My (now) wife and I met Nancy in person at an open venue with several booths for engaged couples to meet potential vendors (dj, baker, photographer, etc).
I was immediately impres...sed by her calm and sincere nature. She came across as intelligent, kind, and genuine. We didn't belong to a church and wanted a professional to officiate instead of a friend or relative. We decided to move forward with Nancy because she provided pre-marriage counseling as well as officiating services. This seemed like a great way for our officiant to get to know us a little bit before the wedding.
My fiancé and I felt confident and strong in our relationship but still wanted to go through pre-marriage counseling. How can anyone be certain about an outcome they haven't experienced yet? We met with Nancy at her lovely home and had several great sessions. The homework Nancy assigned before we met was important and thoroughly touched on every aspect of our future together.
Nancy was very flexible to be as spiritual, religious, and secular as we wanted throughout the sessions. We touched on topics that were very private, but I never felt uncomfortable discussing them in front of Nancy. She did a fantastic job facilitating some important discussions between my wife and I, and we are even stronger now because of it. She did not tell us what or how to feel. There was no judgement Instead, she invoked a powerful discussion between the two of us through thoughtful questions and mediation.
There was a scheduling conflict the day of our wedding with Nancy that we knew well in advance. Nancy helped us rehearse and prepare the ceremony, but Paloma oversaw the officiating on the day of our wedding. We were provided an outline of a ceremony that we tailored to meet our needs. Nancy and Paloma were easy to work with and answered any questions we had quickly. In the end, we rewrote most of the ceremony, but it was not an issue for Paloma. She did a great job and next thing we knew, we were married.
Many of the things we learned about each other through counseling with Nancy still come up. One of my favorite discoveries is how much we enjoy checking in with each other for 30 minutes a day, usually on walks around the neighborhood. Now that we're married, we plan to go back for a few more sessions to see what else we can discover about ourselves! If you're on the fence, I highly recommend at least checking it out for one or two sessions. You have nothing to lose.
Nancy is great and I recommend her to all my friends who are engaged.