From The Heart
August 30, 2023
Casually scrolling through Instagram I came across a post from a therapist I started following during Covid. What I read sent off an alarm in my […]
June 22, 2023
Grief is Separation Grief is the product of loss and separation. We experience loneliness in our deepest places and even intangibly as we look to the […]
April 17, 2023
The O’Connor family legacy is tremendous. We have served tens of thousands of families in Southern California since we opened our doors in 1898. Since then, […]
March 8, 2023
Stories are so important and to grieving people, stories can feel like everything. After a death, stories immediately begin coming out as memories are recalled to […]
September 28, 2022
In our goal-oriented society, we want to finish grief, check the boxes on grief stages and cross the finish line. We think that grief ends and […]
August 29, 2022
Who would ever work at a funeral home? The stereotypes are creepy, the work is depressing, the tv portrayals horrifying. So why do people choose to […]
July 27, 2022
We’ve all heard people say something like, “When I die, just throw me in a ditch,” or “Just put me in a pine box, I don’t […]
May 19, 2022
“Listen. People start to heal the moment they feel heard.” – Cheryl Robinson … Doerrfeld, Cori (2018). The Rabbit Listened. New York, NY: Dial Books for […]
March 24, 2022
The more I listen to bereaved people recounting their early days, weeks and months in grief, a consistent story emerges. Most of them can relate to […]