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🖱️ Walk away with practical tools you can use immediately. Our workshop is designed for real‑world results, not fluff.
06/04/2026

🖱️ Walk away with practical tools you can use immediately. Our workshop is designed for real‑world results, not fluff.

06/04/2026

Are you ready to learn more about end of life planning. Reach out. Are you and your friends or relies ready to get ready? Im thinking 25th or 26th April 2026. Are you free? I need at least 4 people to make it a workshop. Have another date in mind? Shoot me a message. Lets make it work.

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

We first shared Ian and Annette’s story during National Palliative Care Week 2025.

As we approach National Palliative Care Week 2026, we’re sharing it again - because when it comes to planning for the end of life, the message bears repeating.

After 53 years of marriage and a lifetime of travel and family memories, Ian was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A doctor asked if they had an advance care plan. They didn’t.

They were told it was too late.

But they were given five more years together - and a second chance to have the conversations that matter.

They talked. They planned. They prepared.

When Ian died, he did so peacefully, surrounded by love and clarity, because his family knew what he wanted.

Advance care planning isn’t about giving up hope. It’s about giving families confidence, direction and peace when it matters most.

As we build momentum toward National Palliative Care Week 2026, we invite you to read their story - and consider starting the conversation in your own networks.

Read the full story here: https://ow.ly/5XRB50Yxo7e

23/03/2026

End of life final wishes can be granted. If it's your final wish to breath the sea air in or visit your family home then contact Royal Flying Drs service. They may be able to help.

23/03/2026

Slimline Box available now
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23/03/2026

My Dad's advance care directive was a gift that we only realised the value of when he was dying. Read my family's story.

The slimline box. Perfect for caravans or for those without a lot of storage space! http://lifebox.com.au
23/03/2026

The slimline box. Perfect for caravans or for those without a lot of storage space!

http://lifebox.com.au

04/03/2026

The Exhale

It begins long before the last breath
Long before the room goes still
It starts in that first moment
when a diagnosis enters the air
and something inside you
quietly tightens.

From there, the waiting starts
You hold your breath without meaning to
through each update
each slow change
each “let’s see what tomorrow brings”
You learn the landscape of decline
by instinct
listening for shifts no one else hears
showing up again and again
because love holds you in place.

Caring for someone who is dying
creates its own rhythm
a steady, quiet bracing
for whatever comes next
It reshapes your days
your nights
your lungs
You try to stay ready
even when ready isn’t possible.

And then their last breath comes
Soft
Final
Not dramatic, just true.

But the breath that breaks you
isn’t theirs
It’s yours
That long, trembling exhale
you didn’t know you were holding
A release wrapped in relief
in grief
in the sharp ache
of a chapter closing.

We think the final breath
belongs to the dying.

But the truth is
the real ending is ours
the exhale that follows
the one that carries
the weight, the love, the loss
and the letting go.

That exhale…
our exhale
that’s the moment
it all becomes real.

xo
Gabby

You can find this poem here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/the-exhale

04/03/2026

Advance care planning ensures your values and preferences guide your care, even if you can’t speak for yourself.

This Advance Care Planning Week, take the time to reflect and talk to your loved ones so they understand your story and can honour your choices when it matters most.

Find out how at www.acpweek.org.au

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17/02/2026

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Health Translations is a free online library with over 39,000 culturally appropriate translated health and wellbeing resources in 130+ languages, supporting health practitioners working with culturally diverse communities across Australia.

The library is managed by the Centre for Culture, Equity & Health and funded by the Victorian Government.

Visit healthtranslations.vic.gov.au to learn more and subscribe to the monthly newsletter.

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