At a Loss - It’s life and death

“Reclaiming death as a community experience. It’s a normal experience” is the mission motivating Trish Fleming, Community Engagement Lead at Hospice West Auckland. She tells host, funeral celebrant, Timothy Giles, death is happening everywhere in our community; 85% of the time hospice care is in people’s chosen environments, mostly at home. With a 50/50 split of patients are under and over 65. Trish wants you to engage with hospice and death “Get curious” she says “walk into your local hospice and say ‘hi’”.  Start easily and listen to Trish share stories of the work she loves, building a caring, death-capable community.   Disclaimer: All political opinions expressed are Timothy Giles’ alone and do not reflect those of Hospice West or Trish Fleming.

By deciding now, where your earthly remains will reside after death. Yo save those who love you from lots of stress and potential trauma. Sheree Stout is responsible for more than 60 Cemeteries and multiple crematoriums in Auckland. She has seen all the stress, trauma, bad graveside behaviour and the clam and comfort that a simple conversation can create instead. A conversation, like this one. 

And not just your heart. Organ donation is a gift that can change, improve and enrich the lives of many others, after your death. But very few people donate their organs. In NZ less than 70 people a year donate their organs after death. Since 2020 the peak was 66 people donating in any one year.* Host Timothy Giles talks with  a pioneer of organ donation in NZ, Dr. Stephen Streat to demystify the process and hear some moving stories as we learn more about this too rare gift we can offer after death.   *Organ Donation NZ statistics  

Treza Gallogly is an End-of-life Doula with host Timothy Giles she shares her insights from helping people to die well. Navigate fear and emotions, to celebrate life while preparing for death.  Treza offers advice on having important conversations, with people you care about, when facing end of life, care plans as death nears and growing your courage and compassion. This episode is all about transforming anxiety into acceptance and empathy. Treza shares how supporting your loved ones in their final journey brings meaning and healing and guides along the way. Find more at ataloss.nz

Meet Katrina King, the general manager of the Grief Centre, Australasia. "At A Loss," host and funeral celebrant Timothy Giles talks with Katrina about supporting people through grief. Exploring ways of creating safety, fostering empathy and evolving understanding of resilient grieving. Katrina shares her vision and mission to build grief literacy for a society that's comfortable discussing grief and loss, and how this can help us all find hope.