This episode I had a chat with Zenith - the CEO of the charity "The Natural Death Centre". She explains the support and training they offer to enable families to take on the responsibilities of looking after a loved one after they've passed on rather than handing them over to a funeral home.

https://www.facebook.com/Natural-Death-Care-Centre-Australia-137417506331862

https://www.naturaldeathcarecentre.org/

https://afda.org.au/

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Jess has been closely affected by suicide 3 times in her lifetime and she's not even 30! She tells me about those losses and we chat about the ways we can hep ourselves deal with bad mental health - especially through these trying times of tough lock downs throughout Australia at the moment. 

https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

https://mhfa.com.au/

https://butterfly.org.au/

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Meet Nicole! We met through the push for palliative care group on Facebook and we hit it off and chatted about her life and when she lost her husband when he was 41. She was widowed with 3 kids and how her life was forced to change but in a positive way.

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We decided to take a break from the informative death chat to just jabber on about movies that touch on the subject of death in different ways.

"Death isn't sad. The sad thing is: most people don't live at all" - Socrates

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Today I chat with charity worker, freelance journalist, news reader and author Lisa Herbert about her book, "The Bottom Drawer Book - the after death action plan." A keepsake for your loved ones will be sad when you pass away but putting a few things in order can make it easier for them while they’re grieving.

http://thebottomdrawerbook.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/thebottomdrawerbook

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I chat to an awesome dude - Dan from Cremation Keepsakes aka Glass Punk Studio talks about how he creates beautiful ways to eternalise your loved ones ashes in solid glass works of art!

https://www.cremationkeepsakes.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/cremationkeeepsakes/

https://www.facebook.com/cremationkeepsakesau

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Today I chat with Oliver an Independent funeral planner and celebrant of weddings and funerals. 

He does work with https://www.picaluna.com/ Picaluna Funerals - servicing Sydney and beyond. 

He is also half of the team that creating online funeral celebrant training - https://www.funeralfix.com.au/

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Today I chat with Philip Lee - Former Palliative Medicine Physician at Westmead Hospital, about Palliative Care and the needs of Western Sydney and the push for a dedicated palliative care unit for Westmead Hospital (aka Western Sydney Health). https://www.facebook.com/groups/349176342948793

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I chat with Anna from Heart Felt Intentions - who is an 'End of Life Doula' or 'Death Doula' as I have referred to her in previous episodes. She explains the role she plays in being a microphone for those families facing their own mortality, as well as how she helps people plan their post mortem parties!

https://www.heartfeltintentions.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/heartfeltintentions

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Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800

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I have a casual chat with my bestie from high school - yep count those 24 years of friendship! She too lost her mum - younger than I was so we recount that experience as well as much more!

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Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800

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