If there’s one thing I know to be true about grief, it’s that without music, it wouldn’t be possible to make it through the journey alive. Music has the ability to transcend us into a place of healing, no matter what state we’re in. There’s a lot of us that love the good ole’ classics […]
As a funeral professional, you’re no stranger to guiding families through their toughest times. But even the most seasoned professional can waiver when tasked with the unimaginable… helping a family cope with a child’s death. The loss of a child is immeasurable in magnitude. It’s every parent’s worst fear, and a subject nobody really wants […]
There’s one good thing about being stuck inside while it’s cold and there’s a pandemic: BOOKS. Although you might not have as much time as those who are stuck home unemployed, chances are, with less social functions to go to, you’ve got some time on your hands to become even more of an expert in […]
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 […]
If I could sum up 2020 in one word, it would be: loss. Whether it was a family member, a job, house, or just our “old lives”, loss has touched the heart of every person living through these times. And with Thanksgiving just around the corner… as curfews and lockdowns are reinstated nationwide, that lesson […]
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 […]
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 […]
Raise your hand if you have recently thought to yourself: Wouldn’t this be a great time to really dedicate time to creating a strong virtual experience for our funeral home? And then did nothing about it. Hand raised? Good. This guide is for you. The busy, stressed funeral professional who’s looking for solutions to really […]
Do you feel it? Loss is in the air. Grief is prevalent. With more than 150,000 COVID-19 deaths being reported in the U.S. alone, chances are you’re either dealing directly with loss, or seeing it all around you. And without touch (perhaps the most important needs of humans), it’s hard to try and attempt to […]
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