Empower Your Families with Meaningful End-of-Life Resources
Remembering A Life is an NFDA-powered consumer education initiative that helps funeral directors guide families through funeral planning, memorialization, and grief support. Designed specifically for the funeral profession, these resources make it easier to explain the value of funeral services, support end-of-life planning, and encourage meaningful conversations that lead to more personalized funerals and celebrations of life.
Benefits of Remembering A Life for Funeral Homes Funeral directors who use Remembering A Life resources can:
• Build trust with families through clear, compassionate funeral planning education • Support preneed and preplanning conversationswith approachable tools • Create more meaningful, personalized funeral and memorial services • Provide ongoing grief support resources for families after the service • Strengthen funeral home websites with NFDA-backed consumer content • Engage families using conversation cards and life-story storytelling tools
Grow Your Funeral Home and Strengthen Community Connections From conversation cards and downloadable guides to community outreach ideas and family meeting tools, Remembering A Life helps funeral professionals position themselves as trusted experts in funeral planning and aftercare. These resources support families before, during, and after a loss — while helping funeral homes improve visibility, build credibility, and grow long-term relationships within their communities.
Every year, tens of thousands of consumers find NFDA-member funeral homes using the Find A Funeral Home search tool on RememberingALife.com.
Free Idea Guide for Funeral ProfessionalsRemembering A Life tools and resources are versatile and can be used in a variety of ways in your funeral home and within your community. This free idea guide will get you started! Take some cues from your families and community to determine how you can use Remembering A Life to inspire the families you serve.
Conversation CardsThe Remembering A Life suite of conversation cards helps you guide families through all the phases of honoring loved ones in meaningful ways, whether they are preplanning, planning at time of need or honoring a loved one after their death.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Have the Talk of a LifetimeFrom workbooks and activity guides, to conversation cards and other conversation starter tools, Have the Talk of a Lifetime resources provide everything you need to inspire families to have important conversations about life and what matters most.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Self-care Box for Grieving FamiliesLooking for a unique way to say thank you to a family? The Remembering A Life Self-care Box is a wonderful gift for families or individuals who are grieving a loss. A grief journal, memory jar, candle, essential oil and more will help them begin the grief journey.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Brochures for Your FamiliesRemembering A Life consumer brochures educate the families you serve on topics including embalming, cremation, preplanning, youth and funerals and more.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Checklists for Your FamiliesRemembering A Life checklists provide your families with information about canceling credit cards, closing social media accounts and more. Download for free and give to your families.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Community PresentationsRemembering A Life community presentations make it easy to educate individuals in your community about the value of a funeral, talking about death and funerals and more.EXPLORE PRESENTATIONSEXPLORE PRESENTATIONS >
Video and Social Media Resources
Public Service AnnouncementsInspire and encourage your families to hold meaningful funerals for their loved ones by using NFDA’s series of professionally produced PSAs on your website, on social media or in community presentations.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Films and Legacy Film MakingThrough its Remembering A Life film contest, NFDA has curated a collection of legacy films you can use in your community to help families understand the power of storytelling and inspire them to tell stories about their loved ones.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Social Media ToolsLooking to expand your social media content beyond obituaries? We’ve got you covered! Explore our library of free, downloadable social media posts and start sharing content that will help families learn more about the value of a funeral, meaningful funerals and the grief journey.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Shareable Content
WebsiteOne of the easiest ways to share Remembering A Life resources with the families you serve is by linking to the Remembering A Life website! When you do, the families you serve will have access to information about the value of a funeral, the value of a funeral director and the importance of remembering loved ones after they die.LEARN MORELEARN MORE >
Remembering A Life PodcastEvery month we talk with people in the deathcare space about life, death and how we want to be remembered. Share the episodes on your website, in social media or in your e-newsletter.LISTEN NOWLISTEN NOW >
Remembering A Life BlogWe’ve invited some of the most thoughtful and talented voices to join us in sharing their stories and insights on the Remembering A Life blog. Share posts on your website, in social media or in your e-newsletter.READ NOWREAD NOW >
