What Are the Stages of Grief? - Just Give Me 2 Minutes

A truly controversial topic...how many stages of grief are there and can they be defined as you go through them? Kari the Mortician gives a quick overview of the five most talked about

Tips for Pre-Planning Your Funeral and Cremation

Tips for pre-planning your funeral and cremation

Bryan-Braker Funeral Can Help You Pre-Plan Your Funeral

Taking the time to design your service is a loving act, and not a difficult one. We invite you to explore the seemingly infinite number of ways to celebrate and honor a life.

We have years of experience caring for families, from all walks of life. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession, dedicated to excellence in service, and have the highest integrity.

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The Brain Fog of Grief

As we suffer with grief, we find ourselves experiencing the 4 D’s - distraught, disoriented, distracted and disorganized. Our brain is impacted by our trauma and shock and brain fog is a real thing.

3 Tips for Consumers for Prefunding a Funeral

Mandy, a preneed specialist, shares 3 awesome tips to help consumers ensure a good prefunding experience with a funeral home. These tips will help you to ensure you are safely investing your money for your family.

Choosing Funeral Flowers - Different Flowers and Their Meanings

Flowers are a key element of funerals and memorials. They help to remind us of beauty and life on a day when we are surrounded by the sadness of death and overwhelming grief.

Funeral flowers can come in the form of wreaths, bouquets, garlands and other floral tributes. They can be personalized with messages or with the name of the remembered person. Flowers can be a beautiful distraction form the pain of the day or a comforting sign to mourners.

When planning a funeral service, your funeral director will likely discuss your preferences for floral arrangements with you, so it is important to take the opportunity to think about whether your loved one would have liked flowers and if so what flowers should be included.

What Should I Say to the Grieving Family at a Funeral Service?

What to say, what's most appropriate at a funeral.

Brief Grief Activity: Hug

Hugs can be so powerful! When someone important dies it can be extra hard that we can’t hug them like we did before. This week’s #BriefGriefActivity comes from the @c_grief Handbook, we are making a hug that can comfort and help in ways similar to a real-life hug!

Grief Expert Julia Samuel on the Secret to Coping With Death

Julia Samuel talks about her long career caring for those suffering from grief. Victoria Milligan joins her and recounts how Julia helped her deal with the loss of her partner and daughter.

6 Steps to Selecting a Reputable Funeral Home

How can you as a consumer select the best funeral home to care for your deceased love one and your family? Kari Northey, a funeral director and embalmer (mortician), explains the 6 easiest things you can do to select a reputable funeral home. Check out these 6 Tips!