Learn about an AI tool that helps with writing eulogies, obituaries, and memorial cards using only the stories you choose to input.
About the guest:
My guest Sasha Stricker is an entrepreneur, creative thinker and problem-solver who is also the founder of TreulogyAI, a tool built around the simple truth that only the people who loved someone can tell their real stories. She shares what inspired her to develop Treulogy and how she designed it to be helpful to families by creating a safe space to share their stories and thoughts. Learn more at the website:
In this episode:
- How Sasha got interested in creating a tool to help people write eulogies
- The power of storytelling after a loved one has died
- The challenge of writing a eulogy while deeply grieving and why eulogies are sometimes overlooked
- How AI can create a safe space for telling tender and sensitive stories with no judgment
- Why there is stigma and fear around using AI
- How Treulogy differs from generic chatbots that may write incorrect information in a eulogy
- Treulogy has strict privacy guardrails and is a closed system that does not use the internet
- How to use Treulogy to write a eulogy (and make a donation to EOLU at the same time)
- How to utilize stories from multiple people in writing the eulogy
- Treulogy can also be used to generate an obituary, a memorial card, a social post. or a living tribute
- Why I think it’s okay to use whatever tools we need to help us tell and share the stories of our loved ones
Links for this episode:
Resources
- Affiliate account with Treulogy: https://treulogy.com/eolu
- What to Include in a Eulogy – Blog post
- How to Write a Funeral Program – Blog post
- How to Write an Obituary – Blog post
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- The Beauty of What Remains with Rabbi Steve Leder
- My Living Obituary: Legacy Therapy at the End of Life with Maggie Gannon and Heidi Connolly
- Visual Storytelling for End-of-Life Planning with Jill Greenbaum
Other links
- Field Guide to What Really Matters
- 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying by Karen Wyatt MD
- Latest post on Substack: Letting Go of Guilt
- What Really Matters Podcast: Grief Travel on the Sonoma Coast
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