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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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Change is a coming - to palliative care. Photo by Jeremy Wong - Unsplash

Change is a coming – to palliative care

April 7, 2021
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Julia Craig's story, about helping others deal with grief grief, features in a recent issue of stuff.co.nz - Photo by Rosa Woods.

Good grief: how can we make it easier to talk about death?

April 5, 2021
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Photos of interior of St Nicholas Church Leipzig, by SonjaBo, Eric O and MichelM_Delft

Good Friday, a significant ‘death day’.

April 2, 2021
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Of droughts and flooding plains.

March 25, 2021
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It's not what you see in the movies, Kathryn says.

It’s not what you see in the movies, says Kathryn Mannix.

March 22, 2021
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At the moment there is fear and push back because of the blood clotting associated with the Astra Zeneca vaccine

We need to explain reactions to Covid-19 vaccines.

March 19, 2021
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A shout out and thank you to 'Bank of IDEAS'.

It’s a moment for a shout out, a ‘thank you!’

March 4, 2021
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From an Advance Care Planning Australia video

National Advance Care Planning Week, March 22-26.

February 17, 2021
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Every death will stay with me forever, Nurse Vishalini Navaneetharajah told The BBC.

Addressing the needs of staff dealing with Covid-19.

February 11, 2021
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Photo of Petrea King by Ben Dearnley

Petrea King talks about “Beyond cancer: creating a healing environment”.

February 4, 2021
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First Nations Australians, painted by Joseph Lycett, in the Newcastle region.

It’s Australia Day tomorrow and this is why so many people mourn it.

January 25, 2021
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Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Jill Biden remember the 400,000 Americans who have died from Covid-19. Photo by Evan Vucci AP.

Today we reflect on Covid-19 deaths again.

January 21, 2021
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HelloCare discusses 'One-Happy-Year' in an interview with Colleen Cartwright.

HelloCare discusses ‘One happy year’.

January 18, 2021
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Congratulations..it's a girl! https///www.twizler.co.uk/(TZ2826).

Community steps out and new life beckons.

December 7, 2020
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Come join us at Millers Point Markets – when the talking starts again.

November 27, 2020
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Wouldn’t it be great if we had a groundswell of compassionate communities.

November 19, 2020
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Love and trust, Jean Kittson on caring for her parents in a challenging time.

Care in the carpark.

October 23, 2020
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Covid death and the nursing home - the report is tabled

Covid death and the nursing home – the report is tabled.

October 8, 2020
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