DragonFly's Rest with Leanne Oshea

16/08/2025

Sometimes we make asking for help more difficult than the reason we need help for. If only we learnt how to just ask.

Our Hope House Safe Space volunteers are here to help. Know anyone who needs a safe space? Bring them along.

5pm - 9pm.
Sunday 17th August
9 Ramsay Street, Bunbury.

05/08/2025

And if I go,
while you're still here ..
Know that I live on ,
Vibrating to a different measure
Behind a thin veil you
cannot see through.
You will not see me,
So you must have faith.
I wait for the time when
we can soar together again,
Both aware of each other.
Until then ,
live your life to the fullest
And when you need me,
Just whisper my name in your heart ,
…I will be there .

~ Emily Dickinson ~

Artist Credit : Kaye Parmenter

04/08/2025

Dying to Know Day is this Friday - a national day to boost death literacy and start conversations about end-of-life planning. So this week we’re sharing some prompts.

🎼 Today, we're asking: What is the soundtrack to your life?
From Pachelbel to Pearl Jam, music tells your story. What song would you want playing as people remember you? 🎼

And please know if you wish to record some plans or special memories, we have resources to help and compassionate people to guide you. Email sharonl@barrettfunerals.com.au if you’d like to set up a meeting or have any resources sent to you.

29/07/2025

When I founded Heart Hub, it was so important to me that we created something deeply personal.

Losing someone you love to road trauma is devastating. There are no goodbyes. One moment they're heading out to live their day, and in a split second, they're gone.

Our logo holds deep meaning: two fingerprints forming a heart. It’s a heartfelt reminder that every life lost on our roads is not just a number or statistic. They are someone’s everything.

They are a person.
They are loved.
They are missed.
They deserve to be remembered.

I carry Jack’s fingerprints with me every day. A quiet reminder of the love, the loss, and why this work matters so much.

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26/07/2025

The most beautiful way we can honour those we’ve lost is by choosing to live fully—with purpose, joy, and courage— because in our hearts, we know that’s what they would want for us.

They may not walk beside us anymore,
but their love stays—quiet, steady, unshaken—
urging us forward, reminding us to embrace each day not in sorrow, but as a tribute to the life they lived and the light they left behind.

We hear them in our laughter.
We feel them in our strength.
We carry them in our dreams.

So we keep reaching—
for the sun breaking through the clouds, for meaning in the stillness, for hope when it feels fragile, and for the courage to become the people they always believed we could be.

And when we lift our eyes to the night sky,
we remember: they are there, like stars— watching over us, guiding us gently, reminding us that love never ends; it only changes form.

Every step we take with them in our hearts
becomes the living legacy of their love.

Photo via Pinterest
Natasha Ann 🌸

25/07/2025

Someone asked me if I still feel anything when someone dies, or if I have become numb to death after all the years I’ve spent in end-of-life care, and all the goodbyes and deaths I have witnessed. The question caught me off guard, not because it was offensive, but because it reminded me of how misunderstood this work can be.

The truth is that I feel everything. I always have. What time and experience has changed is not the depth of my feeling, but my relationship to it. I’ve sat at the bedside of so many people as they take their last breaths and I have held hands, whispered final words, witnessed love, fear, surrender, and grace. These moments don’t numb you; they shape you and they soften you. And eventually, they bring you to a quiet place of peace with death itself.

I don’t sit in discomfort. I don’t rush to fix what can’t be fixed. I show up with presence, with reverence, and with a deep understanding that this, too, is part of life. When you’ve been in the room enough times, you stop trying to resist what’s happening, and you learn to honor it.

Making peace with death doesn’t mean I am detached or unfeeling, it means I have found a steadiness within myself, a kind of sacred pause that allows me to be fully present. I am not overwhelmed. I am not trying to make sense of it or avoid the weight of it. I am just there, grounded, bearing witness without judgment, without needing to rescue or retreat. It’s not about being numb, it’s about knowing exactly where I am and why it matters so much.

I have made peace with death; not just as a part of my work, but as a part of life. I accept its presence, both personally and professionally, and I am prepared for it in ways that don’t make me less emotional, only less afraid. My experience has gently shaped me, teaching me how to sit with those who are dying and those who are grieving, to hold space in the sacred stillness of a final breath. And while I’ve grown familiar with death, I hope I never grow numb to its significance. Each goodbye remains holy. Each moment, a quiet reminder of how deeply we are connected.

Even after all this time, I still believe that death deserves our presence, not our fear.

xo
Gabby

You can find this blog here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/death-deserves-our-presence-not-our-fear

15/07/2025

15/06/2025

What is "lived experience"?

'Lived experience refers to a person's first-hand, direct experience of a particular situation, event, or phenomenon. It's about understanding something not just through study or observation, but through the lens of personal involvement and the resulting impact on one's perspective and understanding of the world. In essence, it's about being personally affected by something and the knowledge and wisdom gained from that experience.'

All our volunteers have lived experience. That's why you can trust them. Come along tonight and meet some of our valued volunteers.

Tonight - Sunday 15th June 2025
5pm - 9pm
9 Ramsay Street, Bunbury.

12/06/2025

12/06/2025

Compassion...Connection... Community. 🧡

28/05/2025

🌿 Find Your Calm with Our Mindfulness Workshops 🌿

After experiencing road trauma life can feel overwhelming. Our mindfulness workshops offer a peaceful space to slow down, breathe, reconnect with yourself and meet others on a similar path ♡

Whether you’re new to mindfulness or it's your first time booking into one of our workshops, you’ll find support in a warm, welcoming community. 🫶🏼

Explore upcoming workshops here https://hearthubsw.com.au/events/

If you've been affected by road trauma and haven't attended one of our workshops before, please connect with us to confirm your eligibility - we'd love to welcome you 🫶🏼

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09/05/2025

After a long career as an accomplished TV and radio journalist for programs like AM, This Day Tonight and Beyond 2000, Iain Finlay chooses to end life on his own terms with his family by his side.