Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant Reviews
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Thomas Sent on 13/05/2026Incredible Celebrant!
Helen was honestly one of the best decisions we made for our wedding.
From the very beginning, she put so much time, care and attention into getting to know us properly as a couple. She spent hours with us on calls, learning about our relationship, our personalities and our story, and it genuinely showed in every part of the ceremony.
The script she created was absolutely beautiful, so personal, thoughtful, emotional and incredibly well written. She managed to tell the story of our relationship in a way that felt completely authentic to us, and there were so many moments during the ceremony where we and our guests were genuinely moved. It felt like she truly understood who we are.
Working with Helen throughout the process was also incredibly easy and collaborative. She gave us so much time, was always open to edits and ideas, and made the entire process feel relaxed and enjoyable rather than stressful.
On the day itself, she was amazing. She had such a calm, warm and confident presence, and she completely held the room. She painted such a vivid picture of our story and created a ceremony that felt deeply personal, emotional and full of joy.
So many of our guests commented afterwards on how incredible the ceremony was and how it was one of the most personal weddings they had ever attended.
Helen was an absolute joy to work with from start to finish and we honestly could not recommend her more highly.Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you so much Thomas and Tom for these beautiful words, your turn to move me to tears now! It was an absolute joy on my part to get to know you and to be involved in your special day. I was just sorry to not see firsthand how much fun you had for the rest of the celebrations with your wonderful friends and family but I have loved seeing the photos of what fantastic memories were made and I am 'made up' to have been a part of those for you. All the best for your married life and please do keep in touch! Helen x -
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Liz Sent on 06/05/2026The most perfect ceremony…..
From start to finish, Helen was incredible. We met her - we knew she was the one - and we never then had a moment’s doubt.
We are a complicated, blended family with people who have significant additional needs. Helen listened and absorbed and was completely flexible (right up to two days before!) to adapt and edit her script.
The day itself was a dream; Helen got the tone exactly right - she instinctively knew what to do and we had so many people saying it was the most moving ceremony they’d attended.
We can’t thank her enough.Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Liz for such lovely words! It was so wonderful to be a part of your day with all your fantastic family and friends, in a beautiful venue and surrounded by so much love 😍 I hope you enjoy married life and please do keep in touch 😊 Best, Helen -
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Barbora Sent on 07/04/2026The BEST celebrant
Helen has done an absolutely amazing job as our celebrant and we are ever so grateful to have found her.
From the moment we've met her we decided she'll be our celebrant. Helen has made the process so nice and easy and I appreciate her patience with us getting things to her last minute at times (sorry again!).
We wanted a celebrant to make our ceremony personal and a way of including our little son too. Our wedding ceremony was so beautiful, personal and very much about us as a couple and a family. Everyone of our guests have commented on our ceremony and how beautiful and how different it was from the usual.
We couldn't have chosen a better celebrant than Helen and I would recommend her to you all. She's the best and honestly deserves a lot more starts than just 5!Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Barbora and Aron, for these absolutely beautiful words. It was such a joy to get to know you and create a ceremony that was so personal and reflective of you both, your love and your family 🥰 Thank you too for introducing me to the wonderful Slovak poem, I would certainly recommend its translation to future couples! All the best and please do keep in touch, Helen x -
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Madison Sent on 16/11/2025
Most special day made perfect by Helen
We couldn’t have asked for a better celebrant for our wedding! From our very first meeting, she was incredibly professional and patient, taking the time to truly get to know us as a couple. This personal touch really shone through in her ceremony script, which felt perfectly tailored to our relationship and story.
Throughout the planning process, she was both accommodating and thorough, always considering our wants and needs. On the day itself, she struck the perfect balance of emotion, bringing both heartfelt moments and plenty of laughter. She made our ceremony feel authentic and special.
We would hire her again in a heartbeat for any future events and highly recommend her to anyone looking for a celebrant who will make their special day truly memorable.Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Maddie and Rose, for these wonderful words 🥰 I am so pleased to hear that you loved your ceremony as part of your day at one of my favourite venues, Left Bank in Leeds. It was an absolute pleasure to be a part of and I loved getting to know you and working with you on something that, like you say, was special and authentic to you and your relationship. Thank you for choosing me and trusting me with your story, your deepest feelings and a part of your day, please do keep in touch! Best, Helen x -
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Jack Sent on 15/11/2025Not a dry eye in the room!
