With empathy and passion: Petra Lobmeier's path to the free speaker

With empathy and passion: Petra Lobmeier's path to the free speaker

in Aurolzmünster Petra Lobmeier (54) started a remarkable career as a freelance speaker who is characterized by empathy and a strong sense of people. After three decades in a social organization, she took the step to be booked for festivals and especially for funerals. Because these ceremonial farewells are particularly important to her and are important to her.

The graduate freelance speaker knows that funeral celebrations are a valuable opportunity to appreciate the life of the deceased. She started writing CVs for deceased early on. "Designing funerals is a nice and valuable work. The relatives must have the feeling that the deceased has his last appearance," she says. Their approach is to focus on the deceased and to emphasize the special thing about their lives.

preparation and initial interview

As a rule, Lobmeier is asked by the undertaker, but sometimes the relatives also contact her directly. When preparing for the mourning ceremony, it offers a special questionnaire that helps the bereaved to think about the deceased. Many find this very helpful to arrange their thoughts and memories in peace. "It is often touching for people when they can tell about the deceased," she explains. After the first conversation, Lobmeier is mostly already with the family on the day after death to conduct the personal mourning talk and collect the necessary material for the funeral service.

"The focus is on the deceased," she emphasizes. She tells his life story, including the important stations in life: school, youth, family and hobbies are brought up. For Lobmeier it is crucial that the farewell is dignified, which is her greatest passion and claim.

design of the funeral service

A free funeral service is not bound to a prescribed rite. The focus is on the personal life story of the deceased, supplemented by anecdotes and happy memories. Relatives have the opportunity to give letters, thoughts or wishes. "There are many different ways to say goodbye - with soil, fruits from your own garden, with letters that are burned at the grave, or stories and poems that the deceased liked," explains Lobmeier.

Lobmeier, who also works as a life and social consultant, knows about the importance of a dignified farewell to mourning. "You have to do what you do with great passion," she describes her attitude to the task. "If I buried someone, that's an honor." It also designs CVs in Catholic funerals and performs this, which shows that more and more people want a free funeral service, even if they belong to a denomination.

"saying goodbye, let go and bring something to an end are topics that people deal for a lifetime," says the funeral speaker. She sees herself as a companion and is at the side of the relatives in order to provide support in difficult times. "I go a bit with you," explains Lobmeier, "because life leaves traces, and it is important to me to make it visible." Her work helps to find love and memories of the deceased in the funeral service. More about her philosophy and the approach can be found in an article on www.tips.at read.