Why fall when you can jump?
Lise Leroux
Originally from Montreal, Lise has spent her career working with people — in aviation security, language training, publishing, finance, government, hospitality, and law. She has designed and delivered courses in communication, leadership, and customer service to people of 50 nationalities on cruise ships around the world, and to senior leaders at the Cabinet Office in London, UK.
Having always been afraid of heights, and not liking fear to win, she jumped out of a perfectly good aircraft to solve this — and found flying irresistible. She completed 600 jumps and parachuted into her own wedding to a fellow skydiver. She continued doing stunt work for corporate events for several years, arriving at locations by helicopter, parachute, boat, sailboat, and steam train.
Because of a lifelong interest in people and storytelling, it was an inevitable jump to becoming a writer and playwright. Her fiction has been published in several countries (Viking Penguin UK and Uitgeverij Arbeiderspers in the Netherlands), and several pieces have been performed on stage. Two of her books are required reading in university English literature courses, and her first novel was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
“Involved, exuberant … written with self-confidence and imaginative force.”
The Times
After far too many years in corporate life, becoming a Life-Cycle Celebrant was what she had always been missing. It gave her the chance to write and deliver ceremonies for real people with real emotions and genuine life stories — and to translate those stories into something unique and memorable. She is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®, an ordained interfaith minister, and a BC Vital Statistics registered legal wedding officiant.
What couples say
“Lise made our day so special. The ceremony was perfect for us — very personal and showed off our personalities brilliantly. We had so much fun. Laughed so hard. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house. Lise made it so easy for us to plan the perfect non-traditional ceremony.”
Eimile McSorley
“Lise provided the perfect ceremony for our non-traditional marriage celebration on a cruiser boat on Okanagan Lake — a small wedding party of 18 people spread over three boats. She created our personal vows from information we provided in the days before. The day was majestic, warm and bright. Lise was great at keeping everyone involved. She was the perfect person to officiate our wedding.”
Ben Moerkoert, boat wedding on Okanagan Lake
“Lise did a fantastic job for us. Several of our guests mentioned it was the nicest ceremony they had ever been to. Because we had met at a dance class, Lise included a surprise mini Latin dance class right in the middle of the ceremony — it got everyone up out of their chairs and dancing and laughing and we all had a wonderful time.”
Carrie Stacey
“She made our ceremony so personal — our guests were in happy tears. She brought so much joy, happiness, and laughter to our special day. Every hiccup that happened, from our dog whimpering to my veil falling out in the wind, she just rolled with it and worked it into the script. We will recommend her any day, all day.”
Jackie Aylward
Reimagine Celebrations 