Helen beautifully captured our story, it was as though she'd known us for the full 9 years we've been together. Although her speech was about us and our journey Helen managed to include everybody else in the room, weaving them in and out of our tale where appropriate. I've never been to a wedding with so many tears filled with love and happiness. I thought I was doing a great job of hiding mine but the photos would say otherwise...Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Jack for these lovely words and sorry (not sorry!) for making you and everyone else tear up!! It was a joy to get to know you and a privilege to lead your ceremony with such a wonderful group of guests and in such beautiful surroundings. I also have to say that both of your personal vows were absolutely fantastic, you both did an amazing job with these and they certainly contributed to the tears (and the smiles and laughter too!). All the best and please keep in touch, Helen x -
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Charlotte Sent on 15/11/2025
Harteveld wedding 12.11.25
Helen captured our story so incredibly well. We got in touch with her 2 years prior to our wedding and she got to know us through Instagram leading up to the wedding. 2 months before the big day we met up told our story within a 2 hour window and from then she went away and wrote the most beautiful story. It's hard to believe she wasn't there for the full 9 years of our relationship!
On the wedding day there wasn't a dry eye in the room, she told our story with such grace and made our ceremony come to life.
Her professionalism was next to none, we couldn't thank her enough.
Every single person in the room came up to us afterwards and expressed how much they loved the ceremony, would highly recommend Helen. I'm so glad we chose her for our ceremony.Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Charlotte for such lovely words and for allowing me to be a part of your story and wonderful wedding day! I am so delighted to hear how much you and all your guests enjoyed your Humanist ceremony and thank you for not just trusting me with your story and ceremony but even taking me with you when you relocated your plans from Yorkshire to Edinburgh! It was an unforgettable day and an experience I will cherish forever. Please do keep in touch! Best, Helen x -
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Owen Sent on 14/11/2025
We cannot recommend Helen enough.
From start to finish she was focussed on making us feel at ease, and ensuring our wedding was right for us.
We were introduced to Helen via recommendation, and instantly felt at ease with her from our first zoom call.
Helen spent time with us face to face, to understand our story and who we are together and as individuals. She listened intently and asked us questions genuinely, and got so much detail and nuance down on paper. The first draft of our ceremony had us feeling all the emotions, weeks out from the big day.
Helen was thoughtful in the run up to our day, checking in, reading and providing guidance in forming our vows, and was available for support when we needed her.
On the day, it wasn’t just about the ceremony. Helen liaised with the venue, our dog walkers (yes our pooches had their moment too) and coordinated music cues with the vocalist we had for our ceremony (a late supplier change also, as we were let down by our original musician). All of which meant we didn’t need to stress and could enjoy our day.
From a remembrance candle, to heartfelt vows, shots to toast our wedding, and the all important pooches. Nothing was too much trouble for Helen, who makes a very challenging and important role look so easy and effortless.
We couldn’t imagine our wedding any other way, and will be forever grateful for the memories she helped us create.
O&RHelen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you so much, Owen and Ryan, for these lovely words. It was an absolute joy getting to know you and helping to kickstart your wedding day off as you certainly continued it- with fun, style and heaps of personality! So many memories made and shared that I will cherish forever and hopefully we will also keep in touch- we already share the same surname and you very much feel like family now :-) All the best, Helen x -
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Evelyn Sent on 14/11/2025
She really is the best
Helen was our celebrant for our wedding and she was wonderful. She really got to know us a couple and told our story beautifully. She was really professional, helpful, and communicative in the run up and on the big day, and she wore a fab outfit to boot. We highly recommend her!Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you so much, Evelyn and Ben, for this fab review and recommendation. I adored being a part of your epic wedding celebration at the Hepworth Art Gallery. I loved how everything from the setting to the flowers to the photography was perfectly reflective of you and your style and, of course, your Humanist ceremony was no exception. It was a joy to get to know you and to bring all the little details and touches to the ceremony that made it so personal and authentic! And I am so pleased that you liked my bright and bold (and also autumnal!) outfit as in keeping with your theme and colour scheme :-) All the best and please do keep in touch! Helen x -
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Dully Sent on 14/11/2025
Swinton Elopement
We’re not sure where to start but we can say that Helen was positively wonderful. We live in the US, in fact way over on the West coast. From the beginning, Helen communicated clearly and was very flexible for us considering the large time difference between us. Helen was organized, considerate and took the time during our planning calls to ask good questions, listened to our feedback and generally give us a sense of peace knowing things would be taken care of even though we were halfway across the world. When it came time for the ceremony she nailed it with the script she created, our ceremony was intimate and Helen having worked with the photographers before, helped cultivate the intimacy we were looking for in our ceremony. We can’t express how thankful we are enough, our wedding day was perfect and Helen was an integral part of it.Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant's reply:
Thank you, Dustin and Molly for these beautiful words. It was indeed such an intimate ceremony that I will be forever grateful that you trusted me so deeply with your story, your love and your memories 🥰 I loved getting to know you and being part of your romantic elopement and also a small part of your enduring love story... Please do keep in touch. Best, Helen x -
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