It’s Professor Brian Cox who dunnit for me, in the sitting room, with his BBC series, The Wonders of the… Read more

An Advance Directive (living will) stipulates, for example, whether you want to be resuscitated or should you become seriously ill, what… Read more

It’s not easy to know how to open up conversations with someone who is dying There is often awkwardness, embarrassment… Read more

It’s a sad fact these days that most people in the West learn about death second hand – usually from… Read more

Every six weeks I run a consciousness meeting for a group of women who want to talk about what really… Read more

For the past few days I have had a beautiful mooring under the dappled shade of a gorgeous plane tree,… Read more

Well, here we are at the start of 2012. Normally I wouldn’t hesitate in wishing everyone a Happy New Year. … Read more

Toby Nowlan is an award-winning journalist, explorer and biologist who produces wildlife documentaries with Silverback Films based in Bristol. For the past four… Read more

The difference between genuine end-of-life experiences and drug-induced hallucinations is clear to nursing staff and to patients. People who have… Read more

Following the article, Will YOUR marriage survive the menopause? (adapted from Sex, Meaning and the Menopause) in last week’s Femail section… Read more

Following my article  in Therapy Today on Menopause: How Women Suffer in Silence,  I have started to run a series of workshops on… Read more

Conversations about Living Consciously for a Better World provide practical skills, resilience and supportive information in this time of uncertainty,… Read more

Dying at home is a different experience to that of medical institutions. You are more in control of what is happening… Read more

I appreciate that care for the elderly by the NHS has become a contentious issue, but has the world gone… Read more

This series of workshops has been co-created by GP Dr Jo Withers. I ran a pop-up death cafe with Jo… Read more

Sue in conversation with Jools Barsky, co-founder of the Death Cafe movement about how Death Cafes help us to live… Read more

Dooey, my cat,  and I now officially live aboard Mystic Moon in Bradford on Avon Marina. Her living quarters are… Read more