Feb 28, 2019 | Celebrant and MC, Facilitation, Love projects, Ritual
Death by suicide is on my mind at the time of the Pell verdict, knowing that the trauma of abuse has led to agonising secrecy, substance abuse and if not suicide per se, certainly most traumatic death, with irretrievable loss left behind. I’m thinking of the two...
Dec 19, 2017 | Facilitation, Having a vigil and laying out the body, Home funeral, Ritual
My close-up on 2017 is coloured by Kinship Ritual. So I’m taking up a viewpoint that I frequently see in the media and beginning with the words: ‘We live in an era of …’ We live in an era of awakening to the reality that Death is part of Life. Those I’ve worked...
Feb 17, 2017 | Children, Facilitation, Funeral options, Having a vigil and laying out the body
Recently I had a note in an email saying, ‘I loved the gentle, conscious and beautiful way that my friend showed me passing can be. Thank you for your role in it’. Yet for many people I meet, the idea she speaks of is hard to imagine. The idea that a family would...
Apr 18, 2016 | Celebrant and MC, Facilitation
Facilitation is a great enabler of a successful funeral. And with a funeral you want it to feel absolutely right. It’s a once only occasion. Every family and community is different. Each wants a funeral or memorial that will be best for them. Feedback on recent...
