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Artisan Funerals

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 434 267 744

Address: 3/122 Eastlake St 4221 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.artisanfunerals.com.au

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25.01.2022 Thank you Megan!

24.01.2022 If you're grieving, we are here to listen Call us Monday - Friday 9AM-5PM 1800 642 066 www.grief.org.au

24.01.2022 Something a little lighter!

23.01.2022 Some great ideas here...

23.01.2022 Yes indeed, it’s all about having options, and choosing what is right for your family and your person...and that’s what we are all about

23.01.2022 Looking for something a little different? Enter our exclusive range of Twig Wreaths, with your choice of silk flowers. Use with or without a photo and after the service you have a stunning personal memento to hang on a wall or stand in an easel at home. Shown here with my dads photo in the sunflower wreath. He would have loved this

23.01.2022 ....so they say that imitation is the best form of flattery. However, just to let let all you lovely souls out there, someone is flattering me enough to set up a bogus Instagram page using my photo and Artisan Funerals’ name. Don’t be fooled folks, it’s not me, I’m here, and they have been reported to Insta. Be kind to yourselves and stay safe out there Karen

22.01.2022 Grief comparisons are the worst. Someone once asked me: One of the hardest deaths that I've had to cope with was unexpectedly having to say goodbye to my cat. H...ow does one get across to others that this death is just as valid to grieve as that of a loved human? Here's my answer: I think this devaluation of non-human deaths stems from our grief-illiterate culture. We've all got grief - being human is hard. But being heard in our grief, being acknowledged and supported just doesn't happen very often. Compassion is in short supply. So when you say how much you're grieving you cat's death, someone is right there to say, "Yeah, well your grief isn't as bad as mine!" We've got a shortage of empathy. And when we've got a shortage, people start to hoard. Empathy for you means less available empathy for me, therefore your grief can't be as bad as mine - because if it is, I'm going to get even less support than I've got now. And lemme tell ya, I'm already not getting much at all. As long as we believe there's not enough care and support and understanding to go around, we'll have that "mine is worse" competition. But grief is not a competition. More empathy for you does not mean less empathy for me. It's not pie. (<-- I love that last bit; it's not mine, but it works here!) When we use our own grief as a way to devalue someone else's, that's when we have a problem. There was a review of my book where the person said "My grandmother raised me. How can you say the death of a child is worse than her death?" Well, for one, I don't in any way ever say things like that. And for two, every relationship is unique. For some, the death of a grandparent re-orders the world. For others (self included), the death of a grandparent doesn't have a life-altering effect. Same with our beasts. No one gets to define the importance of that love. Every grief is valid. It is also true that every grief is not the same. They all suck. They all hurt. The work here is to listen to all pain, and to honor it all. Pets, people, the planet - all of it. And to work to understand that empathy and compassion are not, by nature, finite substances. There is enough for everyone if we share. How about you? Have you experienced the competition of grief? Let us know in the comments. #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #lifeafterloss #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfkindness #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #chronicillnesswarrior #depressionhelp #dementia #howtohelp #normalizegrief

22.01.2022 Unsettling times.....

22.01.2022 What better way to pay tribute to an amazing man who loved all things ocean and boats....than on a big boat on a stormy ocean....

