Navigating End of Life

09/06/2026

These woven burial caskets are beautiful! I can only imagine the love, story telling, laughter, tears and quiet reflection that occurs in the time and space it takes to create this vessel.
I would love for these to become the norm; returning to the rituals and passageways our ancestors used. 💖👣

Burial casket. Woven to teach people how to do it, and gifted to a weaver, in hospice, who wanted to be buried in one but didn't think there was anyone who could do it for her.
A great effort from the 5 that turned up, out of the 21 who registered to say they would

07/06/2026

Ripple is a short series currently showing on Netflix. It's a light watch, weaving different life threads into a close knit group; even though it addresses life, death and grief in different relationship scenarios. The biggest take away - grief is not a competition, it may hit at different levels and in different ways but the person experiencing it is generally finding it hard to breathe whether it be job loss, relationship loss, change in living situation, or death itself and sometimes, all that the person grieving wants is someone to talk to that isn't going to try fixing the situation - just listen.

In New York City, four strangers navigate life's challenges while their separate paths unexpectedly intertwine in ways that change them forever.

03/06/2026

I remember sitting with my GP a wee while after my partner died. He asked me how I was faring. I gave a guarded reply to which my GP responded "It must be so hard carrying all this love for him and not being able to give it to him. Remember, grief is the love we carry but can't give to the person."
So very true.

Grief is love that’s still here. Be gentle with yourself as you carry it. 🤍

04/05/2026

Grief is different for everyone. Those without lived experience often think there is a tidy timeline in which grief unfolds then is neatly put away. This Webinar may be just the right thing for those currently navigating the grief of a deceased spouse or other significant person.
Please follow the link in the original post to register your attendance.

Grief can feel isolating, but you don’t have to navigate it alone.

This May, join us for a compassionate webinar on grief and loss with Ashleigh Conwell (Yellow Falcon) and Rebecca Adams (First Light Widowed Support).

Drawing on their lived experience of bereavement, they'll share gentle guidance, practical support and steady reassurance for widowed Australians navigating their way forward after loss.

While representing different organisations, their shared missions align: supporting people to rebuild after grief and restore hope.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/pcqwebinarmay2026

15/01/2026

Geraldine Brooks talks about life after the death of her husband. She has written a book Memorial Days which goes more into depth with realisations she came to following the death of her husband.
The commentary under the clip is quite interesting with small windows into how different cultures address grief as well as providing a space where one may feel less alone with not being "...over it, yet...."
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17xUPn3dba/

14/11/2025

This is such an interesting read.
https://www.facebook.com/share/14MvRnnURrg/

05/11/2025

Lifting The Lid Festival of Death and Dying are hosting their 72 hour online festival commencing Nov 14 - 16. There is an incredible line up of national and international speakers ...completely online, in the comfort of your own home. Tickets are still available with a sliding scale capacity to ensure all who really want and need to attend can; follow the link to secure your ticket now.

23/09/2025

Have you thought about writing your Grief story but not sure where to start? The course below may be just the start you're looking for. Follow the link for more information.

It seems like just about everyone thinks the main task of grief is to stop feeling it. We learn that grief should be contained and silenced, quickly dealt with and put behind you. But what grief REALLY needs is to be felt. Giving your grief the opportunity to stretch out, take up space, to simply exist - that changes it somehow.

Letting grief actually HURT allows it to soften. The more you allow your grief space to exist, without trying to force positivity or resolution, the easier it is to carry.

The Writing Your Grief 30 day e-course gives you the space to tell the truth about what it’s like to be you, right here and now, without the need to sugarcoat it or censor yourself to protect other peoples’ feelings.

You won’t find your grief suddenly resolved, but you will find the oddly comforting relief of having space to hear your own voice.

If you want to explore your grief through writing, but need a slower pace than the 30 day course, get one prompt every week with the Writing Your Grief weekly prompt membership.

Saying it on the page – even if you can’t yet say it to the people in your life – is incredibly powerful.

Get started now (or gift the course to someone else) at https://refugeingrief.com/wyg

16/09/2025

💔The Last Time 💔

"There was a last time
for everything -
but I didn't know it then.
The last time you called,
the last time we laughed,
the last time I held your hand
without knowing
I would never hold it again.
Funny, how the end never tells you
that it's arrived -
it just stands quietly
at the door,
waiting for you to notice."

~ K. Ashley

07/09/2025

Grab a cuppa and watch this. It's a casual and gentle conversation around the role of a Death Doula.

In this powerful episode of Death, A Changing Industry, we speak with Dr Emma Clare, CEO of End of Life Doula UK and Chartered Psychologist, about the quiet,...