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Ceremony for the modern world
Custom-designed wedding & commitment ceremonies for the intentional couple.
- Custom ceremony design and legal officiation
- Personalized ceremony script *Required in-person meeting prior to wedding day.
- Pre-marital guidance and intention-setting sessions
- Custom vow development and “Promises Box”
- Honored to design and guide non-religious, religious, & interfaith ceremonies for couples of all genders and sexual orientations.
Be radically authentic on your wedding day.
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How to Human Better - Jennifer Nicolaisen is a personal wedding officiant for couples in the Asheville, NC area. This officiant, Jennifer Nicolaisen, enjoys spending time with couples before the wedding day, so as to build a relationship with them and understand their personalities and dynamic. She then helps couples design a carefully customized ceremony so that their special day reflects the true love they share. Based out of Asheville, North Carolina, How to Human Better - Jennifer Nicolaisen can also travel to officiate weddings across North Carolina, including service to cities such as Raleigh and Charlotte.
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This officiant focuses on real and deliberate wedding ceremonies for couples. Rather than having a wedding for the social normalcy of it, Nicolaisen helps couples focus on their growth together and love for one another during this special and intimate new beginning. She officiates ceremonies anywhere from under 30 minutes to around 60 minutes long. She can speak English, French, Spanish, or Chinese for a couple’s wedding day. She has her license in 39 United States and Washington, D.C. This includes all of the nearby states such as Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, and others. As a licensed wedding officiant, Jennifer Nicolaisen helps couples with counseling and customized vows. She works with couples of any religion to officiate:
- Civil unions
- Interfaith ceremonies
- Non-religious ceremonies
- Rehearsals
- Single-religion ceremonies
- Vow renewals
- LGBTQ+-owned
- Woman-owned
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AMM Minister ID: 472816
Jennifer (they/them or she/her) is a Queer human who grew up in the greater suburbs of London, England, and who has since settled in the Appalachian mountains of Western North Carolina in the USA. Their priorities include sharing time with their friends and partners, adventuring in the forest, dancing as often as possible, and collecting beautiful things (most notably, crystals and rocks of all kinds). They live in a small intentional community in Asheville, NC where they are a student of foraging, permaculture, and sustainable living.
Jennifer became ordained as a minister in 2017 in order to facilitate their best friend’s wedding, by request. It went so well that they decided to launch the How To Human Better brand to meet more clients interested in non-traditional but highly intentional ceremony design for their weddings. The business soon became a much-needed basis of steady income to support Jennifer as they co-founded SeekHealing, a grassroots non-profit that facilitates meaningful human connection and healthy social experiences in order to address the loneliness epidemic and reduce deaths of despair.
Since then, Jennifer has facilitated over 50 weddings and supported dozens of couples opening a new paradigm for consciously constructing their relationships with each other. They embody a deep knowledge and mastery of space-holding techniques, facilitating relational processes, and crafting rituals that support healing, personal development and community cohesion. The Listening Training and Social Health Facilitation Training courses that they designed in collaboration with their partners Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Rachel Wurzman, and Sara Ness, have now trained thousands of people in a new paradigm of listening and conscious relationship; and have certified over 100 “Social Health Professionals” who are revolutionizing the mental health industry.
Jennifer graduated with a bachelor's degree in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese with varying degrees of proficiency. Jennifer identifies as non-binary, pansexual, multiamorous and ethically non-monogamous; and is passionate about becoming a better human being, regardless of the labels that may apply.
Hello, I'm Juda!
I'm a business partner and manager here at How to Human Better. I handle online communications, collaborations, scheduling, and other details so Jennifer can be with you with all their energy and focus when it really matters.
I was raised in TN and moved here in 2023 to follow my passions in community and social health, caring for myself in a sustainable way in both my body and mind, and supporting our society with moving forward in a meaningful way.
I'm happy so answer any questions you may have, feel free to reach out to me via my email of business number:
Juda@howtohumanbetter.com
828-283-0596
With love and light,
Juda