“When you eat, you do not eat; when you play, you do not play”. We are often so busy worrying about the future that we do not live in the...
This month we have been talking about traditions remembering the dead, specifically Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Learn about how...
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead - has beautiful traditions to honor and remember the dead. We talk about beliefs, foods, drinks, and...
The AIDS epidemic still claims an estimated two million lives each year, of which more than 250,000 are children. Learn about HIV, how it...
Even during the best of times, the holidays can be exhausting and stressful - even more so if you are mourning the loss of a loved one. We...
What is mourning jewelry? Learn about this 19th century tradition and how Marianne is using it to honor her sister and uplift those...
More and more people are choosing cremation as an alternative to traditional burial methods. Have questions about the process and what...
What if the final resting place of our ashes was one of our greatest gifts to future loved ones? Read Sandi's thoughts on a way to do it.
In this episode we explore cemeteries: their origin and evolution, traditions, even symbols and meanings of things you might see on...
Is photographing a deceased loved one morbid or a way to memorialize and help with grief? You decide in this episode on post-mortem...
Did you know we have over 218,000 service members in overseas cemeteries? Learn about the federal agency that manages these memorials and...
Healing from grief, especially traumatic grief, is difficult because of trauma associated with the death. Learn about a treatment called...
Historic cemeteries are filled with ornate carvings on gravestones. Learn all about the special meanings of some of these motifs, icons and...
A permanent reminder of our loved one, a tribute, the first outward marker of our grief journey, a conversation starter, similar to...
This week’s show is about everything New York City…after a fashion. We have a report about the obituary department in the New York times...
Is there a tattoo special to you? You may be surprised to learn it can be preserved as museum-quality art after death! Learn all about how...
Digital memorials are a way to keep our memory alive without a gravesite to visit. We are only to be limited by our imagination and the...
This week’s show is about legacy, the way in which we are remembered after our deaths. Legacy goes beyond possessions to include the impact...