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Written By Jennifer Miller for The New York Times.
Image by Nicholas Ortega

The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new business to start-ups that provide end-of-life services, from estate planning to a final tweet.

Before the pandemic, end-of-life start-ups — companies that help clients plan funerals, dispose of remains and process grief — had experienced steady to moderate growth. Their founders were mostly women who hoped a mix of technology, customization and fresh thinking could take on the fusty and predominantly male funeral and estate-planning industries.

….“At the beginning of coronavirus, we came together and said this can all be reimagined with alternative, more modern solutions,” said Christina Andreola, 31, the founder of New Narrative.

Written by Shoshana Ungerleider, M.D. for the San Francisco Chronicle

There is research on the experience of grief in isolation. Those who must mourn alone will be more likely to experience anxiety, depression and complicated grief, which is when people struggle to integrate their loss into their identity.

While most experts say that there is no clear timeline for grief, being alone and isolated will most certainly extend it.

There are resources available for those who want to confront these difficult realities and begin the grieving process…

Written by Lantern.co for Psychology Today

No matter the world events, we are here to guide you through life, before and after a death. COVID-19 has added a layer of complexity to this process from enforcing limits on funerals to increasing feelings of isolation after a loss. It has also forced many to face their own mortality and seek ways to be better prepared.

We created this resource hub to help navigate each piece of the process in the time of COVID-19.

Written by Alica Forneret for Vancouver Magazine

When her uncle died, Christina Andreola was asked to plan his funeral. With ten years of event management under her belt, she soon realized that she was well-equipped to plan any kind of service — there was still background music to choose, food to arrange, and mementos to conceptualize, similar to any wedding or corporate event.

So, she founded New Narrative, a memorial planning company that she hopes will normalize hiring creative event planners for funerals.

Written by Brigitte Ganger for Beyond the Dash

In January 2019, Beyond the Dash conducted a survey of adults living in the Northeast United States. We wanted more insight into the values people hold in regards to death, funeral planning, memorialization and living their dash to the fullest.