MN Funeral Planning

02/10/2025

What legacy are we creating for ourselves? Can businesses create a legacy? If so, Chowgirls Catering is making its mark.

Listen as Chowgirls co-founder and CEO Heidi Andermack describes on Party of My Life how the last two decades have shaped Chowgirls Catering into an inclusive and sustainable powerhouse.

Heidi, along with her business partner, Amy Brown and their Chowgirls team use the pillars of PEOPLE and PLANET to guide their business journey.

Chowgirls Catering illustrates how hard times can bring forward positive action; how coming together collectively for a common cause may manifest into progress. Just like end of life, and how we choose to approach it.

As in life, businesses grow and develop. Heidi Andermack, Co-founder and CEO of Chowgirls Catering shares her journey and how Chowgirls came into its own as a flagship, sustainably responsible catering company. Heidi discusses how taking care of people and the planet is critically vital to Chowgirls...

10/06/2025

Like every other facet in life, the funeral industry is evolving. Today we visit with Danielle Radulovich Nelson and Daniel Gelhaus of Kozlak Radulovich Funeral Chapels to learn where to begin, what has changed, and how today's funerals and celebrations of life are helping people begin the healing process.

Funerals are evolving beyond traditional formats towards more personalized and creative celebrations. Kozlak-Radulovich Funeral Chapels' Danielle Radulovich Nelson and Daniel Gelhaus highlight key shifts, including the value of pre-planning and the increased popularity of celebrations of life. Uniqu...

20/05/2025

With so many hospices to choose from, it's hard to know which one to use when needed. Travis Easton, regional director of operations at Brighton Hospice, talks about all things hospice, such as differences between for profit and not-for-profit hospice, payment structures, and what to ask when seeking the right hospice for you and your loved ones.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xcBFovtkWAugBQZacSSWA?si=MKuV6hydQeW5ywmU5NJV9w

Party of My Life · Episode

31/03/2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bPIS1RkI02xFEkBHBxdE1?si=FLtfSp_lSjOuN3hcG9izgA

One way each of us can create a legacy of learning and giving is to donate our bodies upon our death so that the study of anatomy and how the body works may continue for tomorrow’s medical students and research moving forward.

Party of My Life · Episode

10/12/2024

Navigating end-of-life planning is a difficult topic to talk about when the time is actually nearing. We at MN Funeral Planning research options for the local community in hopes this makes your planning a bit easier.

Most recently we spoke with Nicole Schultz at the Plymouth Community Center about local community centers as an affordable way to celebrate a loved one if one isn't connected with a church and would like to look at options alongside funeral homes.

For people who are looking for an affordable venue for a funeral reception or celebration of life, you may not need to venture farther than your local community center. Nicole Schultz from Plymouth Community Center talks about her facility, the amenities available and what people should think about....

25/11/2024

When getting together with loved ones, it's the perfect time to have that difficult conversation. No, not politics (God no!). About your end of life financial strategy!

Here the owners of my own personal CPA firm, Heintz + Clark, Ltd, share what they have gone through both personally and professionally when it comes to end of life experiences, and how it has shaped the way they work with their clients.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xQCVSrPKIxQJ4diINaUAs

Party of My Life · Episode

20/10/2024

It’s never too early to plan for end-of-life - but sometimes it can be too late. Get those colonoscopies everyone!

Shay Wright and Tanner Martin's love story has been drastically altered following a terminal illness diagnosis. In 2020 at 25, a colonoscopy revealed that Ta...

27/08/2024

When a pet dies, often the intensity of the grief felt comes as a surprise. The Bond Between understands the depth of love between owners and their fur babies. Joan Corbett talks with us about The Bridge Between, a pet loss grief support developed by The Bond Between to help people through the void left when a pet passes.

Have you or someone you know lost a pet only to discover a deep void in your day-to-day life? We talk with Joan Corbett from The Bridge Between Pet Loss Support Group about the community of pet loss, grief support and resources that are available to help people through this difficult time of healing...

18/07/2024

Learn how former Polaris Inc. project manager/ Rosenbauer Group VP Laurie Hoscheid Rengel created her own "freeing" life by thoughtfully planning and documenting her end-of-life wishes.

‎Show Party of My Life, Ep Laurie Rengel's Personal Story on End-of-Life Planning - Jul 18, 2024

17/05/2024

Today we learn how one woman moved mountains to prepare her family for her passing.

Megan Feller shares her experience and the lessons she learned following the death of her mother, Stephanie Feller. This episode was hosted and produced by Anne Morehouse, original music created and performed by Caileen Viehweg. To learn more about Stephanie Feller's journey, you can read about them...

28/03/2024

Talking with incredibly knowledgeable and experienced people is the best part of creating a podcast. Leigh Hartenberg and KaLee Mohrman spoke with me on behalf of Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care. Great info on when, how and why we should all get our advance care planning done.

‎Show Party of My Life, Ep Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care (MNHPC) - Mar 28, 2024

02/03/2024

As the Legislature debates a bill on medical aid in dying, also called assisted su***de, a Corcoran woman with terminal brain cancer fears an ugly death.