4 Surprising Ways Social Memorial Websites Help Your Families Grieve
So, you’re a funeral professional, and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what makes your products and services valuable to your families. And if you’re really good at what you do, you’ve probably...
View Article4 Ways To Help Your Families Celebrate Life AFTER The Funeral
The other day, while strolling through the Zilker Park Botanical Gardens in Austin, I found a beautiful bench that I had probably overlooked a hundred times before. At first glance – and to the average...
View Article5 Amazing Ways Videos and Photos Help Your Families Heal
When you work in the funeral profession, you often get asked the same kind of question from family and friends who are fascinated by our jobs: “How do you cope with people grieving every day? Isn’t it...
View ArticleThe Magic Healing Power of Sympathy Flowers and Gifts
Are you ready to have your mind blown? Because we have some big news… some completely crazy and outrageous news that will change everything. Ready for it? Here it comes… flowers and gifts have the...
View ArticleWhat A Family Suicide Taught Me About The Invaluable Role Of Funeral Directors
A few weeks ago, I received a heartbreaking call that no person ever wants to take… My younger cousin, at the tender age of 16, and with so many life possibilities and meaningful moments ahead, took...
View Article7 Of The Most Beautiful Funerals And Memorials Of All Time
Funeral professionals know better than most the amazing healing power beautiful funerals can bring to grieving friends and family. But when you add in a touch of personalization, the opportunity for...
View ArticleGuest Post: How To Give Families The Support They Need After A Suicide Death
One phone call can change your day, your calling, and your purpose as a professional. As a funeral director, there are likely one or two families that you will remember forever. Perhaps it was the...
View Article9 Alternative (And Effective) Ways to Help Families Grieve
I just recently had to watch a close friend of mine grieve the death of her 1-year-old son. It was just about one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to watch. The death wasn’t completely unexpected....
View ArticleGuest Post: 3 Things You Might Not Know About Pregnancy Loss Parents
In April 2013, I joined the club that no parent ever wants to be a part of: those touched directly by pregnancy loss. At nearly seven months pregnant, my husband and I lost our first child – a daughter...
View ArticleWhy Parent’s Day Should Be An Annual Event At Your Funeral Home
For the luckiest people in tragic situations, there is an outpouring of support, love, encouragement and help in the days and weeks following the loss of a loved one. But once the flowers have wilted...
View Article4 Meaningful Tips That Will Elevate Your Next Non-Religious Funeral
If you didn’t see our last funeralOne blog post, you probably missed out on the truth-bombs that we dropped that are changing the funeral profession as we know it. And no, we don’t mean possible...
View ArticleFive Great Pieces of Advice Funeral Directors Can Give AFTER The Funeral
As a funeral director, you help families through what may be the most difficult days of their life. But in many cases, after the final service or burial, you part ways and may not see each other again...
View Article15 Celebratory Poems & Readings To Use At Your Next Funeral
A 2014 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 22.8 percent of Americans consider themselves unaffiliated with a traditional faith, claiming to be either atheist, agnostic or “nothing in...
View ArticleOpening The Door To The Passed: Exclusive ICCFA Interview with Allison Gilbert
Last week, the funeralOne team was down in Nashville, Tennessee for the annual International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) conference! Not only is ICCFA one of our favorite events...
View ArticleDr. Jason Troyer Shares Tips For Engaging Families & Community Partners
Last week, the funeralOne team was down in Nashville, Tennessee for the annual International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) conference! Not only is ICCFA one of our favorite events...
View Article3 Ways Your Funeral Home Can Sponsor Mother’s Day Remembrance
This upcoming Sunday is a special day for many people all across the world. It’s a chance to get together and celebrate some of the most important women out there… the women that helped shape us and...
View Article25 Quotes That Remind Us Why We’re In The Funeral Profession
In any job and in any profession, there are good days and there are bad days. Sometimes you wake up and jump out of bed, ready to tackle the exciting day ahead. Other days, the sound of your alarm...
View ArticleSuicide Prevention Month: How Funeral Directors Can Be A Vital Lifeline
As someone who has lost family and loved ones to suicide, I know just how shocking and gut-wrenching this kind of loss can be. Not only are you dealing with the unexpected death of someone who is near...
View Article8 Things You Should STOP Saying to Grieving Families (And What To Say Instead)
Gone are the days where client families automatically call up your funeral home to purchase a $8,000 casket because that’s the way they’ve always done it. Nope. The client families of today want...
View ArticleHow to Grieve a Sudden Death [A Letter For Millennials]
This is a letter about grief from a millenial, to a millenial. Use this as a tool to help millennials in the journey of grief, or share it with them if they need it. We hope this is a useful resource...
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