The Ultimate Funeral Aftercare Checklist For Supporting Families
As a funeral professional, you work hard to support your families through some of the most stressful and emotionally draining days of their lives. And while a beautiful funeral service will always help...
View Article5 Strategies to Keep Families Coming Back After the Funeral Service for...
What’s better than serving a family during their time of need? To us, that answer is simple: serving a family for a lifetime. That means retaining them over months, years and decades. But how can your...
View Article25 Of The Most Amazing Funeral Songs Of All Time To Add To Your Playlist
What’s a great funeral service without music that celebrates the life of a loved one perfectly? We asked funeral directors across the country what their favorite funeral songs are, and the votes are...
View Article4 Important Ways To Embrace Spring Time At Your Funeral Home
Ahh, spring is upon us. Technically, March 20th was the official beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Spring is the perfect time of year to tune into the blooming happening all around us....
View ArticleFatherless on Father’s Day: 10 Ways to Remember Your Dad Today
Father’s Day can be very difficult for those grieving the loss of a beloved parent. How do you hold space and inspire families as a funeral director during this emotional time of year? Below, you’ll...
View ArticleMillennials & Pet Deathcare: Using Consumer Personas To Ride The Wave of Success
As a funeral professional, you may have noticed a continuous shift in your client families’ spending behavior, preferences, likes, dislikes… Heck, it’s never ending! But did you know that four...
View Article15 Shareable Inspirational Quotes On Death, Dying & Grief
Sometimes grief can feel like it will swallow you up whole. And thankfully, that’s where funeral professionals shine — helping families move through grief, so that they can get the lessons and growth...
View ArticleWe Need Repeat Families: Three Steps Funeral Businesses Can Take to Retain...
Retaining customers is key to having a thriving funeral business. Yet all too often, funeral businesses pour time and resources into customer acquisition without considering what they’re doing to keep...
View Article6 Affirmations For the Modern Griever (And How To Use Them)
Figuring out what to say to someone who is grieving can be complicated and uncomfortable for anyone… even funeral directors and funeral guests alike. So often, we settle for statements that are...
View Article6 Grief Poems That Transform Pain Into Beauty
After all the training you go through as funeral professionals, it can still be difficult to find the right words of solace to offer families who are navigating grief. Even for myself — who has been...
View Article8 Lessons From Brene Brown On Healing Through Grief
Brene Brown is certainly having a moment! And it’s no surprise why. Her research taps right into what we need most right now in the world… especially around grief and healing: more vulnerability and...
View ArticleA New Way to Communicate With Families Through Grief & Tragedy
Mindy Corporon’s life dramatically changed in 2014 when her father and son were murdered in a hate crime. Mindy’s life has been marked by grief, trauma, and tragedy. Rather than allowing her life...
View Article6 Words Every Funeral Director Should Remove From Their Vocabulary Today
As a funeral professional, you spend most of your time speaking with people. Families, florists, co-workers, nurses, banks… the list goes on. And believe it or not, the words you choose to say have...
View Article7 Videos on Loss & Grief That Every Funeral Professional Should Watch
Grief and loss are two of our greatest teachers in life. As a funeral professional, you likely already know that. But it’s very rare that we really take the time to share the lessons in a way that...
View ArticleA Therapist’s Advice For Dealing With Conflict At Your Funeral Home
No one needs to tell you how people can be deeply affected by the death of a loved one. Some families find it harder to navigate the process of creating a ceremony that captures the essence of the...
View Article10 Harsh Truths Needed For The Rebirth A Dying Funeral Industry
Whether you’ve already admitted it or not, the funeral industry is in need of a re-birth. It’s an inevitable and necessary step for us to remain relevant to client families. Actually, it’s a necessary...
View Article9 Reminders For The Grieving Heart Just In Time For Valentine’s Day
Dear grieving heart, I know that loss is one of the most intense tribulations we are to experience during our precious and short time here. Knowing that everyone experiences loss to some degree many...
View Article9 Simple Mourning Rituals For The Modern Griever
We’ve all heard the term “morning ritual”, which is an important part of the day for many of us. But what about a “mourning ritual”? Dr Alan D Wolfelt describes a mourning ritual as a “symbolic...
View ArticleWhat If Women Ran The Funeral Profession? 10 Predictions Made
Through the early Victorian era, caring for the dead was very much a role set aside for women… especially in the United States. Back then, death was something that took place in the home. Preparing a...
View Article9 Ways Your Funeral Home Can Support Grieving Families During A Time of...
Wow, what an interesting time it is to be grieving a loved one…Right!? No matter where you are in the world, or what you’re experiencing, you are affected by the Coronavirus. That is not a question....
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