about reclaiming our relationship with death and dying, le
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch,a promise. I

‘How beautiful is it to live in a world where nothing lasts forever.
We must learn to fall in love with the love inside us,
only then every moment living will be worth dying for.’
- R.M Drake