21.01.2022 Feeling even more alone and isolated than you did before COVID-19 is #perfectlynormal in grief. Grief is lonely during the best of times. This #coronavirus #pan...demic is not the best of times. Whatever support you might have had has vanished as people turn inward to their own disasters. Nobody’s got emotional bandwidth to spare. Well. Almost nobody. Grieving people know what it’s like to be lonely, even in a room full of people. Grieving people know what it’s like to feel like the odd one out, the forgotten person, the one people remember at major holidays but don’t think of on your everyday Tuesday. That sense of feeling left out or invisible tends to make grieving folks ferocious about supporting each other. I’ve never met a kinder community than the community of grievers. When Matt died, I spent months looking for people like me. Jumping from one (then) obscure blog to the next, I found my people. That little family we built - spread all around the world - was what helped me survive. It’s as true now as it was back then: Pandemic or no pandemic, companionship is how we survive. After death, after loss, after everyone else has moved along, the fellowship of other grievers remains. If you’re feeling even more isolated in your grief (which is PERFECTLY NORMAL), please consider our FB and IG pages your living room. Connect with other grievers in the comments. Tag your grieving friends and invite them in. Share our posts on your social media channels to let other grieving people know you’re out here. A million little laptop lights at sea, friends. That’s how we survive. Now, as always, the very best place I know to connect YOU with other grieving folks is inside the #WritingYourGrief community. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, there is always someone there: when you feel invisible inside your grief, these folks see you. When your friends have their own sh*t to deal with and you can’t lean on them, your WYG family is there. I mean it folks, this community is unlike any other place - online or IRL. The April session is open now and we’ve got room for you. Follow this link to join us, and pass it on: https://www.refugeingrief.com/30daywriting/ How about you? How has your sense of aloneness or isolation changed with the pandemic? The more we talk about this stuff, the more we tell the truth about what grief is really like, the more people realize they're not alone. Want to share something with project #perfectlynormal? Contribute here: https://bit.ly/2PgggN4 Submissions are anonymous. Share as many things as you like. These posts were created using contributions from people just like you and our awesome #GriefRevolution patrons: https://www.patreon.com/megandevine #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefsupport #griefsucks #brokenheart #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #dementia #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #depressionhelp #normalizegrief #covid19 #covid19support

21.01.2022 Finding comfort in dark humor is #perfectlynormal in grief. This one often comes as a surprise to non-grieving people, as though having a sense of humor isn't ...possible after loss. But for many grieving folx, sometimes dark humor is the only possible response. Those who've taken the #WritingYourGrief course (https://www.refugeingrief.com/30daywriting/) can attest to the fact that dark grief humor is par for the course. How about you? How has grief affected your sense of humor? The more we talk about this stuff, the more we tell the truth about what grief is really like, the more people realize they're not alone. #Grief is hard. It impacts every aspect of life, big and small. There are so many things grieving people experience, things they do or don't do, that they (or the outside world) might think are unusual or weird, but are actually perfectly normal. You aren't weird. You're grieving. The problem is, people often don't realize they're normal until they discover they aren't alone in feeling a certain way or doing a particular thing. And feeling alone makes grief even harder than it already is. Because it's such a relief to find out we're not alone, we're creating a series of posts acknowledging as many of those things as we can, one #perfectlynormal thing at a time. Want to share something with project #perfectlynormal? Contribute here: https://bit.ly/2PgggN4 Submissions are anonymous. Share as many things as you like. These posts were created using contributions from people just like you and our awesome #GriefRevolution patrons: https://www.patreon.com/megandevine #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #griefsucks #brokenheart #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #dementia #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #depressionhelp #normalizegrief

20.01.2022 Join us tomorrow evening, we’d love to hear your thoughts xx

20.01.2022 How do I tell my child that someone has died? http://ow.ly/Dwq850CeTKm

19.01.2022 Think about the things that we say to somebody when we hear that they're having a hard time. We tell them to be strong. We tell them, "lean on your happy memori...es." We tell them, "they wouldn't want you to be sad." All of those things carry a connotation of stop feeling the way that you're feeling and get back to being your old self, to being happy, to not making other people uncomfortable with your emotions. I talk a lot about this in grief related to death, but I think we can also see this across a lot of other situations in this culture. The chronic illness community is big for this one. There's the idea that any pain or suffering or limitation you're experiencing is because you're not trying hard enough, or because you're not thinking the right thoughts, or you're not being positive. We spit out any number of things to each other with good intentions, usually trying to make the people we care about feel better or not be down. But the reality here is that the way that that lands for people is corrective. It makes people who are going through a hard time feel like they can't tell the truth about their experience. Think of it this way, every time I tell you that I'm in pain, you tell me it's not that bad, you're not fixing my pain, you're just telling me I really shouldn't talk to you about it. When somebody is depressed, when somebody is sad or struggling with something big, our impulses to fix it, and that's not working. There's a reason why you can't cheer up your depressed friend. There's a reason why you can't cheerlead a person who is having suicidal thoughts. We're trying to solve the wrong problem. A more effective approach is to acknowledge that they're in pain, to respond with listening and with curiosity. "I'm sorry that's happening for you. That sounds like a really rough place to be. Do you want to tell me about it?" How about you? Have you experienced the difference between someone trying to cheer you up and someone acknowledging your pain? For our support people - what ways have you found to acknowledge your person's pain? Others in this community can use your ideas. -- #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #lifeafterloss #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfkindness #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #chronicillnesswarrior #depressionhelp #dementia #howtohelp #normalizegrief

