How does our cultural background shape the way we live with grief

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

Most people don’t like thinking about death, but what can different cultural practices about death teach us about living? What can we learn about our own relationship to mortality, and are there better ways to live with grief?

Anita Isalka explored many different cultural practices around death, grief and rebirth in her book The Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth; Dr Rachel Menzies, a clinical psychologist and research fellow at the University of Sydney, has researched death anxiety; and Good Grief podcaster Ryan Bowles shares how his faith helped him deal with painful loss.