Speaking At A Funeral – How To Get Through It
FUNERAL BLOG LIFE, Death & RANDOM MUSINGS Speaking at a funeral – tips for how to get through it Having led several funeral services for friends and family, I know first hand how this is quite simply unlike any other sort of public speaking you will ever do. The thought of speaking at a funeral or memorial service can feel completely overwhelming. Will I be able to? What if I choke/cry/need to take a pause? Are my words ‘good’ enough? You want to do them proud, to get yourself through it without falling apart… and there is a huge part of your brain screaming at you that you don’t want to be doing it at all! I find that people often fall into two camps – the ones who know that speaking at a funeral quite simply isn’t something they have to do, and that, for them, they need to…