by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 16, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Death, Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Today I want to talk about taking ownership. As we own that ’tis the holidays and we have shopping, decorating, wrapping, and overeating to do… I’m talking about taking ownership of your own goodbye plans. ’Cause I’ve observed something in my four years of...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 9, 2016 | Life celebration, Loss, Remembering Loved Ones
It’s the holidays—time to give to others and spread some joy, and I can do both in one fell swoop in recommending a book I recently discovered. I ambled up to the author’s table at the NFDA (National Funeral Director’s Association) Convention in...
by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 18, 2016 | Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
By this time next week, Thanksgiving dinner will be done, everyone stuffed, everyone hopefully still all speaking to one another. I often hear the suggestion among End-of-Life planning people that holidays are a good time to discuss your last wishes— good as in...
by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 11, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Body donation, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
The world is changing (quite shockingly), and so is I Want a Fun Funeral. I want to make it even more fun. I want to make it even more palatable, even more comforting and comfortable, and I want it to be even more transformational. That was a lot of “I want”s in a...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 20, 2016 | Beach, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Uncategorized
“Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” Jack Benny It’s the third week of October and I’m sitting outside on a 75° day, something I hadn’t expected to do again until Spring. Lucky us,...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 29, 2016 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, Caskets, funeral costs, Life celebration, New Zealand, Personalized caskets, Pre-planning funeral, Uncategorized
It’s that time again. Another vote for the power of making your own casket courtesy of The Guardian. “Scores of retirees across the country have formed clubs so they can get together and build their own coffins.” “I had a deep-seated feeling that people’s...
