To Have or Not to Have: Is it okay to not want a funeral? More and more often, funeral directors are hearing that the deceased “didn’t want a funeral” or that the family would prefer to “celebrate her life” informally and skip all the mourning and other ceremonies of...
By Bruce Likly, President and Co-founder, TribuCast®.From quarantine and schools being shut down to the struggling economy, the pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Perhaps the most somber of all statistics is the fact that, as of this...
By Bruce Likly, President and Co-founder, TribuCast®.I don’t know about you, but now more than ever, I love hearing uplifting stories and good news. As the President and Co-founder of TribuCast®, a remote attendance system which allows family and friends to virtually...
Therapy dogs. You’ve seen them in hospitals and nursing homes and schools. You’ve heard about how they help veterans who’ve survived trauma, kids living with autism, and people coping with severe anxiety. Now, therapy dogs are helping yet another population: the...
Funeral Directors need many skills – legal, logistical, financial, and spiritual – to help families navigate the death of a loved one. One of the most important skills funeral directors have is the ability to talk to families during some of their darkest hours about...
Musician David Bowie. Novelist Anita Brookner. Two famous names that put a face on a trend that’s becoming more common: death without ritual. What would have been unthinkable just a generation ago has now become permissible: As the population ages and baby boomers...
