The Assault of Grief
A funeral director fills an extraordinary role. Death care workers help survivors navigate life beyond the death of a loved one, often for the first time. Handling grief...
Grief
The Unexpected Value of Slowing Down the Death-Planning Process for Families
Many funeral homes pride themselves on how many arrangements they can get in and out the door in a given business day. Efficiency and high volume sales are...
Bad News Is Traveling Too Fast: The Problem With Social Media, FindAGrave, and Instant Notifications
From his social media posts, you’d think one of my Facebook friends was a coroner, funeral director, or clairvoyant. I say this because rarely does a week go...
Feeling Compassion Fatigue? Here are Five Ways to Decompress over Thanksgiving.
Search any list of “most stressful jobs” and you’ll find the usual: firefighters, pilots, police officers, CEOs, and soldiers. You know as well as anyone that “funeral director”...
It’s Time to Learn About Psychedelic Therapy for Grief… It Will be Legal Sooner Than You Think.
One of the most compelling lectures scheduled for next week's Reimagine: End of Life Event is one by Dr. Richard Louis Miller at Congregation Emanu-El. Dr. Richard Louis Miller, M.A., Ph.D.,...
Heartbreaking Video Captures A Young Woman’s Tweets About Her Brain Cancer In The Final Months Of Her Life
We all deal with struggle and grief in different ways. We are all individuals and we make our own choices. What works for me might not work for...
The Trauma of Being Alive
TALKING with my 88-year-old mother, four and a half years after my father died from a brain tumor, I was surprised to hear her questioning herself. “You’d think...