Blog Category: Death & Loss

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Some things I’ve learnt about parenting, friendship, work, loss and ageing from Maggie Dent

By Carmen Myler I first heard about Maggie Dent when I saw a flyer for ...

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Death through the Eyes of a Child

Trigger warning: this article talks about suicide and childhood trauma. Please take care in reading ...

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Helping boys understand loss and death

Even as adults we find significant loss experiences of any kind hurt. So we can ...

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Helping teen students with death and loss

Every human processes grief differently and depending on a person’s age and capacity for resilience, ...

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When children lose someone they love

In my life before becoming an author I worked around death and dying a lot. ...

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Supporting your teen through grief

When I was running seminars for teens, I noticed one afternoon working with some 14- ...

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Children’s books & resources to help with death, dying and illness

Below is a list of Australian books that may be helpful to assist children under ...

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The silver lining to every natural disaster

Whether it be storms, earthquakes, bushfires or floods, life can hurl some unexpected hurdles our ...

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Why are we so frightened of big emotions that are incredibly normal?

I occasionally get emails from worried parents who have children who have begun boarding school, ...

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Helping Children Cope in a Crisis

When flood, fire or other natural disasters hit our communities, it can take a while ...