Don't Be Caught Dead
By Catherine Ashton
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Don't Be Caught Dead is a podcast about the conversations most of us avoid — until we’re forced to have them.
Each episode brings you honest, accessible conversations with experts across end-of-life, health, legal, financial, and care industries, alongside people with lived experience, to help you better understand your end-of-life choices and how to prepare a practical backup plan if you fall ill, become incapacitated, or die.
Hosted by Catherine Ashton, award-winning speaker and founder of Critical Info, the podcast is grounded in lived experience — created so other people don’t have to go through what her family went through.
From wills, powers of attorney, funerals, and estate administration, to caring, grief, sudden illness, and navigating systems when life doesn’t go to plan, Don’t Be Caught Dead exists to build confidence, clarity, and preparedness — before a crisis hits.
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What Near-Death Experiences Taught Me About Living with Travis Hamilton
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May 13, 2026 |
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What Happens When You Take Back Your Story with Barry Du Bois
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May 06, 2026 |
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A Mother’s Story of Loss and Love with Emily Mir
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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If I Could Do It Again, I’d Bring Her Home with Annie Caulfield
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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The Questions I Lived With After Suicide Loss with Todd Maguire
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Death Isn’t Wrong, It’s Part of Life with Annie Raser-Rowland
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Preparing for Death as a Final Love Letter With Kathie Shearer
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Why People Delay Writing a Will and How to Break the Cycle With John Malouff
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Kind of Grief Society Doesn’t Recognise With Linda Rowley
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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By the Time You Notice Alzheimer’s, It’s Already Too Late With Greg Sutherland
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Dementia Is Terminal – But We Are Not Told How With Theresa Flavin
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Suicide, Success and the Trauma We Carry With Penny Locaso
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Beyond the Grave: Fighting Heteronormativity in Funerals and Weddings
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Facing the Unfathomable – Grief, Suicide, and Living Fully After Loss
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Death, Grief and Ritual: Lessons from an Interfaith Minister
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Meaning Over Ministry: Jim's Unique Approach to Grief and Funerals
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Found Family: The Importance of Compassion in Grief
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Facing Death: Moira Kelly's Mission to Save Lives
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Time’s Up: Facing Death and Finding Your Life List
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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ENCORE: Embracing Grief: The Art of Memorialisation with Chloe Marcela Coelho
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Who’s Really at Risk? Understanding Elder Abuse
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Living Well to Die Well: A Philosophical Perspective
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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ENCORE: This Is What Dignity Looks Like: A Daughter’s Story in Support of Voluntary Assisted Dying
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Grief Without Permission: Rosie Batty on Challenging Silence and Speaking Truth
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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No More Death Denial: Alicia Ng's Story of Turning Fear into End-of-Life Wisdom
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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When There's No Funeral: Honouring Babies Lost Before 20 Weeks with Melissa King
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Beyond the Grave: Fighting Heteronormativity in Funerals and Weddings
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Facing Death Head-On: A Doula's Guide to End-of-Life Care
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Meaning Over Ministry: Jim's Unique Approach to Grief and Funerals
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The Fabric of Dying: How a Stitched Map Sparks End-of-Life Talks
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Building Resilience: How Architecture and Landscape Can Assist With the Process of Grieving
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Facing the Unfathomable – Grief, Suicide, and Living Fully After Loss
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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TIME'S UP: Facing Death and Finding Your LIFE LIST
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Advance Care Planning: The Gift of CHOICE Before Death
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Death, Grief and Ritual: Lessons from an Interfaith Minister
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Voluntary Assisted Dying: The Doctors Who See Death Differently
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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How My Sister’s Death at Four Shaped My Life
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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VAD: Choice, Compassion, and the End of Life.
