For Ben Wasserman and his Surprising Audiences, Comedy is a Natural Way to Grieve
Is there a right way to grieve? A wrong way? A specific order to experience each phase — or a time limit to be done? Deathcare professionals know...
Lighter Side
What ChatGPT Has to Say About Deathcare
If you haven’t yet heard of ChatGPT … Wait. There’s virtually no way you haven’t heard of it. Since the introduction of this revolutionary artificial intelligence-driven chatbot on...
What Is a “Happy Death?”
In the Catholic church, “a happy death” refers to dying in a state of grace with God, without bitterness or anger, if possible. Ideally, a happy death would...
Your Future Client, Planning Her Own Funeral Party
I’ve been writing on deathcare matters from a layperson’s perspective for a while now. I’ve delved into graphic, unsavory aspects including trauma and decomposition and the actual biological...
Is Coffee Evil? These Brands and Blends Sure Make You Wonder
Ah … coffee. For most of us, it’s the nectar of the gods. It wakes us up, gets us going, keeps us going, and makes us better people...
Deathcare for the Undead
Deathcare work can be thankless. Without question, it’s a field which brings its own class and character of niche problems to solve. Take, for example, the tending of...
ICYMI: 10 Saturday Night Live Funeral Sketches Ranked Best to Worst
When we read this blog by Jess Farren (Fowler) on the The ASD Blog, we thought it was too good not to share with our Connecting Directors audience!...