The Joy Squad

The lovely reviews and testimonials these happy campers have written about the work I’ve done with them…

  • Penny's kind words

    As Una’s mentor on the Wedding Celebrant Qualification, Una created a sensational live ceremony and worked through the course with a steady and considered approach, learning her craft and immersing herself in the learning. Una has so much passion and enthusiasm which came across in every encounter from emails that dropped in my inbox, to phonecalls and zooms.

  • Naming Ceremony Review

    Una really tailor-made our naming ceremony. Whilst managing to keep a relaxed vibe, she dreamt up really special moments to make it a unique and memorable day. Una went the extra mile, researching our families and culture and made the ceremony accessible and fun for all age groups in attendance. Una you have an amazing talent for making a celebration out of important milestones. Thanks!

  • Una as my Joy Coach

    Feeling jaded with many areas of my life, I chose Una to be my coach as I am wanting to live out my purpose and add value my her life, so Una has helped me to suss out my goals, be led by my values and we are in the process of disintegrating my limiting beliefs, week by week so that I can achieve everything that I want, starting with getting my business off the ground. And Una is holding me accountable every step of the way, cheerleading me and compassionately challenging me.

  • Olivia's review - The Joy Coach client

    Una made me feel so comfortable from the first session with her: she was so accepting and non judgemental so I felt that I could talk to her about anything. She puts me at ease and is so caring. She asks me questions that get me thinking in a new way and motivates me to make the changes I need to make. Knowing I’ve a session with her gives my week a boost. I feel like I’m unrecognisable, in a good way, since I started working with her and feel like I can finally know joy which I don’t think I have really properly had in the last 23 years. I know and love myself more now.

  • Steve's Review - client of The Joy Coach

    Steve's Review - client of The Joy Coach

    I have today finished eight life coaching sessions with Una. I experienced Una as a gifted, and intuitive, life coach. I felt we connected very quickly, enabling me to share my life struggles and challenges with Trust in her ability. She uncovered my sense of value with authenticity and empathy. Empowering me to achieve some personal goals, that created the confidence and self belief I was looking for. Thank you for changing my life around. Steve

  • How Una's Coaching Helped - KL

    Una always took me back to my values and this helped me to understand what I want and who I am. I feel she held me accountable for my goals and that I was able to work towards them with more confidence.

  • C & A's Wedding Review - Liverpool Wedding Celebrant

    Dear Una, we can’t thank you enough for creating this magic for us on our special day. All of our guests said that they were really moved and touched by the beautiful ceremony you have created and led for us. It’s fair to say a few tears were shed and even more laughs shared. We really appreciate your efforts, thoughtfulness and kind attention to every detail. Amazing day Una, we can't thank you enough for making it a such perfect day!

  • J & R's Testimonial on their Celebrant Led Wedding

    J & R's Couple Testimonial

    We had the pleasure of working with Una for our wedding, and she was absolutely fantastic! From the get go, Una was incredibly friendly and easy to work with. She really listened to our ideas and made sure our ceremony exactly what we wanted - actually, it exceeded all of our expectations! Una brought a warm, personal touch that made our day even more special! We couldn’t have asked for a better celebrant to make our wedding truly memorable! By the time the day came, it felt like we had a friend or family member conducting our ceremony! All of our guests also commented on how lovely she was and how well we chose! She truly is the JOY CELEBRANT!

  • Couple Testimonial - M&T - Liverpool Wedding Ceremony

    Where do we start! We recently got married and Una was our celebrant. She was sensational to work with from the moment we had our first meeting with her to the day of our ceremony. Una provided various ideas and options for our ceremony and assisted us with creating a ceremony which reflected us both and we have had nothing but raving reviews from all of our guests about Una! If we were to do it all again we would 100% have Una as our celebrant again!

  • Jamie and Will's Celebrant Review

    Jamie and Will's Celebrant Ceremony Review

    We were absolutely delighted with Una and the beautiful ceremony she crafted for us! She went above and beyond to make our ceremony truly unforgettable. Her attention to detail, warmth, and genuine care for us as a couple shone through in every aspect of our ceremony. She created such a personalized celebration that not only captured the essence of our love story, but also clearly touched the hearts of everyone present. We cannot recommend Una's services highly enough to anyone seeking a deeply meaningful and personal wedding ceremony.
    Thank you Una!

