How Scrubs handles death and grief
One of the most talked about TV shows this spring is the return of the hit medical comedy, Scrubs, after being off our screens for the last 16 years. While billed as a comedy, Scrubs has never shied away from difficult topics, especially when it comes to death and dying. Throughout nine seasons, there are a handful of episodes that truly stand out when it comes to themes of death and grief. Discover our favourites.
Dying for Sex TV Review
Many end of life patients have expressed that sex and intimacy are essential to them; however, it is often overlooked by healthcare professionals and often taboo. Dying for Sex steers directly into that very topic, but at the same time, explores themes of empowerment and healing from trauma, as well as what it means to face mortality. Read our review.
Grief Journaling
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Amy Jackson shares her personal experience and top tips for Grief Journaling.
Film review – We Live in Time
Released in UK cinemas earlier this month, We Live in Time stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in a romantic comedy-drama that explores love, life and loss. In her latest blog for Part of Life, Amy Jackson reviews the film, looking at the emotional themes involved and how they are portrayed and the important questions it raises about mortality and memory.
Cherished Moments: How to Make Memories That Last a Lifetime
While we all know it’s important to build lasting memories with those we love, sometime it’s difficult to know how to achieve this.
For guest blogger, Rosie Buckley, this is a subject close to her heart, and here she offers some wonderful tips to help make memories you will cherish long after they have gone.
National Grief Awareness Week 2024: Six Ways to Support Someone Who is Grieving
The 2nd to 8th of December marks National Grief Awareness Week 2024. We spoke to Part of Life guest blogger, Amy Jackson, about how best to offer support to someone who is grieving.
Is death really taboo?
Sue Brayne has an MA in the Rhetoric and Rituals of Death and is an end-of-life researcher and she is the author of The D-Word: talking about dying.
In this blog for Part of Life, Sue explains how her work with the Death Café movement has led her to believe that talking about death is no longer the taboo it once was, but what we lack is the understanding of how to talk about death and dying.
From the mouths of babes…
19 year-old Jess’s Mum died in May 2021. In this honest and disarming interview Jess shares her experience of death, grief and bereavement and its catastrophic impact on her academic career and personal life.
In conversation with Sir Al
From losing his father aged ten, to his time as England’s first Children’s Commissioner, the plight of hidden mourners and the role religions could play in destigmatising death - Sir Al Aynsley Green makes a passionate plea for change.
More Than Ever - a film review
Film review of Cannes nominee More Than Ever. A tale of love, loss, grief and conscious death against the breathtaking backdrop of the Norwegian fjords.