137: Green Burials with Melissa Meadow, The Modern Mortician

I have to say, I was so impressed with myself for getting through this conversation with sensation in my toes - I'm a total baby talking about blood and stuff, and I expected to have a hard time with it, but I was too interested to get queasy, I guess. Even the 2nd time listening to edit, it was still so fascinating! Feeling very lucky that Melissa Meadow crossed my Instagram feed. This opened my eyes to a ton of new information that's available.

Melissa Meadow started her career early, and has been in the funeral home business since she was very young, evolved into being a mortician, and has tons of wisdom to share that we might not know about. I had only heard the phrase green burial in the last few months - let alone water cremation and others... AND I thought that cremation was more environmentally friendly than burying a whole body, because it took up more space - boy was I wrong about that!

This is why I wanted to have Melissa on the podcast; in her words: "There are options that are better for the environment and align with those wanting transparency and options." I love that she shared so many new options! Have you already made plans for when you die? I had when my mom passed away, but that was in Maine, where I don't live anymore, so I have to plan again- and now I have more information to make a more informed decision. It may sound morbid, but it's an important topic, I think. The more you have planned out, the less traumatic your death will be - speaking from some experience...

I hope you take some good info away from this conversation - I know I did!

You can find Melissa at her website https://www.themodernmortician.com/ (there are so many helpful resources here!)

Her Instagram page, where I found her, is both fascinating and entertaining: https://www.instagram.com/the_modern_mortician

She's also on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_modern_mortician

And lastly on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Modern_Mortician