241. On the Job with JoMarie Flores, Funeral Director

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

"I’m 100 percent emotionally involved with the families I serve."

Welcome to Season 2 of the On the Job series on the Ali on the Run Show! This season, we're kicking things off with JoMarie Flores, a funeral director in Houston, TX. But don't worry: This episode isn't all death, doom, and gloom. JoMarie is so passionate about her work, and you'll quickly see why families love and appreciate her so much. On this episode, JoMarie talks about the education required to become an embalmer and funeral director, and addresses the common misperceptions about her line of work. She opens up about the emotional component of the work, shares why it's important to find laughter during hard times, and offers advice for people who are uncomfortable with death and addressing our own mortality. When she's not on the job as a "last responder," JoMarie is a marathoner, triathlete, and mom to a five-year-old boy.

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0:00.0	The On The Job series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by TrackSmith.
0:04.6	Go to TrackSmith.com slash OnTheRun and use code OnTheRun15 for 15% off your first tracksmith purchase.
0:12.5	Welcome to the Alley On The Run Show.
0:19.1	I'm your host Alley Feller and I am so excited to be kicking off season two of The On The Job series.
0:26.7	This season I will introduce you to seven more remarkable women who have cool, unique,
0:32.0	exciting careers. We'll learn about how they got into their fields, what their days are really
0:37.2	like, and what makes their jobs exciting, challenging, stressful, and rewarding. And you know,
0:43.5	everything in between. And all these women are runners, so we'll hear all about how running
0:48.7	fits into their lives and makes them even better at the work that they do. First up, we are
0:54.2	heading down to Texas where Joe Marie Flores is a funeral home director. What?
1:00.8	Joe Marie is so passionate about the work she does and if you're thinking, oh man, funeral home,
1:06.6	death, this is going to be a sad bummer of an episode. No. Joe Marie is here to prove you so
1:13.6	so wrong. She has amazing energy and most importantly, she really cares about her work and the
1:19.0	family she sees on the job. It's fascinating work, it's important work, and we talk a lot,
1:24.4	especially lately, about our amazing first responders on the front lines. So now Joe Marie is here
1:30.0	to talk about what it's like being as she calls it, a last responder. I bow down to her,
1:35.6	this work is deeply emotional and she was born for it. Now let's kick off season two of The On The
1:42.5	Job Series with Joe Marie Flores. Joe Marie, I am so excited to have you here kicking off our second
1:55.6	season of The On The Job Series. I have, I think, about 96 questions for you, so lots to get to.
2:02.1	Thank you. I'm glad to have joined you. Yes, I'm excited. Let's go.
2:08.9	All right, we start these episodes just like we start a good run. We start with a warm up, right?
2:13.2	So what I need from you is to just warm everyone up. Tell them who you are, where you're from,
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