10 Apr 2024 | Elderhood

Anarpipe Country Under the Stars

I was deeply moved by the care, wisdom and generosity of spirit on Anarpipe Country, north east of Alice Springs where I was honoured to spend a week with the team from Kings Narrative Pty Ltd: Tyson Carmody and his brother Kynan Barnes, and their  friend, Chris Forbes. I am…

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06 Jun 2023 | Elderhood

Alone and Together

A Love Like No Other Wrapped in her possum skin cloak, Gina’s softness towards life and the land is apparent in its rawness. Gina’s knowing and trust of the lands capacity to hold her and love her was embodied. She leans into the relationship between earth, body, heart and mind….

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Let the Candles Speak

12 Jan 2023 | Funerals, Death and Dying, End of Life Planning

Being With Those in Deep Grief

Let the Candles Speak —by Patricia McKernon Runkle Slip off your needs and set them by the door. Enter barefoot this darkened chapel hollowed by loss hallowed by sorrow its gray stone walls and floor. You, congregation of one are here to listen not to sing. Kneel in the back…

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Acknowledgement of Country

15 Oct 2021 | Celebrants

Acknowledgement of Country and Place

Acknowledgement of Country A celebrant in New Zealand requested some ideas for a ceremony she was conducting. “I have an Australian groom, who has asked me if I am able to acknowledge the ground/land that his ceremony will be held on in Queenstown – like they do in Australia with…

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Talking with Children about Traumatic Events

22 Sep 2021 | Elderhood

Talking with Children about Traumatic Events

Building Healthy Communities -Talking with Children about Traumatic Events I am caring for my 4 and 7-year-old grandsons this weekend, here in Emerald Beach, so I opened the conversation with my daughter about taking the children to the water blessing/paddle out tomorrow that will be held at Shelley’s Beach in…

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18 Sep 2021 | Ceremonies

Mourning and Celebration Circle

Mourning and Celebration Circle – how it touches people’s lives. Helena, who lives in Portugal, emailed me after her friend and colleague, Sam, thought she might be interested in a mourning and celebration circle to honour her dearest friend and partner, Pedro, who had died unexpectedly two weeks earlier.  Pedro…

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Gratitude

08 Sep 2021 | Elderhood

Gratitude for and from a Poet

GRATITUDE for being alive, for being aware, for family, friends and community, for teachers, for poets – for David Whyte who writes, “Gratitude is not a passive response to something we have been given, gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and…

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Self Empathy

18 Aug 2021 | Ceremonies

Listening to the Inner Conversation

I participated in a three month online Conversational Leadership program with the poet, David Whyte. earlier this year. David’s first invitation was to ask, ‘What conversations do you want to stop having?’ It struck a deep chord within. What conversations do I want to stop having? Having just finished 14 days…

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30 Jun 2021 | Funerals, Death and Dying, End of Life Planning

Life is a Great Big Canvas

Life is a great big canvas, with the possibility of many colours, strokes and styles emerging from the unknown. When a family contacts me to conduct a funeral ceremony the possibilities are endless as to what might happen. The openness, creativity, friendliness and engagement of Jane in her funeral planning…

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31 Mar 2021 | Mindfulness

Events for April 2021

NOTE CHANGE to AEST – SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Online Mindfulness Meditation – Every Tuesday 7-7.30pm AEST Foster a sense of peace, presence and connection. To join click this Zoom Link at 7pm AEST on Tuesdays. Everyone welcome. Freely offered. Online Empathy Circles Freely offered. Language: English. For more information click here….

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