funeral – End of Life University

Learn about the beauty of full-body burial at sea and why it is becoming a more popular alternative.

My guest Olivia Bareham is a certified Death Midwife, Home Funeral Guide, Interfaith Minister and Funeral Celebrant. She is the founder of the Sacred Crossings Institute, which provides education for death midwifery and home funeral support and of the Sacred Crossings Funeral Home. Today she discusses full-body sea burials and other unique alternatives she offers at her funeral home. Learn more at the website:

www.sacredcrossings.com

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This episode includes:

How Olivia first became interested in home funerals
How Olivia is “paying forward” the mentoring she received as she was learning about home funerals
Death as a teacher and a gift
What inspired Olivia to start an alternative funeral home
What is full-body sea burial
How families and loved ones can participate in a sea burial
How to plan a full-body sea burial
Who might consider a sea burial for themselves or for a loved one
How Olivia facilitates rituals for families of ICU patients who are being taken off life support
How stillbirth services help parents with their overwhelming grief

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Learn about a helpful and humorous workbook for funeral planning.

My guest Kathy Benjamin is a freelance writer whose work has appeared on various sites including Uproxx, Playboy’s The Smoking Jacket, and Cracked.com. She is the author Funerals to Die For and the recently released It’s Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before it’s Too Late. She shares how she got interested in writing about funerals and some of the fascinating facts she’s learned over time about the importance of funerals throughout history and across all societies. We also discuss her set-by-step guide to creating a great funeral. Connect with Kathy at her website:

www.KathyBenjamin.com

Get It’s Your Funeral here.

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This episode includes:

How Kathy got inspired to write two books about funerals
How she did research for the topics in the book
Why funerals are important and how it helps to plan one in advance
Some of the components of a good funeral to consider in your planning:
- Venue
- Funeral roles
- Theme
- Eulogy
- Burial options
Interesting funeral traditions from around the world
Challenges for funeral planning during the pandemic
Why It’s Your Funeral could be a good humorous gift for a milestone birthday
How to use the book to get started on planning your funeral now

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Follow Kathy on social media:
- Facebook: facebook.com/kab18
- Twitter: @KathyBenjamin

Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!