We started this playlist in August 2024 at our soft launch event with family and friends. Guests rotated in groups between creative activities, like planning a final meal together, or creating visual representations of grief from Dr. Korie Leigh’s What Does Grief Feel Like?

One of the activities was a discussion of music’s effect on memory and emotion, ending in the creation of a playlist. Participants added songs for all kinds of reasons: some were comforting and some outright joyful; and still others felt like they were in the death-muck with us.

Since then, we’ve continued soliciting music suggestions from strangers, loved ones, and fellow death-care workers.

Have a song to add? Let us know!