Brummet's Conscious Blog

- Quote of the Day --  “ We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better. ” ~ C. JoyBell C -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - Chat room open for live listeners - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day. Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144     Jodi Clock has over 25 years experience in the realm of helping others with their end-of-life plans – be it finding a funeral hom...

-- Quote of the Day --  “A 30 second overview of what estate planning for estates under a million dollars includes: are a Revocable Trust, a Power Of Attorney, and a Health Care Directive (a.k.a. Living Will). …These documents ensure that your estate stays out of probate, saving your beneficiaries lots of money – and should you become unable to take care of yourself (or your business) these documents ensure that there is a third party that can take care of your finances, medical issues, (children) and lifestyle choices.” ~ Marina Modlin Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on Jan 24… titled: Importance of EstatePlanning   (*Click on the title to access the full discussion) -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --    * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within mom...

  -- Quote of the Day --    “He who wishes to secure the good of others  has already secured his own.” ~ Confucious        -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.     Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Author, speaker and founder of the Modlin Legal Services, Inc – Marina Modlin is here to offer information on why we need to have estate plans in place. She’ll offer tips that we’ll want to consider and she’ll give us an insiders view as to what this process involves. We’ll learn how her business became certified as the only Green Business law...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Only 25% of the population actually has plans in place. …a ‘visitation’ and a ‘viewing’ is when the embalmed body is put on display at the funeral home and the family receives family, coworkers, neighbors who might have known the deceased, done in advance of the funeral itself. Some traditions involve no embalming and the body is disposed of within 24 hours. You can refrigerate for up to four days without embalming. A ‘memorial service’ is when you don’t have the body or remains present. …A ‘reception’ can be done anywhere.  …Let me give you some numbers about the resources used in burials - There was a study done by Cornel University that showed there are 285 thousand gallons of embalming fluids are put into the ground every single year… enough concrete in terms of vaults that protect caskets could build a 2 lane highway from New York to Detroit every single year; enough copper and bronze used every single year that coul...

 -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Gail Rubin is here today to share how each of us can green our end of life planning. Join us to learn about inspirational tools to pre-plan a healing and meaningful funeral or memorial service. Gail is a speaker, author of two books, a columnist at the Tribune , and member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling , and also the International Cemetery Cremation and Funeral Association.  Join us live (10-11 AM Pacific) and drop in the chat room - or access the archive of today's show at your convenience:     http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/06/07/plan-for-a-green-funeral   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * ...

 -- Green End-of-Life Planning -- Caskets - Environment Friendly Funeral By Linda W Brunner  You are forced to make lots of stressful and sometimes very expensive steps throughout a time period of serious psychological hardship that makes these already challenging steps even more complicated. Looking for caskets, choosing a spot for the service, purchasing a burial plot, arranging a wake or memorial service, what dress to bury your beloved in etc. are just a few of the options you will be required to make during this traumatic time. These strategies have created a lot of helpful suggestions to help you in making sure that the funeral you are managing is eco-friendly. There are several possible choices you can make to make sure that a funeral is beneficial to our environment; choices for instance the casket, the embalming, tombstone or marker, and many more. To start with, you need to consider what to do with the departed body. There are num...

-- Quote of the Day --  "Loss is nothing else but change And change is Nature's delight." ~ Marcus Aelius Aurelius -- Green Funerals -- Today we have a special guest offering her thoughts on new green technologies and greener options for end-of-life planning. Today's article is written by Elizabeth Fournier of Cornerstone Funeral Services and Cremation , which can be found at: www.CornerstoneFuneral.com   ...Incidentally, Elizabeth was a guest on the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show back on Feb 4, 2010, which you can find via this hyper-link: Green Funeral Plans From caskets made of recycled matter to not using embalming chemicals that leech into the earth, people are progressively searching for traditions to make their final resting place a more environmentally affable one. It has been a long-held belief that cremation is a very green choice. Although cremation uses far fewer resources than almost any other disposition option, it also has an environ...

-- Featured Guest Article - Green Funerals -- Karen Jones is the published author of: Death for Beginners Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable .  She has taught writing in the past and truly believes in leaving the world a better place. Her humorous, money-saving, pragmatic workbook approach to planning for their end-of-life, for people interested in frugal and environmentally sound choices, and those wishing to avoid the nearly $10,000 a traditional burial now costs. Karen can be found at: www.DeathForBeginners.com Green Funerals Why not make a final eco-friendly statement by having a green burial? Stay with me here and breath!. Green burial, rapidly becoming one of the most popular types of burial, is where your body is prepared without chemical preservatives, put in a biodegradable container, then placed in the earth to decompose naturally. Talk about getting rid of your carbon footprint! There is no federal law and few state laws requiri...