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Retirement After 60 Podcast: Funeral Planning Won’t Kill You
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Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert
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Dateline: Albuquerque, NM
Friday, June 4, 2021

 

Gail Rubin on Retirement After 60 Podcast

The Retirement After 60 podcast, hosted by Artie Bernaducci, recently interviewed Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death®, about “planning ahead for the longest vacation you’ll every go on!” It’s a reference to Gail’s TEDx talk, “A Good Goodbye.” During that eight-minute talk, she posed the question, “Would you let your kids plan your vacation for you? Of course not!” Why then, would you leave your funeral plans up to them?

In this upbeat 50-minute podcast conversation, Gail and Artie discuss a range of topics, including:

  • The percentage of people who have not planned ahead for end-of-life, including estate planning, wills or trusts, and pre-need funeral plans.
  • Cremation, disposition, and how picking up cremated remains from the funeral home is not the end of the process.
  • The funniest TV program about death and funerals, and how it can help break the ice for a conversation with family members.
  • What you need to know before you go!

Episode 19: Planning for the Longest Vacation You’ll Ever Go On!

Watch the TEDx Talk A Good Goodbye

Get Informed: Shop Before You Drop!

You have resources! A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and Kicking the Bucket List: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. Check out Gail’s books on planning ahead for end-of-life issues, and our fun T-shirts, in our online store.

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist, is a pioneering death educator who connects companies with baby boomers concerned about end-of-life issues. An award-winning speaker and author, she’s also the coordinator of Before I Die Festivals in multiple cities. Learn more about Gail and her presentations here.

Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die.

Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that's a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She "knocked 'em dead" with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She's a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.

Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die NM Festival. She also hosts A Good Goodbye Internet radio show and produces Mortality Minute radio and online video spots. Her YouTube Channel features more than 450 videos!

Rubin is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association New Mexico Chapter. Her speaking profile is available at eSpeakers.com.

Gail Rubin has been interviewed about funeral planning issues in national and local broadcast, print and online media. Outlets include The Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, CBS Radio News, WGN-TV,  and local affiliates for NPR, PBS, FOX, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and NBC-TV. Albuquerque Business First named her as one of their 2019 Women of Influence.

Sign up for a free planning form and occasional informative newsletter at her website, AGoodGoodbye.com.

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