by thosecreativetypes | Mar 14, 2022 | funerals
Jackie holding the advance reader copy of her book, ‘The Eulogy,’ coming out in June 2022 My debut autofiction novel ‘The Eulogy’ is coming out in June 2022, and today I received an advance copy of the book. The book is structured around a...
by thosecreativetypes | Oct 5, 2021 | funerals
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has recently released its final report about costs and pricing in the funeral industry. IPART found that: about two-thirds of funeral customers did not get a quote before choosing a funeral provider 83% of...
by thosecreativetypes | Sep 29, 2021 | funerals
Organising a funeral can feel overwhelming. Many of us are in such a vulnerable and emotional state of mind when the time comes to make all the necessary arrangements. Often, the person organising the funeral has already been losing sleep for some time, as a carer for...
by thosecreativetypes | Sep 28, 2021 | funerals
I meet with families to discuss the funeral service and one of the first things people ask me is, ‘What do we do?’ As I break down the steps and elements of a funeral service, I can almost see the shoulders drop, the deep breath inhaled, and people...
by thosecreativetypes | Jun 7, 2021 | funerals
A recently released statutory review calls for a shake-up of the funeral industry in NSW. The report calls for significant changes to the funeral industry (note that the report is dated Aug 2020 but was withheld until recently). SMH published an article on the report,...
by thosecreativetypes | Dec 9, 2019 | depression, funerals, hope, Interfaith, motherhood, Random insights, Taoism
If we become addicted to the external, our interiority will haunt us. We will become hungry with a hunger no image, person, or deed can still. – John O’Donohue[1] Something is missing I am married to a good man. I have a beautiful eight-year old...
