Getting this mahi out into the world…
Every now and then I get the opportunity to be a part of something pretty fantastic, and this is my chance to share those moments with you.
So much of this work is about raising awareness, building social capital, empowering community, building and strengthening networks of support, harm reduction and prevention, so every little bit counts.
Every interaction, every conversation, is a drip in the pond, the concentric circles rippling out and creating stronger, compassionate communities who innately know how to care for each other in challenging times…
Thanks for your support and thanks for coming on this journey with me.
“Compassion is the community’s responsibility, that’s me, you, all individuals, families, peers, neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools, health services, government...”
The Glow takes a warm, spiritual approach using the universal metaphor of an inner light/glow, which feels inclusive across beliefs and avoids being overly religious or clinical. It focuses on hope, connection, and love enduring beyond physical death, paired with practical adult notes from an end-of-life educator perspective (praised by experts like Tilly Stevens for reducing fear around dying). As part of the Wildling Books collection (which includes emotional intelligence tools like How Do I Feel? and Let It Go), it pairs beautifully with resources for naming and releasing feelings during grief.
www.wildlingbooks.com
A down-to-earth series featuring candid insights from the cancer journeys of New Zealanders. It aims to help friends and family understand how they can help or hinder the journey, the emotional rollercoaster that is cancer and the decisions that need to be traversed. It will also resonate with those faced with the Big C, and provides honest feedback for our medical profession.
Listen on Spotify here
This episode features our conversation with Tilly Stevens, a health and well-being coach from New Zealand. We chat about her work with Coping with Loss and her training as an end-of-life doula. She tells us about the challenges in New Zealand's palliative care system, including funding and variability in services, her experiences with resilient grieving and the importance of acknowledging and accepting loss and the importance of community educators.
“I’m part of a wider mission to improve people’s experiences around change, loss & grief, serious illness, end of life, and death & dying…
so an expected death doesn’t feel sudden, and a sudden death doesn’t have to result in poor mental health and wellbeing”