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How to Compare Funeral Costs So You Don’t Overspend
Navigate funeral planning with confidence using our comprehensive guide. Learn about funeral costs, consumer rights under the Funeral Rule, and tips to avoid emotional overspending. Whether choosing between burial and cremation or understanding direct cremation costs, find everything you need to make informed decisions.
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Love Lost: When Is It Time to Move On?
Loneliness often raises questions about whether it is possible, or even advisable, to move forward and find another partner. This decision is highly personal and unique to each individual's grief journey.
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‘Til Death Do Us Part: Life After Losing Your Spouse
Losing a spouse is an intensely emotional experience. Although logically, we know that lives come to an end, facing reality feels overwhelming.
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From Snapchats to Sadness: The Gen Z Guide to Coping with Loss
Losing a parent is one of a young person's most challenging experiences.
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Tiny Hearts, Big Feelings: 5 Myths About How Kids Handle Grief
Understanding grief and loss for kids has become even more pressing with these sobering statistics about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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From Solitude to Solidarity: A Guide to Connecting in Life's Final Moments
Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or consuming six alcoholic drinks, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.
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Beyond Condolences: How to Truly Be There for Someone After a Loss
Grief is an unavoidable part of life, but watching a loved one go through it can leave many of us feeling helpless.
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The Future of the End: Palliative Doctors Give Their Take on What’s Ahead
To help us understand what may be ahead for all of us as we reach the end of our lives, we turned to some of our favorite palliative care doctors...
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Compassion in Action: Exploring the Profound Work of Funeral Directors
Being a funeral director goes beyond what most people realize.
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Outer Burial Containers: Making Informed Decisions
If you are planning your own or a loved one’s burial in a cemetery or want to have ashes placed in a container underground there, you may be asked to buy an outer burial container, a vault, grave liner or grave box.
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Know the Lingo: Demystifying 7 Funeral Words and Phrases
Anyone who has found themselves in the position of having to make funeral arrangements for someone else or planning their own end-of-life care...
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Keeping it Simple? Skip Embalming and These 4 Funeral Extras
Discover how to simplify your end-of-life arrangements by skipping embalming and four other funeral extras. Reduce costs and environmental impact. Choose what's right for you and your family.
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Debunking Burial Myths
When it comes to end-of-life options, myths often distort the conversation about burial.
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