Sacred, practical, surprising: advanced end-of-life doula training
What a week of in-person advanced end-of-life doula training taught me about caring for the dead and accompanying families before, during, and after death.
End-of-Life
Dying to know: burials and cremations at Fawkner Cemetery
Behind the scenes at Fawkner Memorial Park for Dying to Know Day: a burial operations tour, a look inside the crematorium, and what Right of Interment means.
‘How to Die in the 21st Century’, a gentle primer
A review of Hannah Gould’s How to Die in the 21st Century, an accessible Australian introduction to death, dying, funerals, and end-of-life planning.
Palliative care and end-of-life carers at the edge
Palliative care changed how we die. But who’s holding the space when the clinical team goes home? A reflection for National Palliative Care Week.
‘Edge of Life’: where science meets the numinous
Reflections on Edge of Life, a documentary exploring psilocybin therapy, palliative care, and the tension between medicine and spirituality.
Voluntary assisted dying and the new campaign to improve access
Voluntary assisted dying came into effect in 2019, but what exactly is it, and how can it be improved and made more accessible to more Victorians?