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A videoed podcast on Death ~ watch or just listen to it and grab a cuppa and get comfy!

End of Life Doula / 13/08/2024 / #deathcafe #virtual #dying #death #endoflifedoula, #funeral, ceremony, conversations

Grab a cuppa and enjoy watching Midlife Unfiltered – Episode 6 on Death Anita McLachlan (from Sequins and Sands, Positive Body Image Advocate) and Erica Webb (Registered Counsellor and Somatic Exercise Coach) are wonderful advocates to empower our community, and women in particular, to feel empowered at midlife (peri-menopause and post-menopausal). They asked if I’d […]

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My first live radio interview with ABC Radio Brisbane

End of Life Doula / 25/06/2024 / #endoflifedoula, #endoflifeplanning, conversations, death, dying

How amazing was it that on 24 June 2024 to be asked to talk about #endoflifeplanning and the #endoflifedoula role – live on ABC Radio Brisbane ABC Brisbane with Cathie Schnitzerling (standing in for Steve Austin for a week). Oh my gosh – I’ve done podcasts and pre-recorded interviews. But live – gets the nerves

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Ways to build our community’s death literacy…

End of Life Doula / 13/04/2024 / #endoflifedoula, conversations, education, life, workshops

I am so excited to be part of building a Compassionate Community as I continue to work as an End of Life Doula (EOLD) and provide services to those living with life-limiting illnesses, their families and friends, and the bereaved. And facilitate many workshops that aim to make people more knowledgeable about palliative care, advance

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Making death and dying less scary…

Compassionate Communities, End of Life Doula, Funeral Celebrant, Licenced Willow EOL Educatorᵀᴹ / 18/09/2022 / conversations, death, end of life, end of life doula, life, values

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COVID-19 and a ‘new norm’

Compassionate Communities, End of Life Doula, Funeral Celebrant / 19/11/2020 / advance care planning, bereavement, community, compassion, Compassionate Communities, conversations, COVID-19, death, Death Cafe, dying, end of life, end of life doula, funerals, pandemic

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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Come join Jacqui….2020 Death Cafe dates are out now!

Compassionate Communities, End of Life Doula / 14/01/2020 / advance care planning, Compassionate Communities, conversations, death, Death Cafe, death literacy, dying, end of life doula, expected, funerals, life, loss, unexpected

It made me more relaxed and encouraged me to share my feeling with the group. Learnt that most people are still afraid to discuss death. Death needs to be prepared well to face it. Fascinated to hear other people’s experiences and I feel more positive about death It was a free, open conversation and you

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