My Job Is a Front Row Seat to Death. | OpenHaus S3E5 with Harmony Tee, Funeral Director
🎙️ 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 💌
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Are funerals for the dead or the living? 🪦
Facing death almost every day, Harmony Tee, Founder and Funeral Director of Harmony Funeral Care, shares her perspectives on life and death. She opens up about her journey, the challenges of being a female funeral director in a male-dominated industry, and the profound life lessons she learned along the way.
What happens to our bodies after death? Why do we avoid talking about death despite knowing that it's inevitable? Can we truly learn to live by understanding death? This episode is a beautiful reminder to cherish every moment because tomorrow isn't promised. 🌱
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:05 How Harmony entered the funeral industry
02:15 Has a front-row seat to death shaped the way you live life?
03:20 What do you mean by embrace death?
04:38 Have you ever met a family to discuss terminal illness and death?
08:20 How do you deal with the families after their loved ones pass on
08:52 Do you think funerals are for the living or dead?
09:46 What do you think about living funerals?
11:05 Why did you decide to start Harmony Funeral Care?
12:08 What was your biggest struggle when you first entered the industry?
15:29 What is one think about the industry or death you never expected?
16:56 What is a common misconception that people have about your work?
19:20 What is the biggest mistake families make when planning a funeral?
20:36 What is the most emotional funeral that you’ve had to plan?
22:21 Do you experience burnout or compassion fatigue?
23:17 What do you think we can do as a society in terms of talking about death?
24:47 What advice would you give a family to keep in mind when planning their loved one’s funeral
25:56 Harmony’s biggest career challenge
31:20 What would current Harmony tell younger Harmony?
32:20 Why did you publish a book?
32:55 What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
33:41 What advice would you give someone looking to enter this industry
34:12 What is one life lesson you would like to remind people about?
34:26 Outro