Talk Topics
Each talk is adapted to the audience – from conferences and organisations to care teams, schools, libraries and festivals.
What Near-Death Experiences Teach Us About Living
What people report from the edge of life, what science makes of it, and how the experience changes the way they live afterwards.
Death as a Lens: Meaning in an Age of Efficiency
For organisations and leaders: why remembering mortality helps us set priorities, decide with courage and care for mental health.
Why We Stopped Talking About Death
How death disappeared from everyday life in the 20th century, what that cost us, and how we can learn to talk about it again.
There Is No More Real Time Than Now
What the dying regret – and how to use the honesty that death brings while we still have time.
Death Cultures of the World
From Mexico’s Day of the Dead to Tibetan Buddhism and the traditions of Southeast Asia: what other cultures know about living with death.
Grief, Funerals and Being Present
Warm, practical thoughts on supporting the grieving and on what makes a good funeral – respectful, but free.