I think if there’s one emotion we all share through this pandemic, it’s grief. The thing about grief, from my experience with it and writing about it for 9 years, is that it’s a teacher. A healer. A helper. It sure doesn’t feel like it in the process, but looking back, there’s always gold in […]
Up until the last couple of years, conversations around death and dying within this profession rarely happened in the social media scene. In fact, most funeral homes’ social feeds were essentially and endlessly obits. Thank goodness that we’re moving towards more and better conversations around death online, mostly thanks to the “Death Positive Movement” which […]
The funeral service industry has long relied on traditions. Traditions that often stemmed from, or were created within the realms of religion. However, with religious identification on a downward slope, is an opportunity to create a richness and meaning to death, that may not involve religious traditions. But how? Through the power of ritual. Before […]
Halloween is here! If there’s one reason to dress up spooky, ditch your sugar cleanse and enjoy working in the death industry, Halloween is the one good excuse we have to celebrate something in this funky year of 2020! Without being able to go to Halloween parties or trick-or-treat, this time could feel a little […]
Grief is something not many people understand, yet everyone experiences. And the way we grieve is changing, quickly. It seems that the old paradigm was seeing grief as a more linear process. And now, in the new paradigm, we’re starting to understand grief a little differently. Some of my favorite schools of thought on grief […]
What happens when a pandemic hits, and everything turns to chaos? Lessons are learned. Innovations are made. Evolution becomes a necessity. Whether you like it or not, this pandemic probably taught you a lot. You might feel bitter about these lessons. They might sting a little. But gosh darn it, you learned them. We, as […]
Ahh, 2020. What can we say, really? Are there any words to describe it? Probably not, and that’s why we chose memes to do it for us instead. In case you need a laugh, here is a quick recap of this year in memes. Enjoy and share this with anyone who needs a chuckle. After […]
Through the early Victorian era, caring for the dead was very much a role set aside for women… especially in the United States. Back then, death was something that took place in the home. Preparing a body for a burial was a matter the family took into their own hands. As many of you know, […]
We’ve all heard the term “morning ritual”, which is an important part of the day for many of us. But what about a “mourning ritual”? Dr Alan D Wolfelt describes a mourning ritual as a “symbolic activity that helps us, together with our families and friends, express our deepest thoughts and feelings about life’s most […]
8 years. Nearly 400 hundred blogs. 400,000 words. This is my contribution to the funeral service profession since I started blogging for funeralOne back in 2012. Who knew that after studying Journalism and Literature in college, that I would end up working for a b2b business in the death industry? Not me, that’s for sure. […]
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