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NFDA has launched A Brush With Death, a podcast to help funeral professionals be more responsive to the evolving needs of families and better respond to the issues shaping their businesses. New episodes are released on the second Tuesday of each month. Listen below or subscribe to A Brush with Death from your favorite podcast app.

The Cost of Caring

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • March 10, 2020 |
  • Grief

Today, we are going to be talking about burnout and compassion fatigue. While many in the death care profession hate to admit it, both are very present.

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Attracting Customers with Digital & Social Media

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • February 11, 2020 |
  • Business

As funeral directors we are what some would call the “subject matter experts” in the death care industry. We have learned to embalm, make arrangements, provide services and help those in need. We know how to serve those families come through our door. The question is, how do we get them through the door in the first place?

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Disenfranchised Grief

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • January 14, 2020 |
  • General, Grief

Disenfranchised grief is the subject of this month’s NFDA podcast. Disenfranchised grief is grief not openly acknowledged, validated or publicly observed.  Our guest is Sara E. Murphy, Ph.D., a faculty member at the University of Rhode Island in the Honors Program and Department of Gender and Women's Studies and an expert on death, dying and bereavement.  Host Gabe Schauf will dive into the causes, effects and how funeral professionals can best serve clients struggling with it.

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Ethan Morse: Filmmaker

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • December 10, 2019 |
  • General, Keynote Speakers

NFDA sits down with Ethan Morse to talk about his journey from tomb guard sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to filmmaker. He discusses his films “The Unknowns”,  a documentary about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Sentinels who stand guard at our Nation’s most sacred shrine, and the soon-to-be-released “Honor Guard”, a four-part series that highlights the dedication members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment—The Old Guard—show in paying their respects to those who gave all.

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Cremation & Your Funeral Home

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • November 12, 2019 |
  • Business, Cremation

Lacy Robinson, CFSP most recently served as the Director of Member Development for the National Funeral Directors Association, developing and facilitating training programs for NFDA members. She talks with host Gabriel Schauf about how funeral homes can communicate the added value they can bring to the cremation discussion, whether the initial inquiry is via a phone call or during the arrangement conference. Robinson emphasizes that any meaningful cremation discussion should be a conversation about honoring the life of a loved one.

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Staying Out of the Courtroom

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • October 8, 2019 |
  • Business, Legal

Host Gabriel Schauf and attorney Michael Sharkey, CFSP, CCO, explore legal issues confronting funeral directors and their businesses. Learn how to reduce the potential for lawsuits and to discover best practices that can help keep your funeral home out of court.

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Hospice is Where the Heart Is

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  • by National Funeral Directors Association|
  • September 1, 2019 |
  • Hospice

Host Gabriel Schauf talks with Sara Moss, NFDA’s education manager and a hospice volunteer, about the remarkable end-of-life care hospice professionals provide to patients and their families. Sara discusses how funeral directors can better interact with hospice workers and their families regarding the support they can provide after a loved one dies.

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