  • Sharna and Emma's review

    Wedding Celebrant Review from Sharna and Emma

    Una we cannot thank you enough for yesterday, everybody absolutely loved it and the script was perfect!! It has been such a joy (pardon the pun) to work with you and you’ve been nothing short of perfect for our special day. It was the best day of my whole life and your script was so moving. Thank you for everything. We love you! Xxx

  • Couple Testimonial - Chelsea and Mike - Lake District Wedding Celebrant Review

    Thank you so much for being such a big part of our special day, we are so glad we chose you to officiate and the ceremony was so beautiful and meant to much to us. Thank you thank you for all your hard work in helping us put together our special day!! Sending lots of love!

  • Couple's Review after their Celebrant Led Wedding in Manchester

    Una did the most incredible job collaborating with us, crafting and hosting our beautiful wedding ceremony. It was everything we could have hoped for and more: funny, poignant, engaging... it was everything! We’ve had many of our guests comment on how unique and beautiful it was, and how great Una was! She captured us perfectly. The heartfelt moments, the running jokes and bang-on references, it made it feel so special and so us. We worked out a personalised 'tying of the knot' moment with coloured cords laid on our hands by key figures from our extended family. It was such a lovely moment and felt like we were truly joining our families together - we've had such gorgeous messages from friends saying they'd never been to a celebration like it. It was perfect: symbolic, and something we’ll remember forever. For those that haven't known us since the beginning, they felt up to speed by the end of the ceremony. Plenty of tears and laughs - over a decade of love and Una boiled it down and danced us through it in just 45 minutes. That's no mean feat! Una brought such warmth, creativity, and thoughtfulness to every part of the ceremony. We feel incredibly lucky to have had her play such an important role in our day. You wont regret working with Una on your ceremony - worth every penny!

  • Parent Review of Baby Naming Ceremony

    Una recently conducted a naming ceremony for our daughter and it was perfect! From the first phone call, we felt at ease and she was in contact throughout the 6 month planning period. As well as meeting with us, she also contacted our extended family which helped her create a personal and heartfelt ceremony. On the day, everyone commented on how fantastic she was and how beautiful the ceremony was.

  • Wedding Celebrant Review from Happy Couple in Burnley

    Una was everything we wanted from a celebrant and more. Her relaxed, easy-to-get-along-with approach had us at ease right from our first meeting and turned what could have been a nerve-wracking part of our day into a joyous, love-filled and light-hearted yet meaningful celebration. All our friends and family commented on how it was so "us" and really captured our relationship. Una took the time to really get to know us and for guided us through the lead up to the wedding too - knowing she was there throughout and her regular check-ins were really reassuring. Una brought joy to our wedding day and was an absolute a joy to work with! ❀️

  • Couple's Wedding Celebrant Review in Birkenhead

    From the very first meeting, we knew Una was the perfect celebrant for us. She immediately understood our vibe and made us feel completely at ease. On the day itself, she created a ceremony that was heartfelt, personal, and beautifully delivered – there wasn’t a dry eye in the room! Una went above and beyond to make everything more special than we ever could have imagined. We are so grateful for her warmth, professionalism, and genuine care. Truly more than we could have hoped for – we couldn’t recommend her highly enough!

  • Wedding Couple Review

    Wedding Couple Review

    We honestly couldn’t have asked for a better celebrant for our day! Una was so sweet, bubbly, and friendly – it felt like we had a family member marrying us!

    Una went above and beyond, always checking in and making sure everything was exactly how we envisioned.

    We’re so grateful for all the effort she put in to make our ceremony so special and we’re still in contact a year later πŸ₯°

    If you don’t have Una as your celebrant you’re missing out! Highly recommend!

  • Kind Words from a Happy Couple on their Liverpool Celebrant Led Wedding Ceremony!

    Having Una be our celebrant was the best decision we made. Everyone after the ceremony sang her praises and told us it was one of the better ceremonies they have seen.
    Una is such an easy person to talk to, and you can tell she really cares to get your story just how you want it and leaves no stone unturned to make sure she has it right. She helped so much with the wedding, from the ceremony, to our vows. She found perfect ways to have our important people included, even those no longer with us.

