by Brian Hayden | Mar 3, 2022 | Podcasts, Resources
“There’s a psychological block going on here because the death word is hanging around our head. And that deranges us and shuts our rationality off and opens up our emotions. So we think we’re thinking, but we’re not, we’re just...
by Brian Hayden | Feb 11, 2022 | Events, Podcasts
PACE: Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly “This [PACE] is what kind of program I want to work in. This is what is needed.” Sonja Felton Executive Director, Huron Valley PACE This is an episode about a program that helps caregivers. I recently...
by Brian Hayden | Jan 3, 2022 | Courses, Events
The Green Burial Council (GBC) is the friendly front door to the green burial industry. The GBC was founded in 2005 by Joe Sehee to ensure that consumers would be served by having verifiable standards for green funeral enterprises as the movement grew. For many years...
by Brian Hayden | Nov 11, 2021 | Articles, Courses, Events
The NFDA (National Funeral Directors Association) Cremation and Burial Report estimates that by 2035, the cremation rate in the U.S. will reach almost 77%. Today that number is almost 60%. The increase in demand for cremation is the result of a lot of factors,...
by Brian Hayden | Oct 29, 2021 | Articles, Resources, Tools
Too many books, too little time. So I want to help you get a sense for a foundational text that is worth investing your time in. Stephen Jenkinson’s “Die Wise” was first recommended to me by Emily McClatchey, a green funeral steward from Cambridge,...