Tag: memorials

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Ep. 453 Gravestone Recipes: Cooking to Honor the Dead with Rosie Grant

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Learn about Rosie Grant’s unique project to memorialize those who have died by cooking their special recipes.

My guest Rosie Grant has a library science degree from the University of Maryland and now works at UCLA as an archivist. She is well known on social media as a “cemetery tiktoker” who researches recipes found on gravestones in cemeteries across the U.S. She shares her story and how she began to collect these gravestone recipes and cook them to honor the people who left them behind. We also discuss the value of exploring cemeteries and the treasures that can be found there. Learn more at her website and social media sites:

ghostlyarchive.com

Instagram: @ghostlyarchive

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This episode includes:

  • How Rosie got interested in gathering gravestone recipes
  • The benefits of visiting cemeteries as part of travel
  • Rosie’s inspiration to visit the gravestones she has learned about and to prepare the recipes she has found there
  • How food is connected to death and grief
  • How Rosie finds gravestone recipes to cook
  • Other interesting cemetery discoveries Rosie has made
  • Talking about gravestone recipes is a less threatening way to approach the subject of death and dying
  • How she finds gravestones that contain recipes

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Ep. 435 Home Funerals as an Option After Death with Jerrigrace Lyons

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Learn how to create a home funeral ceremony that can honor and celebrate the life of a loved one.

My guest for this interview from the archives is Jerrigrace Lyons, founder of Final Passages, where she offers training for death doulas and home funeral guides. She shares the beauty of a home funeral and describes step-by-step how to honor a loved one with a private, intimate ceremony after death. Learn more at her website:

www.finalpassages.org

Hear the original interview and see the slides at this link: https://InstantTeleseminar.com/Events/89192217

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This episode includes:

  • How the home funeral movement is changing our societal perception of death and after-death care
  • Why home funerals are powerful
  • The beautiful rituals that can be created economically for a home funeral
  • How to go about creating a home funeral

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Ep. 434 Life-Cycle Celebrants® and Ceremonies for Life’s Transitions with Charlotte Eulette

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Learn how celebrants co-create ceremonies to help people navigate the milestones of life.

My guest for this interview from the archives is Charlotte Eulette is the International Director of the non-profit educational organization Celebrant Foundation and Institute. The foundation certifies and trains people to become ritual experts who create ceremonies to mark milestones in life. Charlotte discusses the importance of these rituals for ourselves and our communities and how to become a celebrant. Learn more at the website:

www.celebrantinstitute.org

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This episode includes:

  • What is a life-cycle celebrant and what do they do
  • How the modern celebrant movement got started
  • Honoring the culture and beliefs of the participants in ceremonies
  • Why ceremonies and rituals are important for everyone with or without religious affiliation
  • How rituals can make a difference for grievers
  • Alternatives when a loved one doesn’t want a funeral
  • How celebrants can be helpful in healthcare settings
  • What training is required to become a celebrant
  • Why “closure” is not a helpful concept at times of loss and change

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Ep. 294 Virtual Funerals and Memorials: How and Why to Hold Them with Merilynne Rush

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Learn best practices for creating a meaningful and powerful funeral or memorial service online.

My guest Merilynne Rush is an EOL Doula Mentor, Home Funeral Guide, Green Burial Educator, Advance Care Planning Facilitator, Death Cafe host, former hospice nurse, and former home birth midwife. Today she shares her personal experience planning and hosting a virtual memorial service for her father, including all of the challenges and benefits of taking on such a task. She offers helpful advice to anyone who feels called to plan a virtual ceremony and explains why this new way of being together after a loved one dies is likely here to stay. Learn more about her work at her website:

www.thedyingyear.org

Read her blog post on Virtual Memorials here

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This episode includes:

  • The importance of funeral and memorial rituals and why they should happen sooner rather than later after a death
  • Why a virtual ceremony can be just as effective as in-person
  • Why good planning and organization is essential for conducting an online event
  • Getting outside help from a tech assistant and an “MC” to manage the flow of the ceremony
  • Creating an effective “script” for the event
  • Why breakout rooms are helpful at the end of the ceremony
  • Tips for creating a slide show to use during the event
  • How virtual gatherings can “carry all the love” we want to share and help with our grief
  • Why virtual funerals and memorials are likely to continue even after the pandemic

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