How Can You Have Hope When Someone Is Dying?
I believe that there are three things required for sustaining life: oxygen, water and hope. The first two are pretty obvious; the third might surprise you, but it is nonetheless vital. To be without hope, to be literally hopeless, is a soul destroying place in which...
So You Think Advance Care Planning Is Just For The Old And/Or Sick?
So you think that Advance Care Planning is just for the old and the sick? You might want to think again... Carrie Fisher At age 60, Carrie Fisher was on a plane flight when she had a heart attack. She was then in intensive care for 4 days, placed on a ventilator and...
It’s All About Loo Paper…
Yes, you read that title correctly. You see, it's kind of a weird day for me. Humour me, if you will... My Mum had a thing about loo paper and making sure she didn't run out. Mum was born during the Great Depression and for a lot of people in her generation, toilet...
Does Your Doctor Know Your End of Life Care Treatment Rights?
It seems like a really straight forward and easy question, doesn’t it? If you’re like most people, your answer would be Yes. I asked the following question on Facebook Do you expect your doctor/specialist to know what the laws are around withholding and withdrawing...
Myth : All Deaths Are Sad. Read This Brutal Obituary…
Myth : Dying and Death are Always Sad Experiences. I was part of a discussion the other day on Facebook, in a business group that I am part of. The topic of this particular discussion was industry myths - what myths exist in our particular industry. The one I...
How Advance Care Planning Made a Difference…
After my Mum moved into a hospice, her health started to decline really quickly. It was really tough to watch, knowing that the end was approaching. Her periods of lucidity were becoming less and less. Because of this, I had to make sure that I was across everything...
Dying With a Peaceful Heart…
Hers was a mostly peaceful journey. She had done a lot of work on herself before this journey began and was already mostly living a peace-filled life. She did do some introspection, some soul searching to get to a place of acceptance. Though, she did have some...
The Little Things Never Are…
The little things never are... There's lots of things in our life that happen that are seemingly inconsequential, but truly, they are the things that make life special. I have a baby granddaughter - Layla. At the time of writing this, she is heading for 5 months old....
10 End of Life Quotes
There will come a time for all of us when we need a quote related to end of life. Here's some that I have found across the web. They are not in any particular order. They are not necessarily my Top 10. They are just some that resonated with me to post at this...
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Why We Feel It Deeply When Celebrities Die…
Let’s face it, in terms of celebrities leaving this mortal coil, 2016 has been huge. One of my mentors said at the start of the year when we started losing them that we would have a lot of creatives die this year and it’s sad to admit that she was right. I say sad...
The Power of Surrender
I had the honour of starting to serve a new client this week. It's been a while as my focus has been elsewhere, but the paths of this lady and I were clearly meant to cross. This was as a result of a referral from an agency, so I had some awareness of her situation...
Loved One’s Regrets – I wish I’d been there when they died…
It’s National Palliative Care week and this week I am offering you a series of short videos (all are approx 5 mins or less) around Loved One’s Regrets and providing some suggestions and steps you can do to hopefully avoid having these...
Loved One’s Regrets – I wish I’d spent more time with them…
It’s National Palliative Care week and this week I am offering you a series of short videos (all are approx 5 mins or less) around Loved One’s Regrets and providing some suggestions and steps you can do to hopefully avoid having these...
Loved One’s Regrets – I wish I’d told them I loved them…
It’s National Palliative Care week and this week I am offering you a series of short videos (all are approx 5 mins or less) around Loved One’s Regrets and providing some suggestions and steps you can do to hopefully avoid having these...
Loved One’s Regrets – I wish I’d known they were dying…
It’s National Palliative Care week and this week I am offering you a series of short videos (all are approx 5 mins or less) around Loved One’s Regrets and providing some suggestions and steps you can do to hopefully avoid having these...
Loved One’s Regrets – I wish I’d know what they wanted…
It's National Palliative Care week and this week I am offering you a series of short videos (all are approx 5 mins or less) around Loved One's Regrets and providing some suggestions and steps you can do to hopefully avoid having these...
I feel so guilty because she died alone…
This lady shared with me how much guilt and regret she carried for not being there when her Mum had died.
The Way of the Messenger…
Being a messenger consists of two parts Having a message Spreading that message For me, the message is what your soul keeps calling to you to share with others. Sometimes that might feel like your soul is a kid with a megaphone and...
Hope in the Palliative Context
When we think of hope and relate it to illness or disease, a lot of people would directly associate that with hope of a cure or recovery and of returning to full physical wellness. However, in the palliative context, hope by necessity, needs to take on a very...
No One Tells You About This…
And unless you have experienced it, no one understands... It was a Monday, but this story really starts on the Sunday. Mum had been in the hospice for nearly a week and her decline since entering had been rapid. Really rapid. This Sunday we had organised for her...