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Good grief.  More than simply an expression of surprise, these words can signify a deeper appreciation of the hurt that the earth endures at the hands of the human species.  And so beyond expressing words of sorrow, what can we … Continue reading →

This month marks an expanded focus for Die-alogue Cafe. In addition to the regular posts on the dying and death and funerals theme, there will be new perspectives that touch on our relationships with the past, under the general description … Continue reading →

In spite of all the choices on offer to the modern day citizen, there remain those who feel it is their job to steer customers away from the full range of choices available – placing their own agendas above those … Continue reading →

How to get a conversation about death and dying started and convincing family and friends that it is a subject that needs to be talked about well before there is any emergency or ‘necessity’ can seem like hard work.  We … Continue reading →

John Pavlovitz writes on a wide range of subjects and attracts a lot of attention within his community.  This one caught our eye: The Grieving Need You Most After The Funeral (Stuff That Needs To Be Said, January 5, 2017). … Continue reading →

Just like humans, animals of all species die every day of the week.  Without so much as a whimper their deaths go largely unnoticed and for the most part without us pausing to think how we might learn a lesson … Continue reading →

Much of what we do is mixed up with what everyone else does.  We get caught up in the mainstream and go-with-the-flow.  As if the mainstream is the ‘right’ way of getting to where we are presumably going.  At Die-alogue … Continue reading →

They used to be all the go.  Everyone did it – conduct their own funerals.  Not so today, but there is change on the way, as Heather Wiseman explains in this Q&A piece posted on the Palliative Care Australia website … Continue reading →

“Almost everyone who isn’t really unlucky gets to 80,” says Charlie Corke, an intensive care specialist at Barwon Health’s University Hospital Geelong, Victoria. Indeed, two-thirds of Australians will die after age 75, of chronic illnesses such as coronary heart disease, dementia … Continue reading →

Dr Bruce (BJ) Miller is on a mission.  That mission is to change the way we do end-of-life care. Dr Miller is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful … Continue reading →