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You all know how much I appreciate death and dying education that comes from a fun and playful mindset and tone, yet is still informative and accurate. I love this! Tim Boon, RN is the CEO of Good Shepherd Community Care in Newton, MA and he has adapted this [...]

Photo Credit: Pixabay I am loving the work happening in New Zealand. Coffin Clubs are starting up in lots of cities to allow for “lovely and affordable” coffins. Yep, you can use your own coffin. You don’t have to buy one at the funeral home. I’d love [...]

Photo Credit: Pixabay I just spent a great week in Portland, Oregon. I took the opportunity to check off a bucket list item and rode the Empire Builder train across the northern US to get there. A truly epic journey filled with snowy mountains, spring melt filled [...]

Photo Credit: Pixabay Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes - Benjamin Franklin Except some people have figured out how to evade taxes – Kel McBride Taxes give us the opportunity annually to look back at our financial life. When we compare year after year [...]

After two years of co-organizing the Louisville Before I Die Festival, a festival for the living about dying, I’m happy to report that I’ll be leading one in Bloomington, Indiana this year and have begun talks with other communities to support them in creating their own events. The Bloomington [...]

Photo Credit: Pixabay A few months back I learned I was accepted to speak at the Association of Death Educators and Counsellors conference in Portland, Oregon. Since I had an open schedule around the conference, I jumped on the opportunity to check off an item that has [...]