Embalming Isn’t the Enemy: How a Green Mortician Found the Good in a Polarizing Practice
Our resistance to embalming often reveals deeper cultural discomfort with death itself, and with the realities of caring for the dead.
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Unique Memorial Gifts That Provide Comfort and Support
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TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – Winners Announced
TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular ...
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Embracing the Season of Dying
It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind. The quiet. The ...
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Women at the Threshold: Guiding the Dead, Guarding the Living
In rural Romania, women lead the way through death just as they do through birth and life. As midwives usher new life into ...
Interesting Facts and History of Halloween
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From Silence to Celebration: Public Death and Mourning in Iranian Shia Culture
Islamic rites of death in Iran are almost as old as Islam itself. Since accepting the Shia religion–as opposed to the majority Sunni ...
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TalkDeath 2025 Halloween Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
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An Open Book: Book Clubs and Death Awareness
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The Importance of Black Feminine Beautification Rituals for Funerals in American Religion
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Embalming Isn’t the Enemy: How a Green Mortician Found the Good in a Polarizing Practice
Our resistance to embalming often reveals deeper cultural discomfort with death itself, and with the realities of caring for the dead.
Grief Support & Resources
Unique Memorial Gifts That Provide Comfort and Support
Find meaningful memorial gifts for grieving loved ones. Expert tips on choosing thoughtful bereavement and sympathy gifts, plus 12 unique ideas from blankets ...
Resources
TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – Winners Announced
TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular ...
Grief Support & Resources
Embracing the Season of Dying
It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind. The quiet. The ...
Culture & Politics
Women at the Threshold: Guiding the Dead, Guarding the Living
In rural Romania, women lead the way through death just as they do through birth and life. As midwives usher new life into ...
Interesting Facts and History of Halloween
Halloween occupies a strange place in the realm of holidays. While some people spend weeks planning and creating their elaborate costumes, others barely ...
Culture & Politics
From Silence to Celebration: Public Death and Mourning in Iranian Shia Culture
Islamic rites of death in Iran are almost as old as Islam itself. Since accepting the Shia religion–as opposed to the majority Sunni ...
Culture & Politics
TalkDeath 2025 Halloween Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
The TalkDeath Cemetery Scavenger Hunt encourages people to appreciate and learn about local cemeteries and their histories. It invites community members to visit ...
Culture & Politics
An Open Book: Book Clubs and Death Awareness
Across the globe, people are pulling up to cemeteries, funeral homes, breweries, and libraries, to read books of their own choosing in companionable ...
Culture & Politics
The Importance of Black Feminine Beautification Rituals for Funerals in American Religion
In the United States, Black communities have not always been granted the right to honor or memorialize their dead. In Clint Smith’s account ...
