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8 March 2025

Planning

"Which Type of Funeral Should I Choose?"

Planning a funeral can be overwhelming, especially during a time of grief. This guide walks you through key considerations, including honoring personal wishes, cultural traditions, environmental impact, and costs.

Wendy Cipriotti

Writer, Copy Strategist, Wordsmith

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8 March 2025

Planning

"Which Type of Funeral Should I Choose?"

Planning a funeral can be overwhelming, especially during a time of grief. This guide walks you through key considerations, including honoring personal wishes, cultural traditions, environmental impact, and costs.

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27 March 2025

Memorial

A Tribute to Virginia “Gin” Morgan

As an adult, a granddaughter reflects on her unique upbringing and approach to embracing death by attending funerals and visiting graveyards with her grandmother - later to find that some of these celebrations of life were for complete strangers.

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13 April 2025

Culminations

“Culminations”

How I came to realize we should have celebrations of life before it is too late for those to celebrate their own lives.

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8 March 2025

Planning

"Which Type of Funeral Should I Choose?"

Planning a funeral can be overwhelming, especially during a time of grief. This guide walks you through key considerations, including honoring personal wishes, cultural traditions, environmental impact, and costs.

Wendy Cipriotti

Writer, Copy Strategist, Wordsmith

13 April 2025

Culminations

“Culminations”

How I came to realize we should have celebrations of life before it is too late for those to celebrate their own lives.

Sophie Xiong

Founder of "Culminations"

27 March 2025

Memorial

A Tribute to Virginia “Gin” Morgan

As an adult, a granddaughter reflects on her unique upbringing and approach to embracing death by attending funerals and visiting graveyards with her grandmother - later to find that some of these celebrations of life were for complete strangers.

Amber Lussier

In the News

19 December 2024

Funeral

Hollywood Forever's New Mausoleum

Sam Lubell covers a landmark and a legacy. The architects and owners view the Gower Court Mausoleum as part of a broader conversation about how cemeteries — and cities — can honor their histories while accommodating future growth.

Sam Lubell

Sam Lubell

4 April 2024

Planning

A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End

On the Fresh Air podcast Alua Arthur (Death Doula and Author) discusses loss and how facing the inevitable can help lessen the anxiety and fear so many of us have around death. Her new book is called, Briefly Perfectly Human.

NPR Fresh Air Podcast

28 Jan 2024

Funeral

‘I didn’t realise I was so loved’: the people hosting their own ‘living funerals’

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear all the lovely things friends and family might say about us at our funeral? Isabelle Aron meets five people – some with a terminal diagnosis – who have done just that

Isabelle Aron

Washington Post

17 June 2024

Style

The Aesthetics of Dying

Despite the significance of beauty and fashion in modern-day culture, embalmers still rarely receive cosmetic instruction from decedents. A funeral is a major life event—why wouldn’t you invest in how you look?

Sabina Wex