by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 6, 2019 | Cremation, Urns
I love new offerings for what to do with our deceased bodies, and this latest one is solid. Literally. It’s stones instead of ashes after cremation. Or rather, stones from ashes. Parting Stone has developed a process of turning cremains (aka ashes) into smooth and...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 5, 2019 | Cemeteries
There’s more to funeral innovation than better experiences, even though that is what I am usually harping on. In fact, the seed that led to I Want a Fun Funeral was an exasperating incredulity that funeral homes themselves are still so stodgy looking,...
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 4, 2019 | Acceptance of death, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
Article in this week’s Time magazine about collecting all your end of life paperwork. This is the practical end of I Want a Fun Funeral. You can’t pull off the goodbye you want without leaving instructions for it. The list of what would ideally be in this...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 6, 2019 | FTC Funeral Rule, funeral costs
Low sexiness factor, high practicality factor… Shopping for funeral services. As I’ve said in many posts, the prices of funeral services vary incredibly — by thousands of dollars for the same services. This is no joke or exaggeration. We need to shop around when...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 4, 2019 | Event, Funeral Revolution, Personalized funeral
Look alive, local people. If you’ve ever been disappointed by a funeral / left feeling empty / completely forgotten every detail / reluctantly went through the motions / fill-in-your-worst funeral moment / …then you need to come hear this. We’re talking...
