Being a Funeral Celebrant is awesome but oh, so humbling!

I am forever humbled for the absolute privilege to be asked to officiate funeral ceremonies. To have the opportunity to meet with family and sometimes friends of the deceased at their most vulnerable time and yet they are so open and generous in sharing the love, their stories and I their lives with me. Today

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me buddha happy sunglasses

Compassionate Communities ~ Let’s change death and dying in our communities

Being part of a Compassionate Community is about harnessing a community’s uniqueness and engaging in the community’s spirit. It’s about being a community that supports people of all ages who are living with a life-limiting condition, their family and friends caring for them; and the bereaved. One that supports and empowers the community to action

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Your gift to yourself…and those you love

Why not join me in 2022 for these amazingly interactive online Willow Workshopsᵀᴹ that truly make a difference. Each workshop brings you a moment to pause..to reflect…to delve into some really important aspects of your life – and death – and to put in place some true actions that relate to who and what matter

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A tower of stones.

It’s often the simplest things in life that truly make the difference…

2022…. has just started. But what did I learn from 2021? She taught me about courage, acceptance, and the importance of telling the people we love that we love them; and what they bring into our life because life can be fragile. 2021 has come and gone in some ways like a calming breeze and

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Willow EOL Educatorᵀᴹ

DON’T MISS OUT! WILLOW EOL WORKSHOPSᵀᴹ

So excited to become Australia’s first Willow EOL Educatorᵀᴹ When I saw the quality of the workshops that Willow EOLᵀᴹ founders, Michelle and Reena had crafted I just knew that I wanted to be part of this world-wide movement. These unique workshops have a distinct point of difference to many other end-of-life (EOL) workshops being

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Dying Well – we don’t talk about death but should!

Grab a cuppa. Get comfy. And join Phillipe and I as he interviews me in his part 2 series of “Dying Well- Why we don’t talk about death but should!”. I was so fortunate last month to meet a very interesting man, Phillipe who volunteers for the local Bay FM (100.3 FM) radio station near

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Death Cafe by the Bay…. “informative, intriguing and catalysing”

REMEMBER WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY DEATH AND ARE ALL GOING TO DIE SO WHY NOT LEARN TO TALK ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN AND RELAXED WAY… COME JOIN IN ONE OF MY DEATH CAFES…THEY ARE FREE… AND YOU CAN JOIN IN VIRTUALLY FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! AND NO TWO DEATH

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Grassy hills at sunrise.

COVID-19 and a ‘new norm’

November 2020 The unprecedented changes occurring across Australia and the globe, and the ongoing societal changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, are leaving us all feeling engulfed in a whole range of emotions for many reasons. Myself included. We are experiencing on the greatest of scales a “new norm” as we all try to adapt

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As we enter a “new world’ with COVID-19 changing our lives…

As we socially distance and are told not to hug or handshake let us create a new symbol for love and respect by simply holding our hand over our heart and share a smile… it’s all about human connection I watch my almost 91 year old father slowly digest that the whole world is changing

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