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Q&A With Remembering A Life

What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Doula? The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to be part of their Q&A Remembering A Life blog to tal...

Q&A With Remembering A Life

What is a Celebrant? The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to be part of their Q&A Remembering A Life blog to talk about, "What is a Cele...

Love is Stronger Than Death

Love is Stronger Than Death The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to write an article for their Remembering A Life blog. Click here...

After Death

This month Jackie Naginey Hook talks to Holly Reigh about the importance of having conversations and being present before and after death. Holly is a nurse who passionately advocates and cares for ...

Whole, But Not the Same

This month Jackie Naginey Hook talks to Jennifer Stubbs about being whole but forever changed as the result of pregnancy and early infant loss. After the loss of her first son, Jennifer became a pa...

Finding Balance

This month Jackie Naginey Hook, MA, and Evelyn Wald, MS, M.Div, LPC, discuss ways to find balance after the loss of a loved one. Evelyn has more than 25 years as a grief counselor, is the program d...

Why Are Rituals Important?

This month Jackie Naginey Hook and F. Glenn Fleming, supervisor and funeral director with Koch Funeral Home, have a conversation about why rituals are important. They also discuss the Because LOVE ...

Welcome to #BePresentWithKoch

Welcome to the the new monthly #BePresentWithKoch series Hi, I’m Jackie Naginey Hook, a spiritual director, celebrant and end-of-life doula and...

To Embalm or Not to Embalm

To Embalm or Not to Embalm When a loved one dies, family members are confronted with decisions regarding how they would like to honor the life that was lost. One of the first questions the funeral...

How did you choose the funeral director profession?

How did you choose the funeral director profession? “I like helping people and making them feel better in times of need.” For Katie DeCapria, funeral director intern, that sums up why she chose th...

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March 27 2023

To close this month’s theme of “Grief is Loss in Pieces,” I’ll share these words by author Nick Cave: I have learned that things get better, in time. I know that fundamentally.... I also know th...

March 20 2023

Another way to interpret our theme, “Grief is Loss in Pieces,” is to think of how grief can break us into many pieces. Our work in grief is putting those pieces back together. There is a wonderful ...

March 13 2023

As I continue to think about our theme of “Grief is Loss in Pieces,” I’m reminded of the many stories people have shared with me about their grief journeys. Some talk about how at first they were n...

March 6 2023

This month our theme is “Grief is Loss in Pieces.” Many of you have heard of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These “stages” were neve...

February 27 2023

I close this month’s discussion of “Ask Your Heart/Quiet Your Thoughts” with this quote by teacher and author Spring Washam: Listen to your heart and trust the direction you are being pulled...

February 20 2023

In order to ask your hearts and quiet your thoughts, here are a few more things you can do: Talk about your grief to make more space in your head. Journal and move your thoughts from the inside...

February 13 2023

As we continue with our theme of “Ask Your Heart/Quiet Your Thoughts,” I want to talk about ways to quiet your thoughts so you can ask your heart. The first way that comes to mind is to breathe. Br...

February 6 2023

This month our theme is “Ask Your Heart/Quiet Your Thoughts.” We live in a culture that seems to value the head over the heart. As I’ve written before, I appreciate the Native American Medicine Whe...

January 30 2023

As we close this month’s theme of “Timeless Healing,” I leave you with a quote by Etty Hillesum. I think this quote speaks to the healing that takes place inside of ourselves outside of time and ti...

January 23 2023

This month’s theme of “Timeless Healing” can be thought of in two ways. The one we’ve already discussed is that there is no prescribed timeline. Another is that healing can feel without time. In mo...

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#BePresentWithKoch

#MondaysMoments

Q&A With Remembering A Life

Q&A With Remembering A Life

Love is Stronger Than Death

After Death

Whole, But Not the Same

Finding Balance

Why Are Rituals Important?

Welcome to #BePresentWithKoch

To Embalm or Not to Embalm

How did you choose the funeral director profession?

March 27 2023

March 20 2023

March 13 2023

March 6 2023

February 27 2023

February 20 2023

February 13 2023

February 6 2023

January 30 2023

January 23 2023

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