For all of you Dead Serious officianado’s ……don’t keep this important information to yourselves!
Encourage your friends, relatives, colleagues and anyone in your neighbourhood to log onto the Blog site and have a listen, talk about what you hear and leave a comment or create a link from your site to the Dead Serious site. Remember, […]

Dead Serious #003 (MP3 – 12.8MB – 36min)
LISTEN HERE
“Jelly Bean’s Secret“, my childrens book that follows the story of a family, a death, relationships, grief and the importance of remembering is read live in this the third episode of Dead Serious.
It may sound a bit like nepotism, however a number of listeners requested I read […]

So, you’ve listened to show #002 Talking to kids about death and it all seems a bit too hard, though you know it’s important. Need some more tips on how to start the conversations?
Send me an email, leave a comment on the Dead Serious blog and I will include some more info in subsequent programs. […]

Podcastscan be a confusing concept for some and I’ve had to do lots of explaining to friends and colleagues about how to access Dead Serious, a bit of a confusing conversation for those of us who don’t feel all that comfortable with technology. But as I’ve learned very quickly, once you ‘jump on the podcast […]

Dead Serious #002 (MP3 – 13.6MB – 38min)
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Talking to Kids about death…..the ultimate taboo???
Talk to my kids about death? No way!
Thats the response of most people, wether the kids are their own, their grandchildren, their brothers and sisters or kids who they work with. Most adults avoid the “death conversations” with their peers, so […]

Show #002 is almost complete and I hope to have it online in the next couple of days. In the meantime I thought you might like to know what’s coming up. I have had a huge amount of feedback from listeners to the first show and plan to have a range of interesting personalities in […]

For those of you who see the link between death, grief and spirituality and who are then able to make the leap to Angels and how they influence our lives……..I have just done an interview with Peter Thomas at 3AW, Melbourne on this very thing. So for those of you who are night owls and […]

For those of you who thought I’d lost the plot…..you’re probably right.
If you’re looking for the Blue Vapours website (as per COOL VIBES - The Dead Serious Music)you wont find it under the previous entry……….So here it is!

Some interesting links you may like to explore;
www.pallcarevic.asn.au
Palliative Care Victoria website shows activities and resources for people living in Victoria, Australia
www.pallcare.org.au
Palliative Care Australia Website for information and resources
www.nalagvic.org.au
National Association for Loss and Grief Website providing resources and service information for grieving people
www.health.vic.gov.au/palliativecare
Victorian Department of Human Services website including index of policy, services and resources
www.adec.org
Association for […]

Launch of National Palliative Care Awareness Week
In Australia it was National Palliative Care Awareness Week from May 22nd to May 28th.
This week is conducted each year in an attempt to raise awareness of Palliative Care in the community. This year’s theme was “Partners in Caring” and in Melbourne we had a wonderful launch at the […]