Mortuary Mayhem
Podcast from the depths of the morgue from funeral professionals for funeral professionals. Covering all topics related to funeral service and embalming. Interviews with the A List for embalming, restorative art, the Federal Trade Commission, Mortuary Law and Funeral Directing.
Episodes
Join us as Dan Shea and Jenn Bardier speak with Erin Wilson Senior Director of Education and Program Strategy for Funeral Woman Lead as we discuss their focus on leadership, coaching, mentorship, wellness and resources for women in funeral service. How woman are taking over and reimagining the future of a male dominated field. Networking and having resources are key to success in any field. At Funeral Woman Lead t...
Join us as Lanae Strovers discusses the Final Salute. A non-profit she started in her home state of Iowa, that buries the cremated remains of veterans as well as civilians and children. This great initiative draws a crowd she never thought would be possible. Dignity and respect for the dead is at the core of being a funeral director. The Final Salute was something that Lanae started with her funeral home in ...
If you missed Terracon 2025, here is the recap of the worlds Natural Organic Reduction conference. With experts flying into Tacoma Washington from all over the United States and World, we learned science, legal regulation, legislation and immersed ourselves in an experience. After three days of surrounding ourselves with some of the most dynamic friends and colleagues we all said the same thing, I felt like I was at a r...
We have very exciting news, renowned speaker and restorative art educator Dominic Astorino can now add author to his titles. Dominic's first book, Postmortem Restorative Art, Principles, Methods and Applications will be released on January 16th in time for the spring 2025 semester. If you have not adopted his Restorative Art book yet, now is your chance. Students will receive e-book access to start the semester if...
We sat down with Chase Downs of Gather, one of the industries premiere funeral home softwares that is on the cutting edge of what the industry needs. Join us as we discuss how funeral home software provides value and how the industry has changed and what features you should be using to keep up and be efficient.
Did you miss the NFDA convention this year, get a quick recap of some of the seminars and vendors.
We sat down with Brie Smith of Return Home one of the first Terramation companies in the country as she covers the process, what we can expect and the beauty behind this new form of disposition. Terramation, also known as Natural Organic Reduction or Human Composting is a natural process of converting the body to soil. A very environmentally safe process that promotes new life and the byproduct being soil can be used to...
You read that right, the two funeral programs in Massachusetts situated at Community Colleges, Cape Cod Community Colleges funeral program in Bridgewater Mass on the Bridgewater State University Campus and North Shore Community College's funeral program in Danvers are both free to Massachusetts Residents that do not have a prior Bachelor degree or higher. Both institutions still provide a reduced tuition rate to those in New ...
We sat down with Bill A Johnston author and owner of Post and Boost as he discusses his new book "The Consumer's Journey to Purchasing Funeral Services: A Marketing Roadmap for Growing Market Share and Revenue"
Join us with Kim Zavrotny from Funeral Professionals Peer Support. FPPS is a non-profit that provides peer-based mental wellness support to bereavement professionals worldwide. Visit funeralpeersupport.com for more information. This is a great program providing free monthly peer meetings specific to students, funeral directors, embalmers, cemetery professionals and other death care employees. Membership incl...
Join as as we continue the conversation with Faith Haug Department Chair of Mortuary Science at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado. This is part two of transitioning funeral service as we move into how students are today and how the industry will change with them.
Episode 17 : Funeral service is transitioning - Join us as Faith Haug discusses with Dan Shea and Jess Clasby how funeral service can grow and serve clients as more transgender funeral professionals and students feel comfortable becoming their true self as well as serving families and navigating conversations at the arrangment conference. How to incorporate proper pronouns and prefered names while still abiding by the law on legal ...
This month we compare two popular mortuary simulation games with real life management.
What does it mean to go the extra mile and how do we collectively improve. As an industry we either grow together or we sink together. We need to do the extra stuff and leave our comfort zone. It is the seminars, speakers, conferences and allow us to grow and learn how to improve based on others work. Preventing a stagnant environment requires the extra mile.
Join us as Prof. Shea covers study techniques that will prepare you for your semester and academic career no matter what field you are studying for.
Join us for a chat with Chelsea Cush, funeral director, embalmer and mortuary educator. Chelsea is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Michigan and Pennsylvania and teaches for the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, PIMS.
The NFDA's arranger training is a great opportunity to sharpen your skills at the arrangement conference and in general will make you better at funeral home operation and management. This eight hour day will be a mixture of learning, interacting, networking and practicing your skills. Melissa Loose offers a dynamic day of learning and when you leave you will be empowered to bring what you have learned back to the famili...
Join us as we cover how a funeral director and embalmer can approach suicide related deaths and tell the deceased story the way the family wants.
Following Governor Maura Healey's announcement of Mass Reconnect we sat down the the President of Cape Cod Community College, Dr. John Cox to discuss this monumental moment that will open doors and break down barriers to education. If you are 25 or older and ready to pursue your first college degree or maybe you have started but never finished, visit CapeCod.edu/Free for more information on Mass Reconnect.
Emma Waugh, Public Health Program Coordinator for the United South and Eastern Tribes - USET joins us this to discuss how funeral directors can better serve Native Americans, their tribes, death certificate misclassification and funeral directors can do to correct this. USET also provides training throughout the United States at your location.
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