Christopher Hall

Psychologist and CEO of Grief Australia

[Palliative Care Australia @Pall_Care_Aus]

Australia’s first ‘Paediatric Palliative Care National Action Plan’ was launched today by Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, @gedkearney. Watch the launch and find out more ➡️ https://t.co/Hnxm9mH0fr

[Grief Australia @griefaustralia]

New Marketing and Grief Practitioner roles are now open at Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement https://t.co/Ewk1CQLclv

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

Today has been declared a National Day of Mourning to give Australians the opportunity to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This interview that I did with Angela Cox on Channel 7 asks the question - Why do many of us mourn the death of Her Majesty? https://t.co/I0g31PO3w6

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh Yes, she was one in a million 💕

[John Birrell @JohnBirrell600]

2. We do nothing for people’s understanding of death, or of grief, by using euphemisms.

[John Birrell @JohnBirrell600]

While I understand the sadness of so many so many people on the death of the Queen, I am getting increasingly frustrated with the ever-growing avoidance of the true description of what happened. She died. She didn’t pass or even pass away. She died. As we all will! /2

[Grief Australia @griefaustralia]

Grief following the death of Queen Elizabeth II https://t.co/WGXFiD0CHN

[ABC Religion&Ethics @ABCReligion]

Why do we find death and dying so difficult to talk about? And how can families navigate their way through an increasingly costly funeral industry? @shyla_mills @cwhall and @Sydney_Uni's Carole Cusack join @JamesACarleton on #RNGodForbid. https://t.co/pXS1Ojeafj

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh Shocking! Bring back pens and paper!

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh @HawaiianAir Nothing like a Lei over. Sorry. I will see myself out.

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh And in Portland don’t forget Voodoo doughnuts https://t.co/qyofBvcxsd. Love ‘em

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh Powell’s in Portland is worth checking out. Largest bookstore in the world https://t.co/80FAiRmuwx

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh Photos please

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

If there was a minute’s silence for every person in Australia who has died of COVID, we would be silent for 3 days.

[M @caboraggly]

I'm gobsmacked how many people *still* don't understand how vaccines work. We've been in this for what... nearly 2 years now? #covid19alberta #GetVaxxed

[Mortality Journal @Mortality_TandF]

As we continue to make our interviews free to access, Culture, contexts and connections: a conversation with Dennis Klass about his life and work as a bereavement scholar - Interview by Edith Maria Steffen is now Open Access in @Mortality_TandF #openaccess https://t.co/evE9VQNZUA

[Grief Australia @griefaustralia]

What do I say when someone is grieving? When a person is grieving it can be hard to know what to say. The empathy we feel may urge us to want to ‘take away’ a person’s suffering or distract them from painful feelings.
https://t.co/bkFZZUwuSz

[meredith 🍒 @merryh]

I’m reading this at the moment and this phrase is just unreal and accurate to anyone (almost everyone) who has been there.

“Silence is to grief what petrol is to fire.”

[Christopher Hall @cwhall]

@merryh I only found out this news this morning. 😢 A crazy talent.