Thanks for stopping by to keep building and flexing your real talk muscle.
Here are a collection of resources to expand on Danni and my SxSW Sydney, 2025, session – “Hey Death, It’s Time We Talk”.
Not only do conversations around death and dying invite us to build our muscles for the existential real shit.
They also compel us to tend to our lives with more reverence.
I appreciate you for spending some time leaning further into your mortality.
I’m excited about all the ways you can use that reality to inspire a more profound life.
With much love,
x Christina
“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Existential Reflections
Our time here is finite and unpredictable. That we will die is our only certainty. So with that in mind how you can start living with greater meaning, joy and courage starting now?
What do you value most and why?
Where are you spending your time, energy and money that doesn’t align to those values?
What can you spend your time, energy and money on instead?
What brings you the most joy in life?
How can you fill your days with more of those joy bringers?
What is something you’ve been putting off that you can take action on knowing our time isn’t a given?
What is something small but meaningful you can do today that will contribute to your patchwork legacy?
What is something you will regret not doing/trying, even if it doesn’t work out?
Friends and Family
Not all of our friends and family will be resourced to be there to support us in all the ways we need. Some will have skills to be there for us in some ways but not others. This is okay. This is why we need to expand our support networks. Who is in your support team?
Your Support Team
- Psychologist – provides therapy, coping strategies, and evidence-based support.
- Counsellor – offers talk therapy, guidance, and a safe space to process emotions.
- Psychiatrist – can diagnose and manage mental health conditions, prescribe medication if needed.
- Social Worker – helps connect people with resources, services, and practical support.
Physical Health Support
- General Practitioner (GP) – first point of contact for overall health, referrals, and care coordination.
- Specialist doctors – depending on the issue (e.g., oncologist, neurologist, cardiologist).
- Nurse or care coordinator – provides ongoing care, check-ins, and monitoring.
- Complimentary health – other health providers who provide additional physical health and wellness (eg. Yoga, PT, naturopath)
Practical & Lifestyle Support
- Financial counsellor/advisor – helps with money stress, budgeting, or navigating hardship services.
- Legal advisor – if there are legal matters linked to their situation (e.g., family law, wills, employment issues).
- Occupational therapist – helps with adapting daily life if illness, disability, or stress is making it hard to function.
Community & Spiritual Support
- Peer support worker – someone with lived experience who offers understanding and encouragement.
- Faith leader / spiritual advisor – if spirituality or religion is an important part of their coping.
- Community support groups – spaces to connect with others going through similar experiences.
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Mental Health Resources
Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 46 36 or beyondblue.org.au
13YARN: 13 92 76 (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au
Headspace: 1800 650 850 or headspace.org.au
ReachOut: reachout.com
SANE Australia: 1800 18 SANE (1800 187 263) or sane.org
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Medicare Mental Health: 1800 595 212 or medicarementalhealth.gov.au
Mental Health Australia : https://www.mentalhealthaustralia.org.au/
A Word From Dying to Know Day
Grief Literacy; the understanding of how grief affects us and how to support others, it can help build more compassionate communities. Whether in families, schools, workplaces, or neighbourhoods, fostering Grief Literacy allows us to move beyond silence and stigma. It empowers people to cope with loss, support one another, and create environments where grief is acknowledged and met with empathy, not isolation.
If grief becomes overwhelming and persistent the psychological side of community care is also our focus, our mental health services offer compassionate, professional support to help you navigate the healing journey.
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Christina has more than 25 years experience with creative and ethical small businesses. She is the founder and director of Creative Consultancies, specialising in the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurism and psychology and the connections between the arts, environmental impact, wellbeing, cultural tourism, technology, science and creative industries. Over the past 4 years she has worked exclusively in disaster recovery, walking side by side with over 250 small businesses and their owners to navigate natural disasters, Covid and their ongoing business, financial and emotional fallout.
As a woman and mother in small business, she is passionate about supporting women to sustain their business purpose throughout all stages of motherhood and strengthen their financial stability at all life stages. She is committed to flipping the script on patriarchal systems to free both men and women.
Christina lives oceanside in the Byron Shire of North NSW. She is a mum, musician, tiny house fanatic, sunrise obsessive, free range gardener, plant eating chai lover who is happiest with her next flight to somewhere in the world booked and imminent.
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