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A cup - for tea, or any other cuppa, to offer solace and comfort when someone has died. A vessel, that can be filled and renewed. One with a break and a chip near the handle. We are broken, imperfect, but we can still serve our purpose.

Life is good and should be full of joy. But sometimes we need help to find our way back there, when personal tragedy and grief strike.

I believe that if we talk about and share our experiences of death and grief, this will help us to get back to a full and happy life.

We've written the following articles to feel like you're sitting down and having a conversation with a friend over a cup of tea.

We hope you find them comforting and practical.

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Pride overcomes prejudice.

HIV in Australia: Pride overcomes prejudice.

June 29, 2022
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Jess Hill explains coercive control in domestic violence.

Jess Hill explains coercive control in domestic violence.

June 27, 2022
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Bombs and bloodshed will not win Ukraine for Russia - James Spenceley at Mykhailivska Square , Kyiv.

Bombs and bloodshed will not win Ukraine for Russia.

June 20, 2022
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'We're shouting out about 'A community undertaking' - the identical twins

Tender Funerals – a shout out for their ‘Community undertaking’.

June 19, 2022
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A video about showering for someone dying at home - Kellie Cooper Smith's Fact Sheet.

A video about showering for someone dying at home.

June 17, 2022
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Libby’s story.

June 16, 2022
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Domestic Violence and playing the role of 'sister's keeper' - Claire Barber of Mary's House

Mary’s House: ‘sister’s keeper’ role in domestic violence

June 15, 2022
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My contribution to Palliative Care Week

My contribution to National Palliative Care Week.

May 25, 2022
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Advances in advance care directives - Even those who have known us for a long time can get it wrong

Advances in Advance Care directives.

May 24, 2022
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A friend in death - on Compass

Biography service is ‘A friend in death’.

May 16, 2022
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'She wasn't a cheeseburger': aged care failing the dying

She wasn’t a cheeseburger.

April 29, 2022
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Margaret Rice with Greg Inglis and Elizabeth Trevan of Picaluna Funerals (landscape)

Meeting Picaluna’s beautiful funeral celebrants.

April 25, 2022
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Commemorating not celebrating Anzac Day - Deniliquin War Memorial, courtesy of the NSW War Memorials Register

Commemorating not celebrating Anzac Day.

April 25, 2022
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Birth and death again - that endless yet uplifting cycle

Birth and death again – that endless yet uplifting cycle.

April 24, 2022
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Palliative care worker Kellie Cooper-Smith

Dignity and Care at Home.

April 22, 2022
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It Is Finished

It Is Finished

April 15, 2022
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Disenfranchised grief - Melbourne two years on. Melbourne mother Sara Webb.

Disenfranchised Grief: Melbourne two years on.

April 14, 2022
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CEO of Hammondcare Mike Baird, photo from Kelvin Bissett's LinkedIn page.

Why higher wages in aged care will help the good death.

April 10, 2022
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