What’s it all about?
We make plans for important events in our lives – birth, education, marriage, special birthdays, travel – but we don’t tend to plan for one of the most significant events of our life – our death.
The stats are solid. 100% of us will die. Conversations about dying inspire us to make the most of living.
Life is short. Death is inevitable. Let’s talk about it.
What will we cover?
This is not a heavy, intense, morbid class. It will be thought provoking, light hearted and stimulating. To coincide with ‘Dying to Know Day’, we’ll bring death out of the closet and explore the fears and fascinations associated with the last phase of life.
We’ll venture into:
- How we experience dying and death in Australia
- Why it’s difficult to talk about death
- What ‘good dying’ means
- Ways to plan for the end of life and beyond
You’ll come away motivated to prepare for good dying and death experiences for yourself, and for the people you love and care about.
Who will be teaching?
Julie Hassard is dedicated to demystifying dying and death. Her quest for Australians to ‘do dying better’, stems from her personal experiences, and her career in nursing, public health, health promotion and working with people and families living with and dying from cancer. She believes that while death is confronting, thinking about our own mortality and talking about dying leads to better end of life experiences.
Julie is associated with Dying to Know Day, and Death Over Dinner, national campaigns that encourage people to talk about the end of life.