Stronger Together Podcast

On This weeks episode we have the pleasure of sittiing down with Nick McCarthy. Nick is the Director of Marketing, Communications and Community Outreach for Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa Ontario. Listen as Nick tells us what lead him to working at the cemetery and the other programs he works with. 

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On This weeks Episode we welcome back Todd Reinholt to the show. Todd is a Funeral Celebrant a Grief Recovery Specialist a Licensed Funeral Director and Grief and Funeral Service Educator from Edmonton Alberts. This time around Todd shares two personal updates. More information regarding Todd can be found at www.toddcelebrant.com

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as we continue in our series Faith in Funerals, this week Anne and Mike have the honor of sitting down with Father Joesph Holcomb.

 A native New Yorker, Father Holcomb attended Holy Family Catholic Grammar School, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, and Seminary of the Immaculate Conception.

He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Cathedral College in Dougl...

This week Allyse Worland, CFSP and Jeffrey Holcomb from the FPPS management sit down with Anne and Michael for a chat.

Allyse R. Worland is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Indiana and Kentucky. She is dedicated to funeral service enrichment and holds several professional certifications.

Jeff Holcomb, a funeral director with 43 years of experience, founded Continuing Vision to help funeral directors meet continuing educa...

This week Anne and Michael continue with the third episode in the faith in funeral series with Pastor Bob Davies.

Pastor Bob is the Pastoral Team Leader at Kanata Baptist Church in the west end of Ottawa where he’s been on staff since October 2008.  Before coming to Ottawa, Bob served at Christian Baptist Church in Newmarket for several years, and before that, Bob served at Inglewood United Baptist in the Afric...

On This weeks episode, Robyn Stillar joins our hosts to share with us her journey that brought her to the decision to pursue a career in funeral service.

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Hosts:

Anne Caldwell

Michael Dixon

Executive Producer:

Peter Jaek...

On Episode 80 we continue with our Faith in Funeral series. Tonight we are joined by Margo Whittiker a Priest with the Anglican Church. Listen as she shares with us the Anglican funeral traditions.

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Anne Caldwell

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Joél Simone Maldonado, affectionately known as The Grave Woman, brings over a decade of groundbreaking expertise and innovation to the fields of end-of-life, death and grief care. As a sacred grief care practitioner, licensed funeral director and embalmer, award-winning educator and speaker, Joél is dedicated to empowering professionals, organizations and governmental agencies to create and implement culturally sensitive protocols ...

Join us as we embark on our Faith in funerals series. On this week's episode, we are joined  by Rabbi Erin Polansky from the Kehillat Beth Israel Synagogue in Otttawa, Ontario. Rabbi Polansky shares her personal journey into the Rabbinate and the funeral customs and traditions in her faith.

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On this Episode we welcome back Kate McMaster and Darren Denomme from The Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals. Listen as they reminds us what got them in to the Funeral industry and what the OACFP has been doing since their first visit to the show.

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On this weeks episode, Anne and Mike have the pleasure of speaking with former CFL player and WWF wrestler Glen Kulka. Listen as he shares his life story of addiction and recovery. If you would like to know more about Glen please feel free to go to his Wikipedia page  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Kulka

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If this is your first time listening to us and would like more information about funeral professional peer support or would like to financially support the work at FPPS please contact www.funeralpeersupport.com

Hosts:

Anne Caldwell

Michael Dixon

Executive Producer:

Peter Jaekel

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On this week's episode, Anne and Michael have the pleasure of speaking with Andrée Leduc, MACP, a former police officer. Listen as Andrée tells her story of healing and transformation from being a police officer to being a trama-informed psychotherapist with The Lighthouse counselling and psychotherapy in Kempville Ontario.A super expensive Iceland Iceland is green and Greenland is ice

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On this the first Episode of 2025, our hosts sit down and look at this past year and reflect on their memorable past guests.

 If this is your first time listening to us and would like more information about funeral professional peer support or would like to financially support the work at FPPS please contact www.funeralpeersupport.com

Hosts:

Anne Caldwell

Michael Dixon

Executive Producer:

Peter Jaekel

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One the last reguIar show to 2024 Mike and Anne have the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Rick Bilcowski. Rick entered Funeral Service later in life and during his time has made great strides in the industry educating and supporting Funeral program studdents to insure that they succeed from his home base in the Province of Manitoba.

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On this weeks Episode Our Hosts sit down and speak with Rick Goodwin on the topic of Male sexual abuse. Rick is a Psychotherapist with Men & Healing WWW.menandhealing.ca He has spent his career treating men who have suffered such abuse. 

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In this weeks Episode Anne and Michael speak with Ted Rigby a small town Funeral Diretor who moved to the big city and more importantly a good friend of our entire Team. Sit Back an enjoy the humorous interactions.

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An...

On This weeks episode Anne and Michael speak with Regan Moreland a Funeral Director, Partner & Digital Marketing Manager at Continuing Vision. Regan's story is uplifting and inspiring.

If this is your first time listening to us and would like more information about funeral professional peer support or would like to financially support the work at FPPS please contact www.funeralpeersupport.com

Hosts:

Anne Caldwell

Michael Dixon

Exec...

On this Episode our Hosts have the pleasure of speaking with Dwight Thompson A Registered Social Worker, Bereavement Trauma Specialist and former Funeral Director.

 If this is your first time listening to us and would like more information about funeral professional peer support or would like to financially support the work at FPPS please contact www.funeralpeersupport.com

Hosts:

Anne Caldwell

Michael Dixon

Executive Producer:

Pete...