Father’s Day when you’ve lost your dad.

by Kristie West June 16, 2013
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Father’s Day when you’ve lost your dad It is father’s day in the UK today. I have written a lot before on how to handle father’s day if your father has died, as well as posts on other special days and anniversaries, so I won’t cover that here.  But I think it is important firstly [...]

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First online Death Cafe!

by Kristie West June 6, 2013
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First online Death Cafe! This wasn’t our actual Death Cafe. Barack Obama wasn’t there, this is just what a google hangout looks like…but wouldn’t that be cool. A couple of nights ago I held my first online Death Cafe.  To the best of my knowledge it was the second one ever held online (the first [...]

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A book that will change lives…….

by Kristie West May 31, 2013
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 A book that will change lives……. Being around  death as much as I am is a gift….. for so many reasons. One is that I get to contemplate my own death…..whenever that may come, not take for granted that I have forever, and do the stuff that really matters to me. Many times this year [...]

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Angelina, her boobs, and fear of death.

by Kristie West May 23, 2013
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  The day I saw the first article about Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy I have to admit I thought it was some tabloid nonsense.  Then I googled ‘Angelina’ and up came dozens of articles about it. Now I’m not going to make any comment on what she should or shouldn’t do.  Frankly it’s her body [...]

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The power of your breath. Seriously…it’s powerful.

by Kristie West May 17, 2013
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 The power of your breath.  Seriously…it’s powerful.       This is a bit of  cliche statement.  And the problem with a cliche statement like this is that a lot of people ‘get’ it, but they’ve heard it so often and take it so for granted…that they say it…but don’t bother to do it. So [...]

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Why life is like literature

by Kristie West May 7, 2013
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 Why life is like literature How do you see life? I see life like literature.  Every piece is a beautiful piece of expression – no matter the length. When we read a stunning quote we don’t say ‘well, where’s the rest of it?’ or ‘ this should have been a book, where are the other [...]

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An attitude of gratitude – awesome. But around death?!

by Kristie West May 2, 2013
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An attitude of gratitude   I bet it’s not the first time you’ve heard someone talk about the power of gratitude and the importance of having gratitude for our lives and the people and events in them.  Taking a few moments a day to take stock of what you have to be grateful for is [...]

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Margaret Thatcher’s death: Dance if you wanna dance, cry if you wanna cry.

by Kristie West April 15, 2013
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  Well here is something new – I meant to write a blog…and the Guardian bet me to it! The article in question (here it is if you want to read it) talks about all the outrage around the celebrations of Maggie Thatcher’s death. It states: “This demand for respectful silence in the wake of [...]

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Couldn’t attend the funeral? The funeral didn’t go well or happened too quickly? Didn’t get to say what you wanted?

by Kristie West March 21, 2013
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Couldn’t attend the funeral? The funeral didn’t go well or happened too quickly?  Didn’t get to say what you wanted? Well….do it again then. Yup, do it again. People have told me, years and years after a death, about still feeling ripped off that they were unable to attend the funeral and say goodbye. (Side [...]

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‘I wish they hadn’t suffered’: The point of their pain (yup it has a point).

by Kristie West March 7, 2013
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  If you are haunted by bad memories about pain that your person who died was in and you wish it could have been different …..then this blog is for you. This is a conversation I find myself having quite a lot…so I thought it was time to write about it. Memories of the pain they were [...]

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