Celebrations as Strategy

Created by design, celebrations affirm our deepest values, allow us to acknowledge, share, announce and rejoice events of significance to us.

A ceremony is a heightened form of celebration, infused with symbolic meaning, expressing the essence or the reason for the celebration. Ceremonies provide focus for the event.

Visioning the celebration awakens your passion to create a powerful internal tension. This creative tension energizes you while affirming your values through the planning process from concept to realization. Savoring the process as it comes together, will enhance your sense of purpose, build confidence, deepen feelings of gratitude, exhance your sense of Self to develop commitment to community and the world.

Events, whether public or private affairs have a power of their own. Life challenges can be transformed into personal growth opportunities through specially-designed events and celebrations that help shift perspective. Recognizing and harnessing their inherent power enables you to position them as strategies.

Milestone Events are public or private statements, proclamations that can help you make the most of any situation to take charge of your life. They can be designed to assist you in reaching your personal goals and to leverage the current situation to advantage. Milestones reached can also be celebrated generating more energy to spark further growth.

Consider the many opportunities you have for a milestone event and how it could further you in any aspect of your life. Situations to celebrate may include:

New parents

Empty nesters

Midlife & menopause

Serious and/or chronic illness

Divorce

Separation

Memorial services – loss of loved one (including pets)

Weddings & Anniversaries

Common-law commitments

Personal achievements

New beginnings and transitions: A move, loss of job, new business, etc.

Charitable/Community Giving – Giving Back Celebrations and Ceremonies

Action Plan Milestones achieved

Celebrations consolidate feelings into positive memories. They are powerful personal change markers providing you with positive and often joyous points of reference along life’s journey.

 

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