What Will It Take To Create The Funeral Home Of The Future?

We all know what your typical idea of a funeral home conjures up in your mind.  Caskets, chapel seating, the smell of funeral flowers, maybe a faint smell of coffee, warm lighting… And this version of a funeral home has worked for some time now.  Now, as we explore the idea of what a funeral […]

6 Event Ideas To Better Engage Your Funeral Home’s Community

When it comes to hosting events at your funeral home, it’s important not to fall into the trap of what has “always been done before”. Sure, a food drive or Christmas ornament event is beautiful and for some funeral homes, these are staple events in the community.  But for many funeral homes, we are in […]

10 “Conscious Dying” Affirmations For The Ages

To die a conscious death is something we have an opportunity to do now in this modern world. We can plan for it, prepare for it, and talk about it to relieve our fears and worries. And thankfully there’s countless tools and resources available to us for this. Instead of talking about those resources today, […]

8 Funeral Service Jargon Terms That Need To Die (Pun Intended)

Recently we polled our audience on Facebook about what their least favorite funeral service jargon terms were. This question was sparked as an attempt to bring language to the shifts occurring in this profession.  We saw a lot of the same answers, and it helped us to come to a conclusion… It seems as we […]

Why Intimacy With Death Is Necessary for a Healthy Life

Death.  The news we all fear to hear of one day. The final destination we certainly don’t wish for. Yet, death is the most inevitable part of life. We love how Dr. Richard Kalish describes the way our society currently views death: Death is blasphemous and pornographic. We react to it and its symbols in […]

15 Facts About The Pet Loss Industry You Need To Know In 2022

Pet loss is an industry that deserves all deathcare workers’ attention. Why? You might ask. Not only is it an opportunity for creating another stream of revenue for your funeral business, but there’s more to the story. It seems that the opportunities to support families through the grieving of their pets is a largely untapped […]

A Peek Inside The Heart of A Hard Working Funeral Director

So, you think you know what funeral directors are about? Maybe you think you know that… They wear black everyday. They deal with crying families everyday. They try to sell you coffins and urns that are way out of your price range. But, that is not the whole story. In fact, that’s not even the […]

Having the conversation with loved ones

Tips for Having The Talk (About Final Wishes) With Your Loved Ones

It’s one of the most uncomfortable conversations to have with a loved one. The talk. No, not that talk. We mean talking about discussing end of life wishes. There’s never a truly awesome time to bring this kind of thing up… “Hey dad, at what point would you not want to be resuscitated? Now, let’s […]

5 Tips for Keeping Up With The World Of Digital Death Care

Anyone who is alive in a body is likely aware that every conceivable industry has undergone a digital revolution in recent years.  Even the most old-fashioned businesses have websites and social media profiles (or at least they should!).   Where’s it all going? Is some of this just a fad, a place-holder until we return to […]

Drink Tea and Talk Death: How to Host a Death Café

Unless you’ve been hiding under a social media rock, you’ve probably heard about Death Cafés. A Death Café is an event where people hang out and talk about death and dying,  usually at a coffee shop, and usually over coffee and treats. According to the official Death Café website, the official definition is: A group […]