Entity & Essence

01/07/2026

🤍 I received this lovely email the day after the funeral ceremony. The wonderful family had been understandably heartbroken and so it was wonderful to hear that I had helped them to create a beautiful, personal life celebration.

27/06/2026

🤍Thanks to my talented friend, Janet, and my friend, Cheryl, another 14 Angel Gowns are about to wing their way to Sleeping Beauties Kent for parents of babies born sleeping to have something beautiful to lay their babies to rest in 👼🏼

🤍 Thank you to all our generous donators and also to to the generosity of Janet for all her time, talent, and complimentary materials.

27/06/2026

🤍 I never made use of my reserved place at the National Funeral Exhibition this month. I had so many other commitments that, in the end, the journey would have just been too much.

🤍 However, there are plenty of posts from exhibitors, sharing their wares.

🤍 Just to reiterate that “anything goes” these days; look at the beautiful coffins by The Last Dance Coffins ⚰️

26/06/2026

🤍 🐝 all creation recognises the importance of honouring our dead.

🤍🐝 I hope you can see the link - it’s about the time honoured tradition for beekeepers that, when they die, a member of their family has to tell the bees.

🤍🐝 The link below shares that when a Welsh female beekeeper passed away, her son told her bees on the morning of her funeral and they followed the cortège the three miles to the graveyard, hovered over the grave during the ceremony and then dispersed.

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15/06/2026

🤍Another interesting discussion about Death, dying and bereavement.

🤍 If you’re interested in the topic, this episode is with Sophia Campbell-Shaw who makes beautiful wicker coffins.

🤍 Katie Costello has a knack of encouraging the professionals she interviews about their roles in the world of everything “death & dying” to also inspire us with their grief stories.



https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GZEAeWP9AqukMr0IlPg1G?si=tD8TprtYTUOmXja4uKB7RA

Dying for a Cuppa - The Podcast · Episode

08/06/2026

Would you consider a Direct Cremation for yourself?
Is one of your family considering one?

This morning, BBC Radio 4 discussed Pure Cremations (the difference between their expensive and heavily pushed marketing campaign and the reality of the conveyor belt service they give.

Please talk about these thing with your family. If you or any of them are considering a Direct Cremation, please visit your local Funeral Directors as they will provide a service with some dignity.

Direct cremations, inbox overload, Dubai tourism, the housing market, the cost of summer.

04/06/2026

In January this year, I had the honour of working with as I often do. They introduced me to yet another lovely family who had suffered a loss and wanted a personal farewell ceremony for their loved-one who had died.

I always contact our families about 6 weeks after the ceremony to thank them for trusting me with their memories and feelings, to confirm that GDPR have been adhered to and to send them an electronic version of the commemorative script I presented them on the day.

Many respond and this is the email I received from one of the family members.

A is not a service you want to need but the reality is that we all die and, unless you believe the cold hard adverts a certain online company pushes on our TV screens and radios, families deserve to perform the ritual of a funeral to celebrate the person they loved in order to help their grieving process.

It’s not a profession that’s easy to advertise due to the sensitivity of the role so I am always grateful when I receive a review that others can see when they are searching for a sensitive, professional writer to support them with the life story and all the other celebrant elements of a moving, unique funeral ceremony.

25/05/2026

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17/05/2026

🤍 Personally, I’ve just lost three people in four months and two more were facing uncertainty due to brain tumours. All close female energies to me. Grief and anticipatory grief are so unique to everyone and working in the world of dying, grief and death doesn’t make it any easier to negotiate.

This episode of ‘s “Dying for a Cuppa” was so interesting and so emotional (as most of them are).

🤍 Carol McLoud is a widowed forensic scientist and her experiences and her candid reflections are so interesting.

🤍 Grief is unique to each of us but Carol’s professional awareness of the effect of sudden and sometimes violent deaths and the grief they cause could not prepare her for her personal loss. Our grief is shaped by our personal and professional experiences and where we have previously focussed the development of our intellect.

🤍 We need to trust our instincts: It’s interesting to notice that, although consciously, Carol didn’t want to tell her husband he was dying, subconsciously, she knew it was important to share her feelings and his eulogy with him.

🤍 How she reflects on the good in her life, recognising the blessing her husband was to her and what her good and bad experience (loving him and losing him) has taught her is inspirational.

🤍 Thank you to Carol for her candid sharing and to Katie for proving the platform to help us all learn more about death, dying and grieving.