Death Is Inevitable,
But It Can Be Better..

Advance Plan with My Great Goodbye

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Why Advance Plan?

You make personal choices at every stage of your life. So when the inevitable happens, don't you want your goodbye to reflect those same values and what you deem most important? 


My Great Goodbye was founded to inspire and empower you to die well, with a plan for a better end of life experience and a more meaningful goodbye.

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What to Know Before You Plan to Go

Discover, Decide & Document Your Wishes

How to better your chances for a better death

What you can do with your body after your spirit moves on
Ways to personalize your farewell so it’s not cookie-cutter
How to affect forever memories
of you

How to better your chances for a better death

What you can do with your body after your spirit moves on
Ways to personalize your farewell so it’s not cookie-cutter
How to affect forever memories of you

How to better your chances for a better death

What you can do with your body after your spirit moves on
Ways to personalize your farewell so it’s not cookie-cutter
How to affect forever memories of you

It's never too early..but it can be too late.

Death is part of life.


Before COVID-19 many of us were in denial, thinking we might be able to avert death through exercise, diet and other wellness measures.


Few of us wanted to talk or even think about death.


But now death is in the daily headlines and on too many doorsteps.


And sadly, many families have found themselves scrambling to figure out how their loved ones might have wanted to be honored and memorialized.


Wouldn’t it be better to know? The time to discuss these things is now, when you’re able to contemplate what you do and don’t want when your time comes.


My Great Goodbye can help you consider your best options. We’ll talk about ideas like virtual burial and memorial gatherings to celebrate a life and give comfort to the living.


Let us help empower you to document your wishes in an easy and understandable way so you can experience a more meaningful goodbye.


The best time to plan for your death is when you aren’t dying; the second best time is NOW.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

SUSAN C.

“Shari provided great info and tons to consider.  Would have taken hours to find myself, if at all..."

IRENE B.

“I already have a cemetary plot and thought it would be easiest for my kids if I tell them to do whatever they want for my funeral.  After my session with Shari, I realized that it would be kinder to them if I made all those decisions now."

ADELISA PEREZ-HUDGINS, MSN, RN-BC

Director of Quality & COYL Program Lead

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

“Shari provides a terrific overview of available death care options.  Her true gift is in being able to add a light-hearted touch to make these difficult conversations and decisions a little bit easier."

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For 2024, Resolve to Die Better Whenever

By Shari Haber • December 15, 2023
We don’t know when we will die, but resolving to advance plan is a good first step toward dying better and with fewer regrets when the time comes.

Nature's Life Cycle

By Shari Haber • March 22, 2022
Spring has sprung -- as it does every year at this time. It's when we start preparing and planting seeds for the cycle of plant life that continues through seasons of growth until those of death and decay. Just as it does (with more variable timelines) in humans and all animals. I believe that being mindful about our mortality is life affirming, and reinforces the relationship between living and dying well. Facing the inevitability of this natural cycle also opens us up to the preparation and planning that can make each stage better. A good place to start is to consider what matters most.. Below are my guiding principles about Life & Death. In the spirit of March Madness, why not take a shot at yours?!?

Make a "Goodbye Plan" & Show Your Love

By Shari Haber • February 14, 2022
It’s one of the rare times people will be really grateful to you for delineating instructions for a major event that you won’t be attending — or only attending in spirit. I’m talking about planning your own Goodbye: your burial (or not), memorial and legacy, and making many other key decisions surrounding your inevitable death. Because however well-intentioned, the idea that it’d be better not to impose your wishes, to just leave everything for others to figure out while mourning, is false. Nobody wants to guess while grieving. Without a roadmap, loved ones likely will have to scramble and make a numbing number of decisions for you, when fragile emotions may cloud financial judgement, the potential for family conflict is high, and the stress level makes a sad situation worse. Advance planning alleviates a burden from your passing, and can lead to meaningful conversations about what’s important in life as well as death. It frees loved ones to be fully present with you in your final moments instead of dealing with logistics and prices, and gives them space to indulge their sorrow. Prepare further by getting your affairs in order and documented, along with your key account information and passwords. And since death etiquette is real, pare down your possessions so you don’t leave a hot mess to be cleaned up after you. Making a Goodbye Plan isn’t morbid or woo-woo. It’s sensible, an act of loving kindness, and a gift to those who will try to carry out your wishes. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Welcome

By Shari Haber • February 14, 2022
Welcome to the MGG blog. These postings are my way of making the otherwise somber discussion about death and dying a bit lighter, and hopefully more accessible. Whether due to the Baby Boomer generation aging, growing sensitivity to the financial and environmental costs of standard funeral practices, or because we lost more than 900,000 Americans to a global pandemic, death is trending. And as this formally taboo topic assaults us with jarring frequency and seeps into our collective conscious, death also is being reimagined. Modern advancements are disrupting the funeral industry and offering a dizzying array of new alternatives, like aquamation (water cremation) and natural organic reduction (human composting), while we also embrace some methods from earlier times, like home funerals and natural burial. Today we’re thinking outside the box, and choosing options for our Goodbye that reflect our unique spirit and the way we live our lives. There’s a lot to consider, and reconsider, before you can make choices and advance plan your Goodbye. Deal with it, don’t dwell on it. Being prepared will give you great comfort and motivate you to approach life with greater purpose, joy and gratitude. My Great Goodbye is here to help you. I also invite you to email me with your thoughts, reactions or comments to potentially share with a larger audience, so we can support each other in facing the reality of our mortality and moving forward.  ~ Shari
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