Strong Back, Soft Front
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea of a strong back, soft front. It’s not my phrase, I first heard it through Tara Brach, who credits the Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax with the teaching, but it’s one of those ideas that has stayed with me because I keep finding it in different parts […]
What It Means to Love Someone in Death Care
Loving someone in death care is not something people talk about very often. When they think about funeral work, they tend to think about the person doing it – the funeral director, the celebrant, the person standing in the room guiding families through the hardest days of their lives. What they don’t often think about […]
What Is Vigiling? The In-Between Time After Death
When someone dies, there is often an immediate sense that something needs to happen.
Calls need to be made, arrangements need to begin, the next steps feel urgent.
But in many cases, there is more space than people realise.