Erin Griffin : Living Well, Dying Wise

04/05/2026

I love tho woman’s way and her work!

01/05/2026

Knowing can alleviate suffering

29/04/2026

Love that VAD will be getting an episode on you can’t ask that. If you’ve never tuned in, I’ve found some of the episodes super fascinating, giving me insight on what it might be like to be someone else.

28/04/2026

YES PERTH ❤️‍🩹

28/04/2026

This will be interesting 🫶🏽

End of Life Care Program - DoH Update

27/04/2026

I'm a big fan of options, especially ones the support a more dignified death like Voluntary Assisted Dying. What a beautiful legacy James has created through sharing his end of life with us.

It's 2026 and it's time to re-imagine death care.

For someone who revelled in celebrating humanity, one of James Valentine's final wishes was to make it publicly known his choice to access NSW's VAD laws.

25/04/2026

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The dead are not distant or absent. They are alongside us. When we lose someone to death, we lose their physical image and presence, they slip out of visible form into invisible presence. This alteration of form is the reason we cannot see the dead. But because we cannot see them does not mean that they are not there. Transfigured into eternal form, the dead cannot reverse the journey and even for one second re-enter their old form to linger with us a while. Though they cannot reappear, they continue to be near us and part of the healing of grief is the refinement of our hearts whereby we come to sense their loving nearness. When we ourselves enter the eternal world and come to see our lives on earth in full view, we may be surprised at the immense assistance and support with which our departed loved ones have accompanied every moment of our lives. In their new, transfigured presence their compassion, understanding and love take on a divine depth, enabling them to become secret angels guiding and sheltering the unfolding of our destiny.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Fanore, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill