Dr. Wolfelt’s Advice for Families Grieving Amid the Holidays and Pandemic
Bestselling author and grief expert Dr. Alan Wolfelt is sharing some practical suggestions for families to help them through these unique and unprecedented times.
Lessons We Can Learn from Memorials for Kobe Bryant
The new year began on a tragic note with the untimely deaths of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, along with seven others, after a helicopter crash.
The Gift: Our Newly Enhanced Mortality Awareness Makes Us Better at Living
How do you educate families about the importance of a funeral ceremony if they’ve never been to one? How do you encourage your community to appreciate death if it seems like the exception rather than the rule?
Prolonged Grief Disorder Added to the DSM-5: Here’s What You Need to Know
As of March 2022, the revised edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) features the notable (and somewhat controversial) inclusion of what the medical community has termed prolonged grief disorder (PGD).
Referrals Require Relationships: Here Are Digital Tools to Build Them
In the unique business world that funeral directors inhabit, word of mouth is one of the most powerful ways to generate referrals and find new business.
Leader Links: How Our Industry is Coping with the Coronavirus
With COVID-19 dominating our news cycles, changing our daily routines, and heavily impacting the funeral industry, here’s a look at how different leaders are handling the pandemic.
Life Forest’s® Little Free Library® Educates Children About Death
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HILLSBOROUGH, NH — Life Forest cemetery is proud to announce that they have become an official...
CANA Offers Virtual Connection with Colleagues and Glenda Stansbury
Funeral Professionals Peer Support (FPPS) and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) welcomes Glenda Stansbury as facilitator of the October peer support meeting.
Grief Is Not a Disorder: My Position on the New “Prolonged Grief Disorder” Diagnostic...
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals can now, at their discretion, diagnose an adult patient with “prolonged grief disorder,” or PGD, one year or more after the death of someone loved (just six months for children).
Permission to Grieve: Virtual Workshop with Glenda Stansbury
On Tuesday, May 24, at 4 p.m. CT, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and Glenda Stansbury offer a workshop webinar to show you what the power of your presence can bring to families.
