In response to increasing consumer demand, Lighten has created a pre-planning package for individuals to plan their own memorial services before they pass away. Lighten’s personalized approach to designing unique memorials and celebrations of life offers an alternative to funeral pre-planning for those who do not feel a traditional funeral would reflect their legacy. Collaborating with celebration of life event planners to curate a service has become of interest to many people as they organize their estate planning decisions.
Benefits to Funeral Pre-Planning
Pre-planning your memorial offers benefits to both your loved ones and yourself.
- Just as with traditional funeral pre-planning, Your Memorial, Your Way™ eases the stress of decision-making for your loved ones. Lighten will be here to offer guidance to loved ones who, when faced with a death, are often overwhelmed by the array of decisions to be made. The plan you collaborated on with Lighten will be carried out smoothly, providing your loved ones with an effortless process.
- Pre-planning allows individuals to have input into how their legacy is defined and how their life is remembered. Your memorial can incorporate the milestones that highlight your life story, your proudest accomplishments, and the people whose lives contributed to who you are today. You also have the opportunity to set the tone for the celebration of your life, providing you with some influence over the state of mind of the guests at your memorial. The details you choose will help determine whether your memorial, for example, is a joyous, nostalgic, or tender occasion.
- Working with Lighten offers professional insight that is focused on unfamiliar aspects of planning a memorial. You may know that traditional funeral pre-planning is not the best-suited match to celebrating your own personal legacy but are unsure where to start on an alternative. Lighten has collaborated with countless families to assist in planning ultra bespoke memorials.
Offered by Your Memorial, Your Way™
Each Your Memorial, Your Way™ package offers:
- Pre-planning the details for one’s own virtual memorial or in-person memorial
- Access to Lighten’s online Planning Center, which allows individuals to plan from the comfort of their own homes, stay organized during the planning process, and retain their desired memorial details
- Access to Lighten’s planning professionals, for planning consultation
- Creation of a personalized memorial ceremony, which may include speakers, readings, prayers, personal reflections, music, poetry, quotes, and other immersive experiences
- Planning for additional personalized details, which may include elements such as decor, floral arrangements, display of memorabilia, keepsakes for guests, etc.
- Creation of a personalized photo montage that can be displayed at the memorial
- Creation of a memorial webpage, which functions both as a beautiful tribute to one’s life and as an invitation to the memorial, when the time comes
- Ongoing storage of one’s desired plans, which can be shared with family and/or estate planning professionals
Meet Lighten
Lighten was founded by Alexandra Koys in 2019 when she was faced with the challenge of planning a memorial that uniquely honored the life and legacy of her uncle. She wanted an option that provided an uplifting way to celebrate her uncle, which was difficult to achieve according to traditional funeral and memorial planning conventions. In response, she paved the way for families to be able to plan personalized memorials.
At Lighten, we believe that a memorial gathering can be an uplifting celebration of life, that each person’s ceremony can reflect their unique identity, and in easing the strain of the memorial planning process. Lighten empowers families to celebrate the authentic personal, cultural, and spiritual identity of their loved one with the help of professional celebration of life event planners. The Your Memorial, Your Way™ service now provides individuals a path to funeral pre-planning that reflects the way they would like to be remembered, leaving behind the guidance loved ones may need so they can focus on the comfort that your specially designed ceremony will provide.
Start the conversation with Lighten about how to plan a memorial in advance and uncover the benefits of pre-planning.
