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What is a Death Cafe?
Death Cafe is a worldwide movement seeking to inspire and facilitate conversations about death over good refreshments. It seeks to challenge the taboo around death and inspire people to make the most of life.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Apr 113 min read
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Options for Saying Goodbye
Like weddings, the options for saying goodbye when a loved one dies are, these days, many and varied.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Mar 114 min read
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A Celebrants' Retreat.
A reflection on my recent retreat exploring Beautiful Bereavement Ceremonies

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Mar 53 min read
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Spotlight on Mid-England Barrow
Account of my visit to Mid-England Barrow- a stunning setting in the rural countryside for the storing, scattering or burial of ashes.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Feb 54 min read
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The Importance of Choosing the Right Funeral Director
Choosing the right Funeral Director will impact every aspect of your farewell to a loved one.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Jan 33 min read
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Ways to Remember a Loved One.
How you choose to commemorate your loved one should be, like the funeral itself, personal to you...

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Dec 9, 20244 min read
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What Should I Wear to a Funeral?
Whilst there are no longer any expectations of formal mourning dress, the default position for a funeral is formal and sombre.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Oct 13, 20243 min read
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Do Funeral Traditions Matter?
a funeral ceremony should reflect the traditions and values that are important to you;

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Oct 6, 20244 min read
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Anticipatory Grief
Grief can begin before a person dies; our sense of loss starts as a person's capacity to be their best selves deminishes.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
May 20, 20243 min read
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Direct Funerals - The Case Against
Direct funerals are increasing popular but are, in my opinion, a mistake. Funerals are importance for those left behind.

Hardingstone Ceremonies
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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