Experiencing Life

Funerals, natural burials and fake wakes. In this episode, we explore the conversations that people should be having around death, so that we can be better prepared for this inevitable event and when it does arrive, we can best celebrate life.

Voluntary Assisted Dying laws allow a person with a terminal illness to peacefully end their life using a lethal medication. In this episode, we learn about the efforts to introduce such a law in South Australia and the people who are leading the cause.

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Well over 100,000 Australians are homeless right now and this may significantly increase as the full impacts of COVID-19 are realized. In this episode, we meet Anthony who is currently homeless and dealing with addiction. We learn about some of the factors that contribute toward homlessness and the services being offered to support those affected.

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Death and dying - not a topic people often want to discuss. Open discussions about death can help us prepare for this inevitable event and with the grief that follows. In this episode, we meet Claudia Peoples, who shares her story and that of her partner, Jethro, who died of Motor Neurone Disease. We also meet, Helen Roberts, who works as an End of Life Guide AKA a Death Doola.

In the very first episode of Experiencing Life, we meet Matt Newlands, a former police officer who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, who now works in mental health services as a lived experience consultant. We also hear from Jill Chapman, Founder and CEO of MOSH (Minimisation of Suicide Harm) about the work they are doing to help prevent and reduce the impacts of suicide.