Feb 9, 2021 | Community Engagement, Death a Love Project, Death conversation, Facilitation, Funeral options
Eaglemont Artists’ Hub is a beautiful space. Perfect for sessions about a rich and sensitive topic, end of life. Well this is what the owner, mover and shaker, Carol Ryan thinks. She’s as convinced as I am that things can go much smoother for a person’s...
Feb 1, 2019 | Death cafe, Death conversation, Poetry, workshops
These are some workshops and Melbourne Death Cafes for the first part of 2019. Seasonal Melbourne Death Cafe dates for 2019 are: Autumn Equinox Death Cafe 21 March – 6.30-8pm Winter Solstice Death Cafe 26 June – 6.00-7.30pm Death Cafe is by donation to...
Jul 18, 2018 | Death cafe, Death conversation, Facilitation, Ritual, workshops
I’ve run over 20 Death Cafes in Melbourne – that’s one ‘death conversation’ for each season for several years plus many open conversations and workshops about death, grief and loss for professionals like social workers, mental health, aged care...
Sep 7, 2017 | Death a Love Project, Death conversation, Ritual
I met Jack Bolt to find out something about donating your body to science. Jack’s wife, Kathleen died in 2015. ‘My wife and my son and I had discussed the subject of death as a matter of fact that needed to be faced. Neither Kathleen or I felt we needed a...
Aug 15, 2017 | Death conversation
You might think no one in their 30s needs a plan for the end of their life. I wonder, do you think they should have a plan for their health-filled super longevity, to meet contemporary needs around life and death? Ruby Lohman of Death Dinner Party remarked that Peter...
Mar 17, 2017 | Death a Love Project, Death conversation, Social media, Vigil
When you take time every day to be online, it’s a big wide world! I find it amazing to be in touch with you now. I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I love its window on friends, family, and a community of people with rich interests. Its window on all...
