About Christina
She's planned 500 celebrations of life.
Every single one was one of one.
The company she wished
had existed.
Christina's uncle died in 2016. She had a phone full of contacts, an event date, and no idea where to start. She spent more time googling than grieving.
Nobody was doing this. Not the way it should be done.
So she built the company she wished had existed when she needed it.
New Narrative gets its name from a bookmark on her uncle's fridge. He was a teacher. The kind who always pushed his students: find the narrative.
"In the absolute chaos of emotion and confusion we were amidst after the unexpected passing of a family member, Christina was a lighthouse."
— Erin Bishop · Google ReviewWho She Is
Christina started as a stage director.
You can tell.
Every detail, every moment, every transition — intentional. She went back to school and got licenced in funeral service because she wanted to be fully present for families, not just for the event.
That's not a pivot. That's commitment.
She is personally involved in every celebration she plans. Not a team. Not a coordinator who hands things off. Her.
She is the only choice for families who want to craft a truly unique and once-in-a-lifetime gathering to honour their person.
— Emily Bootle Funeral Director & CelebrantYou bring the person.
She builds the shape around them.
Every family is different
A generic celebration honours no one. The details that feel small — the playlist, the room layout, the order of speeches — are what make it feel like them.
Some celebrations bring together people who have never met. Colleagues, old friends, estranged relatives. Christina designs for the room that actually shows up.
She's planned celebrations in a week. She's planned them a year out. The timeline doesn't change what the event can be — it changes how she gets there.
Licenced in funeral service
She went back to school not because she had to. Because she wanted to understand every part of what families navigate — not just the event, but everything around it.
Families change their minds. Dynamics shift. Someone breaks down. Someone doesn't show. Christina has seen all of it and plans for what she can't predict.
Most event planners don't understand funeral service. Most funeral directors don't understand events. Christina is the rare person who speaks both languages fluently.
Stage-trained precision
AV, live stream, hybrid format, in-room acoustics — all of it is handled before anyone walks through the door. The family never holds a cable or chases a vendor.
The room runs because it was designed to run. Speakers know when they're on. Music fades at the right moment. The family feels that without ever noticing it.
In 500 celebrations, it never has. That's not luck. That's a decade of knowing exactly what needs to happen and when — and making sure it does.
Personal involvement, always
Not a coordinator who hands things off on the day. Christina is there. Every single time. From the first call to the last vendor out the door.
By the time the day arrives, Christina has heard the stories. She knows what mattered. That's why the room feels right — because the person building it understood who it was for.
One family's only request on the day was to turn up the music after the speeches. That was it. Everything else was already handled.