Susan, your host, welcomes Dean Lambert to today's episode. Dean has worked with funeral professionals for nearly 30 years to help them connect and serve the families facing one of the most challenging moments of their lives: the loss of a loved one. As a father who has experienced the loss of a child, he knows firsthand the grief that clouds the vision needed to honor a well-lived life. Dean is leading The Love Always Project with a team of experienced subject matter experts and people committed to its purpose: encouraging people to think more positively and proactively about end-of-life issues and funeral prearrangement.

Key Takeaways:

• Dean shares his grief story that started when he lost his son seven years ago.
• Dean talks about funeral planning.
• Dean talks about the epidemic of veteran suicide, he explains how death looks to them as a way out of pain.
• Dean explains what anticipatory grief is about.
• Is anticipatory grief a blessing or a curse?
• PTSD is a common diagnosis among caregivers.
• There are ways to talk about dying without talking about death with someone with a terminal illness.
• While people are living is the time to talk about life and living, not at funerals.
• Dean talks about the Love Always Project and its mission.
• Dean encourages everyone to be consumers of information about something that is hard; death is difficult.

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are, by Byron Katie

Meet Dean Lambert

The Love Always Project

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