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This Death Care Practitioner Uses Beauty and Storytelling to Craft Unique Celebrations of Life. Rite of Passage Funerals is a modern funeral home on the Gold Coast of Australia.  Founder Yasemin Trollope wants to reimagine the reality of de...

There are plenty of articles out there on coping with grief during the holidays. Experts tell you what to “do” to feel better.  In my case, I’m writing from a different perspective. Technically I am a “thanatology fellow,” which means I’ve studi...

Inspiration from a Rap Legend Who Lived Both Large and Lovingly.Rapper DMX (given name: Earl Simmons) died suddenly at age 50, leaving behind a large family, a legacy of hard-hitting lyrics, and an unmistakable musical style. But aside from the trage...

We're all pretty excited over here at the Farewelling offices! Everyone on the team is working so hard to get the message out about what we're trying to do (in a nutshell: revolutionize everything about how we look at death and dying), so when a big...

A Funeral Industry Insider Who Helps Families Understand and Appreciate More Earth-Friendly Options.Lauren Carroll is a green funeral director at Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs, and co-founder at Deathwives, a death care collective...

Death and Holiday Dinner? The holidays may be the only time during the year when we get together with our families, so if you’re hoping to have a needed conversation about end of life planning with your parents or other family members or loved o...