I am based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria but travel all over Melbourne to help families farewell their loved ones in a positive, beautiful and creative way.

I have been doing this work for 20 years in Hobart and Sydney as well as Melbourne. I am passionate about what I do. I specialise in spiritual ceremonies.

Please view my website - spiritualfunerals.com.au - for more details.

On a personal level, I was once a nurse with experience in palliative care, trained in theatre in New York, worked as a Funeral Director, raised step children, rescued chihuahuas, and I have travelled extensively. I believe that whilst there is so much sadness and loss and grief in the world, we don't need to let it destroy us. We are all so much more than this physical body!

Leonie conducted the Funeral for my mother, then my father and most recently, my husband. In each case she moulded the service with eloquent skill to bring forth the most important individual life and soul aspects of my loved ones. She has a special 'touch', a profound understanding of the human condition and what is needed by a family when death occurs. Truly, she is a Funeral Celebrant, for mourners leave her services uplifted in spirit, in their hearts celebrating for a life that has now passed on. ~ Blanche d’Alpuget (wife of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke)

 A huge thank you Leonie for your assistance and presentation at the Funeral Service for Gladys. Everything you talked about spelled out the essence of Glad and was better than we could have hoped for. It’s as though you danced with her spirit, and then, gently let her go to wherever her destination may be. For me personally, it was a fitting Memorial Service that has cemented good memories into place and has allowed her complete freedom from her time on earth. ~ Jim

Leonie, you were amazing today…I can’t tell you the amount of praise we have heard from everyone. You are a professional and a healer. We are so grateful. ~ Helen and Hans

Thank you Leonie for assisting us with the passing of our Mum and conducting a most moving and meaningful Funeral Service. You demonstrated a depth of sensitivity and kindness during the whole process to all those that came into your path. It was amazing how you managed to capture the essence of our beautiful mother so succinctly and placed her life in the context of the broader experiences of life, death and the society in which she lived.

We were so grateful there was no dry chronological list of events of Mum’s life but rather a reflective and respectful honouring of her and her often complicated days. Your ability to seamlessly accommodate and incorporate the feelings and reflections of those present made the service a truly living ritual that I know is, and will continue to be, an enormous healing element in the necessary grieving journey of all who attended. ~ Michele