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Your questions: “Did they know I loved them?” When you didn’t get the chance to say ‘I love you’ before your mum or dad died.

by Kristie West May 30, 2011

Your questions: “Did they know I loved them?” When you didn’t get the chance to say ‘I love you’ before your mum or dad died. If you have done much reading on death and dying you’ll find lots of references to a ‘good death’.  Usually this means when someone is very unwell, is expected to […]

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Your questions: “Can I really get over my grief?”

by Kristie West May 23, 2011

Your questions: “Can I really get over my grief?” Before I answer this I just want to say something about the phrase ‘get over’, as it isn’t one I usually use. The reason I don’t is that when people hear ‘get over grief’ they tend to think ‘get over/forget the person I have lost’….which is […]

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Planning your own funeral – why you should be thinking about this now

by Kristie West May 19, 2011

Planning your own funeral – and why you should be thinking about this now Recently I’ve been doing more and more thinking and writing about funerals and spending more time researching the industry here and the options…..so I thought today instead of talking about planning the funeral of your parent or someone you love, we […]

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Your questions: “Why aren’t I reacting normally to this death? I feel numb. Why am I not feeling it like everyone else is?”

by Kristie West May 16, 2011

“Why aren’t I reacting normally to this death?  I feel numb.  Why am I not feeling it like everyone else is?” I was asked this question the other day and thought is would make a good blog.  Because if you’re one of those people who seems to feel almost nothing after the death of someone […]

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Funeral planning and your options – who can run a funeral ceremony?

by Kristie West May 12, 2011

Funeral planning and your options – who can run a funeral ceremony? Organising a funeral for your mum or dad can be incredibly surreal.  There is no time to wait, get your head around things, or to feel a bit better.  Typically a funeral will be held within a week or so of a death, […]

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Your questions: what to do with my dad’s (or mum’s) ashes?

by Kristie West May 9, 2011

Your questions: what to do with my parent’s ashes? I was asked this question recently by someone trying to figure out what to do with the ashes of their father, and it’s not an uncommon question when people have lost a parent.  To some there is an obvious answer, an obvious place to scatter or […]

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“A death should never be celebrated”. Why I disagree.

by Kristie West May 5, 2011

“A death should never be celebrated”.  Why I  disagree. I try so hard to make sure my blogs are easy to read, not too provocative, chocolate-coated and sometimes watered down to offer the least possible offence and make them more accessible.  But death is a topic that people have strong opinions on and feelings about. […]

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The death of Osama Bin Laden…How should you feel about it?

by Kristie West May 2, 2011

Today I’m hijacking my regular “questions I get asked” Monday post in favour of blogging about what has been all over facebook and twitter (my sources of news) this morning. An instant twitter trending topic, I’ve been watching with great interest people’s reactions to the death of Osama Bin Laden earlier today at the hands […]

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Where do I go to see or talk to my Mum or Dad if they don’t have a grave?

by Kristie West April 28, 2011

Where do I go to see or talk to my Mum or Dad if they don’t have a grave? This blog post was inspired by a friend of mine who mentioned, as the anniversary of her mum’s death approached, that she felt she had nowhere to go to see her mum.  This was because, as […]

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Your questions: Do I get sad working with death all the time?

by Kristie West April 26, 2011

Your questions: Do I get sad working with death all the time?  Now this isn’t a question people ask me in terms of their own help, but it is a question I get asked a lot.  A lot of the people who contact me, read my blog, or work with me at some point(usually before […]

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