Join Christina Andreola (New Narrative) and Gael Gilliland (The Legacy Recorder) as they chat about personalized Celebrations of Life and how hiring an Event Planner can be one of the best decisions you'll make during this process.

We discussed the Celebration of Life event trends (yeah!), options for families, and the different ways families are telling the stories of their loved ones.

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Christina was always passionate about telling people stories. When she had the unique opportunity to help tell her uncle story in the form of his celebration of life after he passed away, she, of course, said yes. She had already been a part of the event planning industry in Canada for a number of years.

Her family felt she was an obvious choice to plan what would be a large-scale event for her uncle's celebration of life. From lining up caterers to securing the venue, Christina planned out the event so her family could process and morn uncle’s loss.

The funeral and death industry has long been a dreary, depressing, sad and dark expression of a loved one. The next generation of funeral and death industry professionals are encouraging families and loved ones to embrace joy in their end-of-life celebrations. the focus is on the story of the person and the way they lived their life rather than how and why they died.

While this change has been happening for a while I believe Gen-X and Millennials will be at the forefront and forerunners of this culture change. Christina with New Narrative memorials is one of those leading the charge.

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I sincerely hope you enjoy the interview.

You can find Christina on...

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBDg2Xqo7eF3vteTVaeiCkw?sub_confirmation=1

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newnarrativememorials/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/newnarrativememorials/

Website https://www.newnarrative.ca

Happy Writing!

Gael, the Legacy Lady

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