Annika Caswell is a Specialist Bodycare Artist who works for a modern funeral director in London, Poetic Endings.
Read moreFive Things I've realised are important when helping grieving families by holistic funeral director Holly Clarke.
Holly Clarke is a holistic funeral director and the founder of Holly’s Funerals. She’s also training to be an end-of-life doula.
Read moreFive Things they don’t tell you when your wife is diagnosed with cancer by Chris Willis-Baugh.
You can follow Chris on Instagram, where he shares relief, aid, tips and tricks with other husbands, who like him, had absolutely NO IDEA what to do when told their wife has cancer.
Read moreFive Things I learned about life and death as a Resuscitation Nurse by Christie Watson.
Christie Watson was a registered nurse for twenty years and is currently patron of the Royal College of Nursing Foundation. The Language of Kindness, her memoir about nursing, is a number one Sunday Times bestseller.
Read moreFive Things we wish we'd known before our daughter and younger sister died from brain cancer by the Troyer family.
Julie Troyer died from brain cancer at the age of 43. Her parents and older brother have written about the things they wish they’d known before she died.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learnt from facing the end of life with Essie, my life limited triplet daughter, by Lorna Cobbett.
Lorna Cobbett is a Mummy to triplets, Roman, Essie and Eva. Essie was diagnosed as life limited at 11 days old and died aged 18 months.
Lorna Cobbett is a Mummy to triplets - Roman, Essie and Eva - who were born in February 2016. Essie was diagnosed as life limited at 11 days old and died aged 18 months in August 2017.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since the death of my wife, BBC presenter Rachael Bland, by Steve Bland.
Rachael and Steve Bland with their son Freddie
Steve Bland’s wife Rachael died from triple negative breast cancer in September 2018. Rachael was a BBC presenter and hosted the incredible podcast You, Me and the Big C.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned about mortality since being diagnosed with cancer by Deborah Bowman.
Deborah Bowman is a Professor of Medical Ethics, mediator and broadcaster. She is also a cancer patient, theatre person, slow runner, dancer, reader, writer and notoriously enthusiastic human.
Read moreFive Things we want you to know about grieving for a child by bereaved parents Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds.
Jane Harris scattering her son Josh's ashes over The Grand Canyon while filming the documentary A Love That Never Dies
Jane and Jimmy co-founded The Good Grief Project after their son Josh died in a road accident in Vietnam in 2011.
Read moreFive Things we've learnt from running an award-winning Death Festival by BrumYODO.
Brum YODO is a growing group of artists, undertakers, food artists, hospices, palliative care professionals and generally all-round interesting folk. They believe that there is such a thing as a good death – but it will only happen if we, the people demand it. Don’t miss their upcoming festival ‘A Matter of Life & Death’ from 10th - 19th May 2019.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since my mum died from brain cancer, by Nicola Baldrick.
Nicola’s mum died from brain cancer at the age of 55. Nicola blogs about her life on a farm with her husband and six children, as well as how grief has affected her life.
Read moreFive Things I've learned in my long career as a funeral director by Alexandra Kathryn Mosca.
Alexandra Kathryn Mosca has worked as a funeral director in New York City for 35 years. She’s also the author of several books about funerals.
Read moreFive Things I've learned from supporting my husband through his grief by Yvonne Gavan.
Yvonne Gavan supported her husband through grief after the death of his brother, at the age of 37. Since 2013 she's been living overseas - first in the Caribbean and now in Southern Africa - with her husband and three young children.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt as a funeral director by Jo Loveridge.
Jo Loveridge is a funeral director and the owner of Albany Funerals in Kent. Concerned by how impersonal many funerals were and how driven by money many Funeral Directors were, Jo was determined that families and individuals going through the hardest of times would have a funeral that was both personal and affordable.
Read moreFive Things I wish I had known when my son Noah died, by Glen Lord.
After graduating from Boston University, Glen Lord was on the fast track to accomplishing his goal of being a CEO of a fortune 500 company. The death of his son, Noah, in 1999 derailed the life he had so carefully planned.
Read moreFive Things this healthcare professional would really like you to know about modern resuscitation, by Dr Mark Taubert.
Dr Mark Taubert is a palliative care doctor and senior lecturer. He created the TalkCPR.com website & app and has given a Ted Talk on why language and wording is important in palliative care.
Read moreFive Things we’ve learned through running Coffin Club, by Kate and Kate.
Kate Tym and Kate Dyer are the founders of Coffin Club, a safe space to talk about death and plan your perfect send-off.
Read moreFive Things I've learnt about death and dying as a palliative care nurse by Rachel King.
Rachel has been a nurse for 10 years, working in surgery and intensive care before moving into palliative care.
Read moreFive Things I learnt when my husband Seth died just 33 days after being diagnosed with cancer by Lesley Goodburn.
Lesley Goodburn’s husband, Seth, died at 49 years old from pancreatic cancer following a short history of feeling unwell. He died just 33 days after diagnosis.
Read moreFive Things I learnt about funeral poverty after filming a documentary about it, by Richard Sprenger #dyingmatters
Richard Sprenger recently made a short documentary about funeral poverty - capturing just how difficult bereavement can be, when you simply don't have the money to pay for a burial.
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