19.01.2022 If grief has you feeling all the feelings, try using all the words. Join the next round of the #WritingYourGrief experience starting May 25th and get unrivaled ...support from our loving community of extraordinary people. Spots fill up quickly! Sign up via this link: refugeingrief.com/wyg -- #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefsupport #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #dementia #depressionhelp #normalizegrief #communityhelps #griefcommunity

19.01.2022 With Covid-19 affecting shipping and freight, flowers can be a little trickier to get at the moment so we’ve taken the plunge and had these stunning silk arrangements made so that no matter what happens we have something gorgeous to offer our families

19.01.2022 Why is it that when we speak the truth about what hurts, we’re deemed angry or too negative or not evolved enough? We’ve got such a global gag order on telling ...the truth. We’ve got such resistance to hearing really hearing that there is pain in this life that can’t be made better. Some things cannot be fixed, they can only be carried. We have this idea that when somebody says, "Ow. I'm in a really rough place and things hurt a lot," we've decided that that's being negative. That's not being negative. It means you're giving an accurate representation of what it feels like to be you right now. When I talk about how badly we support people when they're grieving, I get hate mail that says things like, "You need to lighten up. You're so negative. You have to know that people have the best of intentions. You need to cut them some slack." Good intentions are not enough. Each time I open a new community space for the #writingyourgrief course, I’m always struck by the number of people who say, this is the first place I can be completely honest about my grief. Many of you have told me that rather than tell people their words aren’t helpful, you choose to stop speaking all together. When you stop telling the truth because other people don’t like it that’s a gigantic, un-necessary injustice on top of your pain. Having your truth dismissed always feels bad. I don’t like it when it’s done to me, and I hate it when it’s done to you. I’m not immune to fits of anger when it comes to this. Personally, I believe in what the mystics call holy outrage the anger that fuels truth-telling. It’s the anger that points out injustice and silencing, not just to make a scene, but because it knows what true community might be. Holy outrage means telling the truth, no matter who gets offended by the telling. And equally important, it means doing so in service of more love, more support, more kinship and true connection. So I’m going to keep on doing what I’m doing, preferring to offend some rather than silence myself. And you, too: please keep speaking the truth. Telling the truth about what hurts lets others know it’s okay to tell their truth. Together, we can change this emotionally illiterate, shame-based culture that has so little capacity to say, I acknowledge your pain. I am here with you. Together, we can make this life kinder, more compassionate, more gentle, for everyone the lovers and the haters alike. That's what we're doing in the #GriefRevolution Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/megandevine I’d love to see you in the writing course where telling the truth is what we do. Together. Follow this link join the next session. We begin together on April 20th: https://www.refugeingrief.com/30daywriting/ How about you? What’s your experience around truth-telling, silencing, and holy outrage? Where are the places you get to tell the whole truth of your grief? #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #lifeafterloss #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfkindness #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #chronicillnesswarrior #depressionhelp #dementia #howtohelp #normalizegrief

17.01.2022 Food for thought

17.01.2022 ....thank you Kate and Craig ...as always, adding a little more magic for our families

16.01.2022 We are always looking for new ways to add a little something different and special. Stunning with a photo or as a centrepiece on its own, here are a few examples of our gorgeous new twig and silk flower wreaths

16.01.2022 With rapidly increasing death tolls, profound changes to funeral practices, record-breaking job losses and increasing social isolation, the community is grapp...ling with making sense of these seismic changes in their lives. With this crises producing distress and anxiety through our communities, now it is the time to educate the public on grief and bereavement related to COVID-19 and the unprecedented reactions this virus is going to cause across the world. The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement have put together these resources to share how bereavement and grief may be affected by this pandemic. https://bit.ly/3dJX4m7

