Talking about you funeral wishes helps prepare you and your loved ones to organise the send-off that feels right for you. Exploring options beforehand helps find options that reflect your personality and wishes. It may also save costs.

You can plan our funeral at any time during your life. Your plan will be a living document. Talking about your funeral may give meaningful insights in how you live your life now. It may help you define who the people are that are most dear to you. It may give insight in the things you want to do in your life. You may learn things about you and others you did not know.

On the threshold

When you know that you are going to die soon it may be helpful to have conversations with the people dear to you about your wishes.

Although this may be a difficult conversation, sharing how you would like to die will help you have the best possible quality of life until the end. Rituals may help to express feelings and thoughts and reflect upon what’s important to you.

Talking about you funeral wishes helps prepare you and your loved ones to organise the send-off that feels right for you. Exploring options beforehand helps find options that reflect your personality and wishes. It may also save costs.
Some people organise a ‘living funeral’: a get-together of family and friends where they reflect upon a person’s life and celebrate good and precious times.