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 […]
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 […]
Green funerals. A topic gaining HUGE momentum amongst client families. It seems like everyone is talking about mushroom burial suits and turning themselves into a tree when they die, these days. As much as the buzz means some true and real change is needed in the funeral profession, there are also challenges to doing things […]
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 […]
So you want to up your game in your funeral business, but not sure how? We’ve got you covered. We’ve collected some of our favorite books on communication, holding space, emotional intelligence, loss, grief and leadership (some of the most important habits of a successful funeral pro) to get the fire underneath you this summer! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Happy Halloween, funeral pro! This Halloween, we wanted to keep things light. Since, you know, the past 2 years have been probably the most intense of our lives. So, this Halloween, instead of telling spooky stories like we normally would, we want to speak to some of the less spooky, yet still incredibly relatable things […]
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 […]
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 […]
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