by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 7, 2019 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Loss
I think about death a lot. But unlike funerals directors or healthcare workers, for me it’s mostly theoretical. I’m fascinated by the dichotomy we live in: Knowing we aren’t immortal, yet mainly living in denial of it. It seems to me that if we...
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 | Aug 14, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral
This article by Erica Buist from The Guardian says so well what I Want a Fun Funeral is so much about. I’m not sure I ever articulated this point even to myself, but boy does it get to the heart of the matter: “We don’t want to trivialise the loss, but why not...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 25, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Uncategorized
“Come on in,” she said. “There’s lots of food. And a coffin that people are decorating.” If you find that enticing, liberating, intriguing, or best of off, life a breath of fresh air… you’ve come to the right place. Read: The Positive Death Movement Comes to...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 2, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration
For the second day in a row today, I was way overdressed for my lunchtime jog. I couldn’t quite believe one layer would suffice, so I went the safe route, bundled up, and felt like a granny as lean bare legs whizzed by me in shorts, gosh darn it. I wanted to be...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 22, 2018 | Acceptance of death
“It’s been a whirlwind of activity getting ready for funeral on Friday. You’re never really prepared even when you know it’s coming.” I got this in an email from a friend the other day. It was an older family member… not tragic in any way, and not even...
