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Celebrity & Culture
7 Ways to Honor the Glorious, Notorious RBG
How to Pay Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgWith the passing of one known simply as RBG, we’ve lost a giant of tiny proportions, a fierce and brilliant legal mind, and a woman who fought her whole life to make our country better and more equal.&...
Mindful Grief
What Is a Guided Grief Journey and How Are Diamonds Involved?
At some point in each of our lives, we will experience grief. It’s one of our truly universal shared experiences as humans, yet the loss of a loved one is often incredibly isolating. Western cultures especially have constructed conflicting attitudes...
Celebrity & Culture
Grieving Our Culture: A New York City Maitre D Mourns the Loss of Her Restaurant During COVID-19
It was Monday, June 15, 2020. The day my restaurant died. Well, it wasn’t technically my restaurant, but it was the elegant French dining room on Manhattan's Upper East Side where I was a Maitre D. It was the restaurant where I felt at home welcoming...
News & Innovation
BUILDING A TEAM FOR "THE NEW FUNERALS"
There are few journeys in life that are truly universal. Death is one of them, and recent current events have put the topic front and center, making our mission at Farewelling even more relevant and important than it was when we launched at the end o...
News & Innovation
HOW TO SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO HAS LOST A LOVED ONE DURING COVID-19
Even in “normal” times, addressing someone else’s loss can be awkward and difficult. Most of us like to avoid any talk around death or grief. Now, as we navigate a global pandemic, when due to COVID-19 restrictions we can’t just show up at someone’s...
