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After six years of helping the bereaved as Funeral Zone, our name has changed

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10 beautiful Shakespeare readings and poems for a funeral

Moving words by the Bard that may be especially right for a non-religious funeral or celebration of life

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Goodgrief – a new app connecting the bereaved

Connecting people grieving loss to share their feelings, the Goodgrief App’s been pioneered by two friends – who have never met

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Dear Annie: Delayed grief

There’s no cut-off point for grief feelings to surface, even when we believe we’ve coped with a loss, says psychotherapist Annie Broadbent

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Christmas memorial gifts and gestures

10 thoughtful gifts and ideas in memory of someone who is grieved and missed this Christmas

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Grief at Christmas – surviving and coping

Christmas can be hard to face when someone you love has died. If you are grieving this holiday season, you may identify with these experiences of coping with the loss

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The Death Deck: A lively party game

Would you take a selfie at a funeral? And what would be your swan song? Players are competing to dominate the Death Deck, a game about the ultimate taboo

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Dear Annie: Our guest was bereaved on Christmas Day

Grief counsellor Annie Broadbent on hosting a happy family Christmas, mindful of how a grieving guest will be feeling on the anniversary of their loss

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Dear Annie: Acknowledging sympathy messages

Is it polite to acknowledge condolence cards with a reply? Grief psychotherapist Annie Broadbent on the etiquette of sympathy gestures

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We Will Remember Them

Honouring the Australians who served, suffered and sacrificed, on the centenary of the Armistice

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Mortal curiosities: Funeral museums around the world

Weird, wonderful and illuminating funeral museums around the world that could make you view life – and death – in a different way

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A Wave of Light across Australia

Precious babies are being remembered with candlelight vigils on International Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss Day, October 15

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Colouring through grief’s greyness

These colouring books for bereaved adults and children have been created to help people heal as they journey through grief

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Uplifting funeral songs

Popular upbeat funeral songs and happy funeral hymns to celebrate someone that made you look on the bright side of life

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Funeral invitations: What to say and how to word them

Letting people know that someone has died and about the funeral or memorial arrangements

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