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Play School helps with stories about beginnings and endings.

All Posts, Grief, Resources19 August 2019

Play School: Beginnings and Endings - courtesy Play School ABC

This morning Play School did something very special. It had an episode about new life and end of life. Emma, one of the presenters explained to an earlier television news audience that the team sought the guidance of experts on managing grief in children. Children deal with death in a very concrete way. Euphemisms confuse […]

Filed Under: All Posts, Grief, Resources Tagged With: Caring more for children, Children's grief, death, Empowerment, Family, family-and-children, Grief, Improving our care for others, loss

When the grief of a child is denied.

All Posts, Grief, Resources26 May 2019

Why did Dad leave without saying goodbye?

Sadly, until recently children were often excluded from funerals, something we recognise today as harmful. Christine was only seven when her father died and she will never forget it.  But one emotion that loomed large for a long time after was anger – not because Fred had died but because his death was kept a […]

Filed Under: All Posts, Grief, Resources Tagged With: Caring more for children, Children's grief, death, Empowerment, Family, family-and-children, Grief, Improving funerals, Improving our care for others, loss

Jane and Richard talk about the last few months of life

All Posts08 March 2019

“Have you been around during the last months of someone’s life, either a friend or a relative?”

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: death, Empowerment, Family, family-and-children, Grief, loss, Moving on, The joy of living, Traditions, Values

Passing all Understanding

Grief, Resources04 March 2019

Hilary's mother reveals herself

When I started interviewing people about their experiences of death, my selection process was a fairly random one. That was deliberate because I wanted the conversations to reflect life around me as it is in my country, in my time, in my culture – no pretence, no artifice, no filter. Those I spoke with all […]

Filed Under: Grief, Resources Tagged With: death, Empowerment, Family, family-and-children, Grief, loss, Moving on, The joy of living, Traditions

Do you want to live for 1000 years?

All Posts15 October 2018

Do you want to live for a thousand years?

It’s all about the radio today. Aubrey de Grey is a researcher who believes the first human being who will live for 1000 years has already been born. This morning I was reminded of de Grey when ABC radio interviewer Cassie McCullagh interviewed Professor John Rasko. Tonight, Professor Rasko will deliver the  2018 ABC Boyer […]

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: death, Empowerment, Family, family-and-children, Grief, loss, Moving on, The joy of living, Traditions, Values, Words

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Good Grief! is a site by Margaret Rice, aimed at facilitating conversation and providing resources for grief management & palliative care.

It’s also a place for you to indulge in a lighter side of grief, to seek relief, comfort and wisdom from those who’ve experienced it.

Have you got something to say about your experience of loss or sadness? A story to share? Would you like to find more about how to cope? Good Grief! is a page for everyone. You can contact Margaret here.

After all, we all know what grief is, even though we aren’t very good at talking about it.

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