End-of-Life University
Dr. Karen Wyatt, hospice physician and author of "7 Lessons for Living from the Dying," interviews experts on all aspects of the end-of-life, including: caring for the dying, funeral and burial practices, planning for the end-of-life, conscious dying, grief and loss, caregiver support, afterlife, de… read more
Ep. 317 It’s Your Funeral! A “Fun” Guide to Planning for the End with Kathy Benjamin
Learn about a helpful and humorous workbook for funeral planning.
My guest Kathy Benjamin is a freelance writer whose work has appeared on various sites including Uproxx, Playboy’s The Smoking Jacket, and Cracked.com. She is the author Funerals to Die For and the recently released It’s Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before it’s Too Late. She shares how she got interested in writing about funerals and some of the fascinating facts she’s learned over time about the importance of funerals throughout history and across all societies. We also discuss her set-by-step guide to creating a great funeral. Connect with Kathy at her website:
This episode includes:- How Kathy got inspired to write two books about funerals
- How she did research for the topics in the book
- Why funerals are important and how it helps to plan one in advance
- Some of the components of a good funeral to consider in your planning:
- Venue
- Funeral roles
- Theme
- Eulogy
- Burial options
- Interesting funeral traditions from around the world
- Challenges for funeral planning during the pandemic
- Why It’s Your Funeral could be a good humorous gift for a milestone birthday
- How to use the book to get started on planning your funeral now
- Follow Kathy on social media:
- Facebook: facebook.com/kab18
- Twitter: @KathyBenjamin
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
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- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
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If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu! Your contributions make all the difference.
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