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Karen Dempsey

Karen Dempsey

Celebrant, psychotherapist, and founder of Entheos Ireland, an inclusive organization training secular celebrants for weddings and life ceremonies.

Jun 17, 2026

12:42
What, what is that feeling like to stand at the top of the room and to know you're trying to h- you're holding this together emotionally for the room, or you're setting the tone emotionally for this really important day for these people?
12:56
Yeah.
12:57
I love it.
12:58
I absolutely love it.
12:59
And I think a lot of what I love about it is I love people, so I love to feel and read what is going on in the room.
13:07
Because the, the pattern it will follow is when you go in first and everybody's arriving, it's really jingle-jangle, and very often you'll have one spouse in the room while the other is off getting ready.
13:19
And they will have everybody coming up and saying, "Ooh, are they gonna show up? Are you nervous?" And I really feel for them, because I think, "Oh, all that's doing is ac- actually escalating any nerves that are there." Or else they're trying to be super cool and unfazed.

10 MINS LATER

23:59
Tell me about finding that space or why you thought the gap was there that needed to be filled.

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