Are You Dying To Know?

In this episode mortician Tracy talks us through the stages of decomposition that begins the minute we die.  It's confronting, sometimes gory and to some, may sound a little bit gruesome, but it's a natural process and one most of us don't know much about. Stay tuned to the end when Tracy 'lightens the mood' with a beautiful little story of reuniting a mother and baby acro...

In this episode we talk about Tracy's work to quell the smell of decomposition so that a family can have its final goodbye regardless of the state of the body. And even though the funeral business is a 24/7 operation, who would have thought there'd be busy times and predictable quiet times? No special guest in today's podcast, but for those of us not in the know, just hearing Tracy...

In this episode we speak with Jancine, an end of life doula who works with families and those reaching their end of life, offering helpful and supportive services, plenty of information and enabling space for sometimes difficult conversations to occur.  The role of an end of life doula has a wide scope from advocating for family wishes with funeral homes to working alongside palliative care to all...

Welcome to our very first podcast. where we chat to Tim, who runs a crematorium to ask all the nitty gritty questions you may have about this unspoken of part of the funeral industry, like: How hot do cremators need to be? Does it take longer to cremate a man or a woman? and the age-old question, do bodies sit up during the cremation process? It's a candid discussion giving you all-areas acce...