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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FOUND Family: The Importance of Compassion in Grief
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Weaving Life and Death: The Art of Eco-Friendly Coffins
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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The Gift of Life: Adele's Journey Through Grief and Organ Donation
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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FACING DEATH: Moira Kelly's Mission to Save Lives
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Life After Death: The Impact of Organ Donation on Families
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Healing Hearts: Navigating Grief After Pet Loss
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Living Well to Die Well: A Philosophical Perspective
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Community, Kindness, and Care: Death & Grief with Emma Beattie
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Reclaiming Agency: Living Beyond Dementia
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Holistic Funerals Choices BEYOND Traditional Funerals
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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The FUTURE of DYING: Can We CHEAT DEATH?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Who’s Really at Risk? Understanding Elder Abuse
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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RITUALS of HEALING: Swimming, Community, and the OCEAN
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May 28, 2025 |
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This Is What Dignity Looks Like: A Daughter’s Story in Support of Voluntary Assisted Dying
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May 21, 2025 |
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FACING the UNTHINKABLE: Death, Dying, and Suicide
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May 14, 2025 |
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DANCE with DEATH: Tony Yap's Journey Through Grief
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May 10, 2025 |
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What Happens to Your WEALTH When You DIE? The TRUTH About Estate Planning
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May 07, 2025 |
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Grief Without Permission: ROSIE BATTY on Challenging SILENCE and Speaking TRUTH
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Designing for the Living: Hamish Coates on Cemeteries and Community
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Doctor Who Feared Death: Leah Kaminsky on Life, Loss and Finding Joy
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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What Happens to Your Body After Death? A Deep Dive into Whole Body Donation
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Embracing Grief: The Art of Memorialisation with Chloe Marcela Coelho
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Orpheus and the Art of Grief: A Poet's Perspective
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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FACING DEATH: Judith Leeson AM on EMBRACING Our Mortality
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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The Power of Compassion with Dr Hayley D Quinn
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Embracing Mortality: Hayley West on Art, Death, and Community
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Bridging Life and Death: Tamil Mourning Traditions Explained
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Meet the Coffin Confessor: From Troubled Past to Funeral Crasher
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Secure Your Legacy: Clear Legal Advice from Greg Russo
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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ENCORE: NAIDOC 2024: Celebrating Indigenous Stories and Heritage with Aunty Jill West
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Eco-Friendly Farewells: Water Cremation's Splash in the Death Care Industry
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Future of Funerals: Insights from Kelly Scott, President of Australian Funeral Directors Association
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Reclaiming death back into our own hands and hearts with Deathwalker Zenith Virago
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Cheating Death: The Cryonics Revolution in Australia
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Navigating Life After Loss: A Daughter's Tale with Libby Neesham
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Death, DNA, and Family Secrets: How Trauma Lives in Our Genes
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Death, Diversity, and Inclusion in Care with Tonina Gucciardo-Masci and Nikolaus Rittinghausen
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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200 Hours of Death Admin: Why Executors Deserve More Support with Danielle Phillips
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Facing Life’s Toughest Moments: Can Social Support Make the Difference?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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After the Worst Has Happened: Tales From a Funeral Director, Richard Gosling
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Do You Really Want to Be a Carer? The Question Nobody Asks
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Honouring Life Through Trees: The Legacy of Mornington Green
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Ghosts, Graves, and Gossip: Uncovering Sorrento's Haunted History
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Cheating Death: The Cryonics Revolution in Australia
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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No Rules, No Rush: The Last Hurrah's Philosophy on Modern Funerals
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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From Schizophrenia to Leading A Walk For Life: Transforming a Brother's Death into Purpose
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Death, Dreaming, and Community: Aboriginal Funeral Traditions Unveiled
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Finding Strength in Loss: Emily Kisvarda’s Journey through Grief, Healing, and Higher Consciousness
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Coffin Confessor: Crashing Funerals and Exposing Truths from Beyond the Grave
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Dead for 93 Minutes: Cardiac Arrest Survival after NDE with Justine Phillips
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Death on Your Terms: Navigating Voluntary Assisted Dying with Jane Morris
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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From Tragedy to Transformation: How Three Mates are Revolutionising Mental Health Conversations
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Eco-Friendly Farewells: Water Cremation's Splash in the Death Care Industry
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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A Grief Counsellor's Personal and Professional Reflections on Grief and Loss
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Breaking the Stigma of Loneliness: The Hidden Epidemic with Dr. Michelle Lim
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Breaking Myths About Organ Donation with Sam Stones
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Secure Your Legacy: Clear Legal Advise from Greg Russo
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The Power of Community: Transforming Funerals with Tender Funerals
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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NAIDOC 2024: Celebrating Indigenous Stories and Heritage with Aunty Jill West
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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From Life to Death: Understanding Human Behaviour with Anthropologist Dr Hannah Gould
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Peaceful Exits and Recovering Well After Loss with Libby Moloney
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Helping Kids Navigate Loss with Lionheart Camp for Kids
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Life’s Too Short For BS: Authenticity Lessons From A Birth And Death Doula
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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The Charity Helping Grieving Kids Feel The Magic Again
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The Future of Funerals: Insights from Kelly Scott, President of Australian Funeral Directors Association
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May 29, 2024 |
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Embracing Life to the Fullest End with Camilla Rowland, CEO Palliative Care Australia
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May 22, 2024 |
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Mortality and Mindfulness with Annie Whitlocke, Buddhist Death Doula
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May 15, 2024 |
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Funerals: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Insights from Jackie Slater
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May 08, 2024 |
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Bringing Life to Death: A candid conversation with end-of-life doula Helen Callanan.
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May 01, 2024 |
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Funeral Poverty: A Rising Crisis Unveiled
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Reclaiming Death Back Into Our Own Hands and Hearts With Deathwalker Zenith Virago
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Death, Dollars, and Deceit: Unravelling a Family's Feud
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Sorting Through Memories: Decluttering After Death with Arwen Dropmann
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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A Brother's Experience with Suicide and Parental Death with James Robinson
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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The Last Dance: Death During COVID Lockdowns with Susan Bollard
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Navigating the End: A Funeral Director's Perspective
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Rebecca Lyons: Advocating for Home Funerals and Family-Centric Death Care
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Navigating Life After Loss: A Daughter's Tale with Libby Neesham
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Caring Beyond COVID: Untold Stories of Doctors with Dr. Renee Stamation
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Trailer: Don't Be Caught Dead
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Dec 15, 2023 |