    I could literally go on and on, theres a reason she is called the Joy Celebrant as that's what she radiates, pure joy! Her energy is infectious and I couldn't have imagined my day without her πŸ’œ

  • Another Happy Couple - Liverpool Hotel Wedding Ceremony!

    Una is an absolutely wonderful woman who went completely out of her way to make our day extra special. All of our guests commented on how amazing our wedding ceremony was and said they wished they’d had a celebrant like her for their own weddings.

  • Wonderful Wedding Couple Review for Celebrant Ceremony

    Una is literally a dream come true!! From the first moment we met her at a wedding fair we already knew we needed to have her involved in our big day despite having not really planned any other aspect at that point. Throughout the whole wedding planning process, Una was always on hand not only within her role as a celebrant but also as an advice giver/ shoulder to cry (rant) on/ all round wedding fairy godmother πŸ’•
    The script Una wrote for us, despite how fussy and picky I am, was so perfectly us and it was as if she'd known us all our lives - the way she was able to know what mattered to us and how to get across our story the way we wanted.
    On the day, Una was a dream at keeping Michael calm whilst everything around him went off track and delivered our ceremony so perfectly! I actually felt really sad when the time came for Una to go as it didn't seem fair that she couldn't be there to enjoy the rest of the day with us since she had been a part of the process from day one!
    The biggest way to prove the impact Una had was despite all the quirky extras we added to our day, the most positive feedback we got from every single guest was how incredible our ceremony was and they'd never been to a wedding so beautiful and personal to the couple, we are so so grateful to have had Una with us on our big day and I can only hope to stay in touch and go for lots of Guinness pints together in the future!

  • Lake District Wedding Ceremony Review

    If we had to describe Una in one word, it’s would be β€œwow”. We were first drawn by her process and the depth of her work. She radiates positivity and the best compliment we can pay to her is that after one call it felt like we’d known her for years.

    Una just β€˜got us’ as a couple. She knows the right questions to ask to trigger emotion between the couple and even more impressive, she takes what feels like a limited amount of information and turns this into a perfectly crafted story of our entire life together, filling in the gaps we didn’t know we had.

    Una’s attention to detail is second to none, picking up on every little thing we told her and weaving it into the story. All of this happens before the big day itself!

    On the day, when Una arrived and we met her in person for the first time, she instantly made us feel at ease. The radiance was back and her kind smile was so welcoming.

    At the end of the aisle, she told the perfect story, our story, in such a beautiful way that there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. She captivated the audience and took them on a journey.

    After the ceremony was all done, she took her obligatory selfie with us as a married couple and we said our goodbyes. The perfect celebrant and if you’re on the fence, we implore you to trust Una, you won’t regret it one bit.

    From the both of us Una, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making the best day of our lives exactly that.

  • Happy Couple Wedding Review

    We couldn't have chosen a more perfect celebrant for our wedding than Una. She captured our story and relationship perfectly and brought the joyful, relaxed vibe that we wanted to our ceremony. As well as crafting a ceremony that was personal to us, she was also on hand in the months prior to reassure us and prepare us for the big day. We couldn't recommend Una enough!

  • Lake District Wedding Couple Review

    Where to even begin with the incomparable, incredible Una? We met purely by chance at a wedding fair and had no intention of using her services as we planned to get married abroad, but she made such a good impression on us that when we ultimately changed our minds and decided to get married in the UK, we immediately reached out to her to see if she could be the one to marry us. And that was possibly the best decision we could have ever made. It is so obvious that Una does not take the task of a celebrant lightly. She displays such an incredible amount of care and consideration in how she tells your story, and puts so much love of her own into the script. We met up twice to develop the script together and it never once felt like this was simply a job to her, it was much more than that, and that is so appreciated when you're handing off something as important and special as your whole love story to someone else. She immediately got us as a couple, and the vibe we wanted for our ceremony, and the script she produced was nothing short of spectacular, and with a few tiny tweaks it was perfect. It was clear to us how important it was to Una that she got this right for us and she more than delivered. She also helped guide us write our vows and was such a support in the lead up to our wedding day which is so appreciated. Then for the day itself. The ceremony was everything. Beautiful, funny, heartwarming, emotional, and all of the gorgeous in-between. It was everything we had dreamed of and more. The majority of our guests had never been to a celebrant wedding before but they all said that it was the best wedding ceremony they had ever been a part of and that is all down to Una and her beautiful craftsmanship. We will always be so grateful for creating the work of art that was our ceremony and all of the memories we will cherish forever because of it. And it doesn't end there, Una stayed to help our photographer take our group portraits, give my friends advice, grab me and my now husband some water, and protect our little 5 minutes of peace. She was such a supportive figure on our day and I will forever be grateful. You will not regret Una being your celebrant. In fact, I wish we could get re-married so she could do it all over again!!! Una, we love you and me and Adam are fans of you (and of course Roisha) for life. Thank you for everything ❀️

