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Positive Ageing; an Oxymoron?

April 10, 2024

We attended the Positive Aging Expo last weekend, and were impressed with the number and variety of groups and agencies represented. It’s a catchy title – ‘Positive Ageing’. It captures the opportunities available to people despite reaching and surpassing their SuperGold card eligibility date; places to live, places to go, activities to do, groups to…

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Grieving on Valentine’s Day

February 10, 2023
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Just as you make it through the grief of the summer holiday season, Valentine’s Day comes along to stir it all up again. Whether it is the first Valentine’s Day after death of your spouse or partner, or decades have…

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Contacting Your Grieving Friends At Christmas

December 14, 2022
Grieving Woman

The Christmas Season can be a difficult time when you’re grieving. How to prepare for the lead up and how to spend Christmas Day can be a dilemma – so many people to please and so many things have probably…

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Introducing Reterniti Stones

November 24, 2022
Reterniti

Hold Your Loved One Close – After they’ve gone Reterniti is a New Zealand innovation solving the age-old question of what to do with one’s ashes after cremation. Reterniti convert your loved one’s ashes into a tasteful, discrete stone. A…

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Baby Loss Awareness Week 9th – 15th October 2022

October 11, 2022
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According to SANDS New Zealand each year over 600 babies die between 20 weeks gestation and 12 months of age. The death of a child is a devastating event. It is consistent throughout the literature on grief work, that the…

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Missing you this father’s day

September 1, 2022
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Father’s Day can be a difficult day for someone whose dad has passed away. It may be hard to express just how much you miss him and how much you treasure your memories of the wonderful times you spent together.…

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How to create a Eulogy

July 26, 2022
Writing A Eulogy

A eulogy is the tribute which is given to honour someone’s life. Usually a family member or close friend is asked to do this and there may be more than one tribute in order to cover different aspects of a…

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Do you have a ‘Digital Will’ or ‘Digital Executor’?

July 15, 2022
Digital Will Blog

A digital Will is not a legal document like an official Will, but it is a list of all your digital assets stored online. Your Digital Executor doesn’t have to be the same person that is an Executor to your…

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When Men Grieve

June 20, 2022
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A man’s grief is just as deep, just as acute, just as real and difficult as anyone’s. The expression of that grief may differ from man to man, or from a mans to that of a woman. The uniqueness of…

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How Our Thoughts Govern How We Feel

June 2, 2022
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We have between 5,000 and 60,000 thoughts every day. Left unguarded, thoughts can create a myriad of mental, emotional and physical conditions. Left unguarded, our thoughts can make it very difficult to move forward in life, especially after experiencing a…

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