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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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Jill Emberson and Malia Emberson-Lafoa'i courtesy Brent Wilson, Australian Story

Watch this space – A Good Fight.

September 9, 2019
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Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Margaret Rice talk about a good death. and Joe hildebrand talk about a good death

You only die once campaign starts

September 3, 2019
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"When my Grandma passed away it was a catalyst for me to start writing songs that could help people," says Jay Stansfield.

Making music as a way to say goodbye

August 30, 2019
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Melissa Reader, left, the CEO of LifeCircle, author Margaret Rice and Dr Suharsha Kanathigoda, Director of Palliative Care ACT and a senior staff specialist at Calvary Hospital and Clare Holland House.

We talked – at the Canberra Writers’s Festival.

August 24, 2019
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Phoenix Park, Ireland, pic courtesy National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Ireland.

My Deer, Phoenix Park.

August 20, 2019
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Play School: Beginnings and Endings - courtesy Play School ABC

Play School helps with stories about beginnings and endings.

August 19, 2019
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Sutherland Library, Sydney, holds a Death Cafe

Death Cafe at Sutherland Library

August 7, 2019
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Gather My Crew can help you organise your support while caring for someone who is dying

Gather My Crew – can help you share the love and support

June 17, 2019
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Margaret Rice interviews Michael Barbato, pic courtesy NSNC.

There is no such thing as unconscious.

June 5, 2019
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Why did Dad leave without saying goodbye?

When the grief of a child is denied.

May 26, 2019
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Norman’s children all believe they know what he would want when he is dying.

The ideal vs the real family

May 26, 2019
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"I cannot conceive of any higher or more charitable motive to induce humanity to to its best than that which lends comfort to the last moments of the human being," Rabbi Davis, 1903

No more higher motive

May 21, 2019
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Broadcaster Jason Dasey and author Neil Humphreys have both had the experience of the sudden death of someone in their family.

What loss has taught Jason and Neil.

May 13, 2019
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With Sallie Tisdale at ABC studios for Life Matters

Let’s talk about it.

May 3, 2019
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Sallie Tisdale will be talking at the Writers' Festival

Sallie Tisdale at the Sydney Writers’ Festival

April 29, 2019
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A Mexican Cross to remember Chris by, made better for its imperfections, as he is buried today.

A Mexican Cross to remember Chris

April 5, 2019
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Helping children deal with the Christchurch attacks - Photo by Faseeh Fawaz on Unsplash.

Helping children deal with the Christchurch attacks.

March 16, 2019
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Jane and Richard talk about the last few months of life

March 8, 2019
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