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Welcome to 2025, today we discuss the curly one, are funerals expensive? We share our experiences and some justification on the matter. Thanks for joining us!

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What the Living Can Learn from the Departed

Hosted by two funeral directors who spend more time in chapels than most people spend in cafes, Celebrate Good Lives is a podcast about life, seen through the lens of death.

After years of helping families say goodbye, we’ve realized something: the people who’ve passed on still have a lot to teach us. From meaningful last words to the hilarious (and sometimes awkward) moments at funerals, we’ve collected stories, lessons, and reminders about what really matters - love, connection, laughter, and leaving things a little better than you found them.

Each episode, we share what we’ve learned from the back of the chapel — the quiet insights, the big emotions, and yes, the occasional funeral mishap. We’ll also talk with guests who work in grief, caregiving, legacy, and life — people who help us all understand how to live fully, love deeply, and not take ourselves too seriously.

This isn’t a podcast about death. It’s about life — and how to make yours a good one, all the way to the end.

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Ep 34: Are funerals expensive?

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