I am Rev. Lauri
I'm an ordained interfaith and interspiritual minister, a holistic coach, and a ceremony designer based in Hamden, Connecticut.
I serve couples, families, and individuals throughout Connecticut and New England (and beyond).
But none of that is really the beginning of the story.
The beginning is simpler: I have always been the person people turn to in the room. The one who asks the deeper question. The one who can hold a silence instead of rushing to fill it.
Ministry didn't give me that — it's just who I am.
The Path Here
Long before ceremony work, I spent years in the corporate world, where I trained in public speaking and presenting to rooms full of people who needed clarity, not performance.
That training shaped how I hold space today — how I can stand in front of a hundred guests, or sit across from just two people, and speak in a way that actually lands.
Alongside that career, something else was growing — a pull toward the sacred that didn't fit neatly into one tradition. I studied across spiritual paths, not to collect them, but because each one revealed another piece of the same truth: people are hungry for ceremony that actually means something.
Becoming ordained as an interfaith and interspiritual minister was less a career change than an arrival — the place all those earlier paths had been leading.
I believe ceremony is one of the few places left where
we slow down enough to actually feel what's happening to us.
Everything else in life moves fast. A ceremony asks you to stop — to stand still long enough to let a moment actually become a memory. That's the work I do. Not officiating. Slowing things down enough for you to feel them.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Home
I live in Hamden, Connecticut, where the seasons change in a way that keeps reminding me why thresholds matter.
Practice
I'm a daily meditator and a lifelong student — I'm still learning from every tradition I study and every couple I work with.
Joy
Outside of ceremony work, I find joy in long walks, good books, and conversations that go further than small talk...
and learning from my rescue, Cici.
What you can expect from me.
I listen first.
Before I offer a single idea, I want to understand what this moment actually means to you - not what it's supposed to look like.
I hold space, not judgment.
Whatever your beliefs, relationships, or path looked like to get here - you'll never need to explain or justify it to me.
I show up prepared.
By the time we reach your ceremony, nothing about it should feel uncertain. The structure is set so you can simply be present.
