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June 28, 2019 86 mins

“I never say ‘I’m sorry for your loss.’ All I say, as a funeral home director, is ‘I am here for you.’” Amy Cunningham shares the details surrounding her training and work as a funeral home director in the latest episode of #BTSPodcast, hosted by Lynae Cook. 

Amy Cunningham is progressive funeral home owner, licensed director and celebrant who collaborates with New York City families to help them create the best funerals and memorial services possible. She specializes in green burials in cemeteries certified by the Green Burial Council, simple burials within the NYC- Metropolitan area, home funerals, cremation services at Green-Wood Cemetery's gorgeous crematory chapels as well as memorial events of all sorts.

When not out directing funerals, Amy writes a blog with funeral celebrant Kateyanne Unullisi called "The Inspired Funeral" for consumers, clergy, home funeral guides, celebrants and bereavement therapists working to enrich end-of-life experiences. 

Find & follow Amy online:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrooklynFuneral

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

Fitting Tribute Funerals Website: http://www.fittingtributefunerals.com/

Fitting Tribute Funeral Services Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fittingtribute.nyc/

The Inspired Funeral blog: https://theinspiredfuneral.com/

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

Melissa Rice's article in the New Yorker, "How to Write a Condolence Letter" http://bit.ly/2KIzTNO  

TED Talk “Why I train grandmothers to treat depression” http://bit.ly/2XcLCLj 

NPR’s “The Arctic Suicides” piece on the contagion effect on All Things Considered by Rebecca Hersher: https://n.pr/2xhrubv

NPR Staff’s follow-up article on “The Arctic Suicides,” https://n.pr/2xl4Hvk  

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