Understanding death and learning about what happens when you die is at the crux of our mission. Here are a few key resources for you to delve deeper into topics such as the dying process, the funeral industry, dealing with tragedy, hospice care, and more. We hope to help bring the death conversation back into everyday life in order to live fully.

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Burial Practices

Summary: If you are trying to plan what will happen after your loved one dies, or you are simply interested in different ways to relate to bodies after death, take a look at these helpful reads:

• Funeral Practices from Around the Globe
• At-Home Funerals
• What Funeral Directors Have to Say About Home Funerals
• Caring For Relatives Who Have Died
• Holistic Approaches to End of Life
• The Undertaker's Racket
• From Death to Burial
• Learn how to vigil with the dying
• Burial Mounds in 21st Century Britain
• Guidelines from Vatican City on Keeping Remains
• Elderly New Zealanders Build Their Own Caskets
• Live-streamed funerals: the rise of the virtual mourner
• What is a State Funeral?
• Questions About Space for Burials
• Life Gem: an authentic diamond created from the remains of your loved ones
• Turning Cremation Ashes Into Vinyl Records
• Body Worlds - putting remains on display

 

Categories List: after death   articles   Burial Alternatives   Death Culture  

Listing Tags: ashes   Burial   burial practices   cremation   death conversation   death to burial   funeral director   funeral industry   holistic funeral   home funeral   modern death  

Pet Bereavement

Summary: "...grief is grief..." This Huffington Post article, Pet Bereavement Is No Different Than Human Bereavement discusses what you might expect to experience when you lose your furry friend. We found it to be very helpful, and...true.

Categories List: Advice   articles   Death Culture  

Listing Tags: Bereavement   dealing with death   death and dying   death conversation   Grief   losing a loved one  

Articles About Grief

Summary:

• We often talk about normalizing death, but what about grief? This New Yorker article about our Western culture of grief helps us consider how grief can fit (or not) into our lives.

 

• How To Help Your Brain Recover From Grief is a great article on Huffington Post about "cultivating resilience" at any stage of life.

 

Categories List: Advice   articles   Death Culture  

Listing Tags: after death   dealing with death   death conversation   Grief   normalizing death   talking about death  

When a friend dies, what do I say to the family?

Summary: What do you say to someone when they have lost a loved one? Here are a few helpful hints when it comes to offering your support.

• Ann Nemann, from the New York Times
• Taylor Pittman, from the Huffington Post
• The Advice Columnist, Ellie, from The Star

 

Categories List: Advice   articles  

Listing Tags: advice   dealing with death   death conversation   Grief   New York Times   normalizing death   talking about death   tragedy