Books

  • On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
     

  • Life After Life by Raymond Moody.
     

  • The Five Invitations: Discoverying What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski
     

  • It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine
     

  • Assisted: A doctor's story of assisting death and embracing life
    By: Stefanie Green

  • A Beginner’s Guide to the End: How to live life and face death by B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger
     

  • Advice for Future Corpses: A practical perspective on death and dying by Sallie Tisdale.
     

  • The intimacy of Death and Dying by C. Leimbach, T. McShane, Z.Virago
     

  • On Grief & Grieving by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
     

  • The Bottom Drawer Book: The After Death Action Plan by Lisa Herbert 

Books suitable for Teenager and under

  • The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends by Helen Fitzgerald 
     

  • The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr 
     

  • Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen 
     

  • The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland

  • Finn’s Feather by Rachel Noble and Zoey Abbott 
     

  • The Invisible String by Patrice Karst 
     

  • The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and Connect by Patrice Karst and Dana Wyss 

Support Organisations

  • The Groundswellproject
    We build communities that respond compassionately around end of life.
     

  • Griefline
    Supports anyone experiencing grief, providing access to free telephone support. 
    P: 1300 845 745
     

  • Death Cafe
    At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. 
     

  • Kyabra
    Domestic and family violence services Sunshine Coast
    P: (07) 5441 3837
     

  • Suicide Call Back Services
    Suicide Call Back Service is a nationwide service providing 24/7 telephone and online counselling to people affected by suicide.
    P: 1300 659 467
     

  • Roses in the Ocean
    Australia's national lived experience of suicide organisation.
     

  • Grab Life by the Balls
     A pro-active solution-orientated approach to make positive change to men’s general well-being and to make change to men’s suicide rates.
      

  • Bears of Hope
    We provide support for families who experience the loss of their baby.
    P: 1300 114 673
     

  • SANDS
    A volunteer-based organisation providing individualised care from one bereaved parent to another, giving them support and hope for the future, following the death of a baby.
    P: 1300 072 637
     

  • 13 Yarn
    A confidential one-on-one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter who can provide crisis support

Social Media Groups

  • Tying Up Loose End
    Tying Up Loose Ends (TULE) is a profoundly unique group of individuals whose passion and purpose is to improve death literacy, share resources and offer holistic support for those touched by dying and grieving in our community

"Death is a challenge.  It tells us not to waste time...

It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other"

 

- Leo Buscaglia -