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Tex-Mex Chain’s “Big Burrito Challenge” Offers Chance to Win a Burial Plot
Promotion warns that consuming the massive creation may induce a “food coma”
Everyone from death doulas to spiritual guides have preached the benefits of contemplating your death as a way to live better in the present. In an off-handed way, the bizarre “Big Burrito Challenge” in Australia is encouraging people to do … Continue reading
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“Tuesday,” directed by Daina Oniunas-Pusić
An adult fairytale about a mother struggling to accept the death of her daughter
“Tuesday” may be one of the most original and strangest movies ever made about death. In fact, Death is one of the co-stars, anthropomorphized as a talking, size-shifting macaw that dispatches souls with the sweep of its wing.
Posted in Lending Insight
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The “Four Offerings” People Make As They’re Dying
Oncologist Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee finds lessons for living in the final words of terminal patients
As an oncologist, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee has spent years watching terminal patients interact with loved ones in their final hours. He observed that a person’s last words were often variations of four offerings that revealed their greatest desires and regrets.
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Adapting to Changing Trends in the Deathcare Industry
An interview with Barbara Kemmis, Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America
Barbara Kemmis is the Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and has been with the organization for 13 years. Her 111-year old association has witnessed a lot of change in the deathcare industry over the years. … Continue reading
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Mother Searching Cemeteries for Baby Names Goes Viral
Haley Hodge’s graveyard stroll gains more than 2 million views on TikTok
Numerous experts and influencers on the internet offer advice on how to choose a name for a baby. But you’d be hard-pressed to find one suggesting the novel method selected by Haley Hodge: cruise a cemetery, and not just any … Continue reading
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Thirteen Quotes About Moving On from Death
From Einstein to Robert Frost, encouragement to keep going
Sometimes, as the famous song by R.E.M. proclaims, “everybody hurts.” But just as the song urges the listener to hang on “when you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life,” the quotes below encourage the reader to view pain, particularly … Continue reading
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