  • Ribble Valley Wedding Couple

    Thanks so much for yesterday! You made our day so special and we had so many people saying that it was the best ceremony they’d been to and how amazing you were. We are so happy we got you to lead our ceremony. I honestly couldn’t recommend you enough!

  • Liverpool Wedding Ceremony Joy

    Una you absolutely made our wedding day everyone has made comments of how amazing our ceremony was, and i never doubted it for a moment. The minute we found you on instagram, had our first facetime call - we knew your energy was contagious . Then from reading our first draft right up until our last nothing was a problem. You have gone above and beyond for us and we will forever be grateful x i would actually say youve become more of a friend to us along the way thank you so so so much love u lots xxxxxxxx

  • Kind Wedding Ceremony Review

    The best decision we could have made when planning our wedding was asking Una to be our celebrant. She took the time to get to know us and told our story so well that many of our guests thought that we had been friends with her for years! Una was always on hand to help with ideas for our ceremony and incorporated everything my that we asked for perfectly. On the day, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house and people loved how she told our story. It’s so obvious how much Una loves her job and she is so perfectly fit for this role! We are so grateful for the time she took getting to know us and for telling our love story so well. Would highly recommend Una to anybody looking for a warm, friendly and very professional celebrant! Thank you Una, we are so glad to have met you - hopefully see you soon for a pint (or two!) Love Rachael & Linda xx

  • Festival Wedding Joy

    From the moment we met Una we knew she was the bubbly personality we wanted to tell our love story. She oozes love and positivity out of every vibe of her being. When we got our first draft we were blow away by how perfect she had inclasulated our 20 year Journey and all the accepts of life that are important to us. This was after only a couple of quick chats over coffee and completing her simple questionair. On the build up of our special weekend Una was not only the supportive professional writing our story but also became a friend. Listening to our ideas, supporting and encouraging all the crazy plans. On our day Una turned up and brought a bit of calm to our chaos. Offering to help with makeup, making sure everyone knew their roles and what they needed to do while also helping sew bridesmaids belt on, nothing was to much. Una was not only our fabulous celebrant telling our story with enthusiasm and love, but she also stuck around to help with the flow of our day. Being our 'master of ceramoney' she brought her Irish charm to each aspect of the day, making sure People knew when to sit, announcing us into our meal and co ordinating our guest up for food to name just a few aspect of this additional role. O not forgetting finding me lip barm before our first dance And the wonderful surprise of finding our love story typed up in a lovely yellow folder the next morning. So thank you lovely Una, for bringing your passion for love and joy into our magical day, you will always be part of our continued story πŸ’›

  • Naming Ceremony Review

    Unlike Una - I don’t have the words to describe how special she made my son’s naming ceremony in August, but I can say that we as a family nor any of our guests will ever forget it. The time, care, generosity and kindness Una put in to every meeting getting to know us (especially amazing considering this was also during the last weeks of her own pregnancy and the first few months as a Mummy!), every draft of the ceremony script and making the ceremony feel so personal, full of light and love was something I wasn’t expecting and I’m forever grateful I picked Una to lead our celebration. What a special person with a special gift for bringing joy, thank you Una - we can’t wait to have another excuse for a celebration ❀️ xxxx

  • Celebrant Wedding Ceremony Testimonial

    We love how you brought our story together with some tears and so many laughs! Thank you so much, Una - it was just what we hoped for!