Lately Posts

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...

 Farewelling co-founders Karen Bussen and Elizabeth Karansky get an invite to the rockin’ opening night reception at the 2019 National Funeral Directors Association Conference in Chicago (hint: it’s a Blues Brothers-theme party!). They talk to i...

 Guests at the glittering Farewelling Launch Party enjoyed Champagne, sangria, charcuterie, Impossible Burger sliders...and an interactive podcast booth where the editaud.io team welcomed everyone to share thoughts, feelings and ideas about deat...

Neil Genzlinger is a former art and culture critic-turned obituary writer. He joins us on the podcast from his office at The New York Times. We discuss the elements that make an obituary stand out, who he’d want to write his tribute when the time com...

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...

 Karen has a surprisingly upbeat conversation about end of life planning with Licensed Behavioral Therapist Grace Y. Lin. They talk “Swedish Death Cleaning” (yep, that’s a thing!), our American obsession with happiness, and how a healthy dose of...