class Actor include Mongoid::Document field :name field :after_custom_count, type: Integer, default: 0 has_and_belongs_to_many :tags embeds_many :things, validate: false, cascade_callbacks: true accepts_nested_attributes_for :things, allow_destroy: true define_model_callbacks :custom def do_something run_callbacks(:custom) do self.name = "custom" end end end require "app/models/actress"