How conversations about death help us live better.
“We know that people tend to die as they live and it’s very values based.”
– Danni Petkovic
In this conversation, death doula Danni Petkovic and Jill Nash explore the importance of having open conversations about death, dying, and ageing, long before the end of life arrives. Drawing on personal experiences of grief and caregiving, they reframe death as a social event, reflecting on how understanding your values, communicating your wishes, and preparing practically and emotionally for your own death can help live more connected lives.
“People just want something to do. Grief needs something to do. It needs a task.”
– Danni Petkovic
Dive a little deeper
- Danni’s work, Liminal Being
- Australian Home Funeral Alliance (AHFA)
- Natural Death Advocacy Network (NDAN)
- Good Death Impact Network (GDIN)
- Walawaani Way Conservation Burial
- Carked It!
- Death Over Dinner
- NSW Health Advance Care Directive
- Allan Kellehear, Compassionate Communities Australia
- Support at Home: End-of-Life Pathway
- James Valentine – his living funeral
