Dear friends, It’s time for Good Grief to take a Christmas break, do some R+R (and a little bit of ‘Research and Development’ too!) What an extraordinary and enriching year it has been! We will return in mid-January 2020, full of ideas and new reports to help navigate this funny business called life – and […]
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Spotlight on the ‘Good Death, Good Life’ expo, Brisbane.
A shout out about the Good Life Good Death Expo being held in Brisbane, tomorrow December 1, 2019. Its promotion says: “No taboos, embracing all of life” which makes it a perfect project to share through Good Grief. The people behind the expo are ‘Compassionate Communities’. This is: “A global movement working to shift the […]
Is death painful or more like uncomfortable?
The subject of painful death came up during a recent discussion about the palliative care needs of the elderly. “It’s probably more accurate to describe the discomforts of death, rather than pain at death, since for most people it is uncomfortable rather than painful,” a palliative care nurse explained. That’s very reassuring because a lot […]
Why CPR is often not compatible with a quiet death.
I’m going to show you contrasting end of life sick beds. I’m hoping these images will help you think about your end-of-life moment more realistically. The painting Death in the Sickroom, by Edvard Munch has the level of gravitas many of us imagine at our deathbeds. Everyone is very passive, which suggests heavy emotion. They […]
Watch this space – A Good Fight.
In a few minutes an episode of ABC’s Australian Story about a friend who is very dear to me will go to air. The story – The Good Fight – is about Jill Emberson an ABC radio personality from Newcastle. Jill is an old school friend of mine who was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in […]