Grief
Mother's Day Can Be A Very Difficult Day
Mother’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for us all to give thanks to the unique individuals, often affectionately known as Mum, Mother or Ma, who have cared for each and every one of us.
Equally, ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Hugely Popular Art For The Heart Exhibition Is Here
To be held at the prestigious Parliament House, Queens Hall, East Melbourne from Monday the 2nd of May to Thursday the 5th May, 9.00am to 5.00pm, entry to the exhibition is free. The donated works ...
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Monday, April 18, 2016
Stephen Jenkinson: Talking Grief
Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love for life…is death.
Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, author, spiritual activist and farmer who has some very thought provoking philoso...
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Monday, March 21, 2016
Remembering our Angels Services
Remembering Our Angels is an annual service for parents, families and friends who have experienced, or been touched by, the loss of a baby or child. These services are open to anyone to a...
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Grief
Monday, October 26, 2015
Our Fatherless Father’s Day
The tools, ties and socks catalogues start rolling in way too soon for those of us who will have no father or child to be with this Father’s Day.
But the spiritual presence of Dad can still be cel...
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Grief
Monday, August 31, 2015
Living With Motor Neurone Disease and Finding a Cure
Although the number of Australians diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) each year is significantly lower than for other terminal illnesses, it still remains a devastating physical and emotion...
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Monday, August 17, 2015
A Beautiful Death
We all die. It’s a simple reality, and yet despite this many people still don’t get the chance to do it well. I was lucky enough to be present for a beautiful death.
It is the anniversary of my Au...
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Previous Posts
Black Saturday Fires 10 Years On
Ten years on and this is the first time we have shared reflections on Tobin Brothers involvement in the Black Saturday fires and their aftermath.
The 7th of February is my wife Louise’s birthday.&...
Christmas Message 2018
Christmas is a wonderful occasion...but equally it can be a very tough day for many in the community.
To everyone who is so very much looking forward to Christmas, I wish you a wonderful d...
Coping at Christmas 2018
If you have experienced loss the whole festive season can be extremely challenging.
Time and time again people have said to us they wish they could go to bed at the end of November and wake...
Art For The Heart: Beauty From Loss & Pain
This year’s Art For The Heart exhibition had substance and richness that lifted the spirit with honest, beautiful and sometimes provocative creative works relating to love, loss and hope. Shaped by...
Say It Now Week "Appreciation"
One of the very great sadness’s associated with the sudden death of a family member or close friend can, for the bereaved, be the lingering anguish and heartache associated with their not having to...
Prostate Cancer Breakthrough
"Together in Discovery and Care" is the theme for the 19th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference taking place in Brisbane from the 22-25 August 2018.
Prostate cancer is the most c...
Art For The Heart 2017
“Wonderful, Emotive,
Beautiful, Inspirational!
I come every year
and wouldn’t miss it.”
Effusive acclamation from some of the many visitors to Tobin Brothers Funerals annual Art for the H...