15.01.2022 We are on our way back, well done Queensland!

15.01.2022 Coronavirus and the Six Needs of Mourning https://www.centerforloss.com/2020/03/coronavirus-six-needs/

13.01.2022 I couldn’t agree more

13.01.2022 When someone's life implodes because of loss, there is no one perfect way to respond or to support them. But here's a secret: NO ONE knows what to say in those... situations. No one. That's a huge part of why we're here! You can’t make it better if you just say the exactly right thing. You can’t say the perfect thing because the perfect thing does. not. exist. You can’t do it right because there is no right. I hope that’s a relief. The thing is, it’s not your job to make your friend feel better, or even to take away their pain. Follow the link in my bio to watch an awesome animation about how #acknowledgment letting things hurt is the best thing you can do. It’s not a surprise that you don’t know how to do any of this, or that you suddenly become someone who weirdly shouts everything happens for a reason. Because we don’t talk about this stuff, most people don’t know what to do. The trick is to lean into your helplessness in the face of your friend’s #pain. Your job is to feel awkward and stay there anyway. Just hang right out with their pain. Bearing witness to someone’s pain without jumping in to fix it or make it better is a skill. And skills can be learned. Hooray for #skillbuilding! When pain exists, let it exist. Make it safer for each other to say, "This hurts," without rushing in to clean it up. Make space for each other. This applies to grief. It applies to illness. It applies to social injustice. It applies to your friend who's just having a really cruddy day. It applies to so many situations, each one an additional reason we need to build these skills. Show up. Listen. Don't fix. Every day we have the opportunity to practice. The more we practice, the better we can show up for each other in our hardest, darkest moments. How have you practiced showing up, listening, and not fixing today? #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #lifeafterloss #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfkindness #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #chronicpain #chronicillness #spoonie #invisibleillness #chronicillnesswarrior #depressionhelp #dementia #howtohelp #normalizegrief

12.01.2022 Hi everybody, many of you will have met our lovely Julie. She is constantly striving to be the best that she can be for the families that we care for, and would love to hear from anybody who wants to share thoughts and ideas with her Many thanks for your time, stay safe and be kind to yourselves Karen

11.01.2022 The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuil...d yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross We are here to listen 1800 642 066 Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM

10.01.2022 I just love when a family thinks outside the square for what is truly right for them and their person....this sunset service with a pond, a tree, a wicker coffin and custom chosen flowers.... a service like no other, for an amazing man like no other

09.01.2022 Chats about the dying, death & life for those left behind

08.01.2022 So true, thanks again Megan Devine

08.01.2022 Reggie sharing the love at Braeside

08.01.2022 Mother’s Day isn’t easy for so many women. Be kind to yourself tomorrow.

06.01.2022 The complicated grief of live-streamed funerals https://www.mic.com/p/the-complicated-grief-of-live-streame

04.01.2022 Grief affects our daily lives in so many ways - behaviors, thoughts, challenges, and interactions (including positive ones) - that we asked our resident illustr...ator Brittany Bilyeu to create this very tongue-in-cheek board game: Grief Bingo! How many of these things have happened in your life? This comic was not only made possible by the financial support our awesome Grief Revolution patrons, those same patrons also contributed suggestions for the bingo panels. It's a grief revolution collaboration! If you'd like to get in on the action - teaching the world how to show up, listen, and respond to grief with the care it deserves - AND get to see the things we create before anyone else, join the revolution today: https://www.patreon.com/megandevine/ #megandevine #refugeingrief #itsokthatyourenotok #griefrevolution #griefsupport #lifeafterloss #griefsucks #brokenheart #grief #griefandloss #bereavement #loss #imissyou #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfkindness #cancersucks #fuckcancer #miscarriage #stillborn #pregnancyloss #infantloss #childloss #depressionhelp #dementia #normalizegrief

03.01.2022 What a lovely idea Marilyn. This used to be the norm and it’s really sad that it has faded away over time

03.01.2022 .....and how to join us tomorrow night. We look forward to seeing (and hearing) you xx

01.01.2022 This is great, thanks for sharing