30 Jun 2024 | Healing

Doing the Repair Work

When I witnessed a highly polarised and conflicted situation being met with love and compassion, I had to watch it again. In a group that was struggling, Aya Caspi, NVC trainer and facilitator spoke and brought people into a place of connection and shared agreement. Her presence and clarity was…

Read Blog

25 Jun 2024 | Healing

Fearing Paris

Last night in our online Celebrating This Precious Life session we discussed what it is to meet our fears around death and dying. What are some of these fears? Fear of…. suffering physical and emotional pain, fear of dying alone, fear of my partner or child dying first and the pain…

Read Blog
Auslan Coffs harbour

26 May 2024 | Elderhood

Auslan Only Weekend

I am feeling so grateful to the Deaf Connect trainers, Deaf volunteers and fellow students for a wonderful Auslan Only Weekend up at Mt Tambourine, Wangerriburras Country. Learning Auslan, Australian Sign Language, has been hard work yet so rewarding. I feel a deep calling to learn this beautiful language and…

Read Blog
Grief

30 Apr 2024 | Funerals, Death and Dying, End of Life Planning

Mourning and Celebration Online Circle 9.5.24 9.30am AEST

“Imagine the feeling of relief that would flood our whole being if we knew that when we were in the grip of sorrow or illness, our village would respond to our need. This would not be out of pity, but out of a realization that every one of us will…

Read Blog

06 Apr 2024 | Funerals, Death and Dying, End of Life Planning

Sitting on the fence…

Celebrating This Precious Life: I recall climbing the Alps in France nearly 15 years ago when my partner and I were WOOF’ing (volunteering on organic farms). We would get up early, with our head torch lighting the way to climb to the peak and see the sunrise over the snow…

Read Blog

28 Feb 2024 | Ceremonies

Celebrating Life

Join me for transformative gatherings: Mourning and Celebration Circles “I was so impressed with Wendy’s facilitation of the mourning and celebration circle that I recently joined. She set such a loving tone, while simultaneously creating a container for authenticity and connection.” Tamara Staton — USA Online Circle Tuesday 5th March…

Read Blog

31 Jan 2024 | Mindfulness

Life’s Two Truths: Holding Mourning and Celebration in Our Hearts

Life’s Two Truths : Holding Celebration and Mourning in our Hearts Join us for an enriching hour of conversation, connection, and contemplation on the profound topic of death and dying, and the art of truly living. What to Expect: Engaging Conversation: Share in an hour of thoughtful and open dialogue…

Read Blog

31 Jan 2024 | Funerals, Death and Dying, End of Life Planning

Grief and Love are Sisters

Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close. Frances Weller The Mourning and Celebration Circles…

Read Blog

29 Jan 2024 | Mindfulness

A Taste of Ongo

A Taste of Ongo: Everyday Nonviolence – the first three weeks of the program written by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens Chu – outline foundational practices for speaking and listening with compassion, care and wisdom. I am too much! I am not enough! I am alone. I am scared of…

Read Blog

25 Nov 2023 | Ongo and NVC

Tenderness and Grace

Ongo: Everyday Nonviolence. Starting January 2024.  Registrations open soon! Tenderness as the Nurturing of Grace You see, when the world becomes too solid for nuance, when it hardens up and crystallizes into a binary that forces you to pick a side, compelling you to become intelligible to the hardness that…

Read Blog
0