Heart And Soul Funerals

Grief is personal.
It doesn’t follow rules, timelines, or neat stages.

There’s no pressure to answer.
But if you want to, the comments are open and we are here for you.

Several spaces left for this Saturday’s free Death Cafe event in Newtown that I am running. Always interesting! RSVP by text to Mel on 0425213338

I’m excited to be interviewed on Community Radio Skid Row in Marrickville tomorrow as part of an Inner West Council Seniors initiative.

We’ll be discussing the role of End of Life Doulas and the importance of planning for your end of life with Diana Bragg.

I’ll share more information soon once the broadcast date is confirmed.

Steve’s Farewell @ Lotus Pavilion 16/05/22 was a huge musical and visual feast and creative collaboration ( only 3 hours sleep a day for the 3 days prior as I needed to get it right as planner and celebrant for the family’s sake!) that included his wife Esther, twin daughters Bridie and Shannon and his global friends and family around the world.

Steve Connellan was clearly a master in his field as a broadcast design engineer working on every major sporting event in every major country from the Olympics to FIFA world cup and for every TV channel but always coming back to the ABC for whom he had great loyalty.

Apart from his love of Japanese culture, music, photography, sailing, meditation, 10 minute drum solos, his cat Mischa and his family, we heard from every speaker how he was also one of the kindest people you will ever meet.
Guests lit incense, heard tributes, laughed, cried and adorned Steve’s coffin with sprigs of eucalyptus before taking home photo cards with shots by Steve and hand made origami paper cranes folded by the family.
The Lotus Pavilion space was perfect with its open plan, surrounded by nature and lush green which the gardener and aesthete in Steve would have appreciated. RIP Steve

I work with Picaluna Funerals and will be posting about families we have helped or advice regarding planning your funeral. This is about a local Coogee surfer…

https://www.facebook.com/groups/picalunaoperations/permalink/3256826807883096/

Very well written article on the debate re embalming a body.

How a Common Death Ritual Made It Harder to Mourn the Loss of My Mother Without realizing it, many of us make it harder than it must be