Digging Deep
Podcast Description
The Digging Deep podcast by GFD is created for time-pressed bereavement professionals, who want the knowledge and inspiration they need to navigate a complex and evolving sector.
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Content Themes
The podcast features themes around burnout management, educational gaps in preneed services, and coping mechanisms specific to the funeral industry, with episodes such as 'Just Deal With It: Dealing With Burnout As Funeral Directors' and 'Nobody Knows Anything: The Lack of Preneed Education Among Canadians' illustrating the challenges and solutions in the sector.

The Digging Deep podcast by GFD is created for time-pressed bereavement professionals, who want the knowledge and inspiration they need to navigate a complex and evolving sector.
How have deathcare traditions and trends evolved over the decades?
In this episode, Heather Kiteley, President and CEO of GFD sits down with Athena Theodorakakis, Funeral Director at Arbutus Funeral Service and British Columbia Funeral Association (BCFA) Past President 2023-2025. Together, they reflect on how deathcare services have shifted across generations from long-standing traditions to modern transformation and what these changes mean for the profession today.
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