Mandy Benoualid is the Founder and President of Keeper Memorials, an online memorial platform dedicated to memorializing the lives of the departed. She is the Editor of TalkDeath, a death-positive media company whose mission is to encourage positive and constructive conversations around death and dying. In this episode, we discuss what families want in obituaries and death positivity.
Mandy Benoualid is the Founder and President of Keeper Memorials, an online memorial platform dedicated to memorializing the lives of the departed. She is the Editor of TalkDeath, a death-positive media company whose mission is to encourage positive and constructive conversations around death and dying. Mandy is also on the board of the International Memorialization Supply Association, the Ernest Becker Foundation, and Board Member of the Speaking Grief Documentary by WPSU.
Learn more about Keeper and TalkDeath:
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Welcome Keeper Memorials' Mandy Benoualid
04:46 - The origin story of Keeper
08:17 - What is important to a family when someone passes away?
09:52 - How is it different to the traditional obituary?
16:03 - What elements should be included in an obituary?
17:36 - The surprising things families are doing
21:09 - Crafting personalized virtual memorial services
33:01 - The story behind TalkDeath, a death-positive media company
36:45 - What is death positivity?
41:52 - What funeral directors can be open with general public with
50:23 - How Keeper works
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