Soft Landingend-of-life · remembrance · grief

essays & reflections

Letters fromSoft Landing

Honest notes on living, dying and missing people — written slowly, from the middle of it.

the other doorway

01October 2026 · 6 min readThe other doorway: what an end-of-life doula actually doesWe have always had someone to help us into life. This is about the person who helps us out of it.Read the letter

02October 2026 · 6 min readDo you really need a doula? An honest answerSometimes the answer is no. Here's how to tell the difference, and what good support should feel like.Read the letter

03October 2026 · 7 min readHow will I know when it's time to say goodbye to my animal?For anyone lying awake, listening to their old companion breathe.Read the letter

04October 2026 · 6 min readThe things we keep: on remembrance and legacyA voicemail, a jumper, a recipe on the fridge. Why we hold onto these things, and how to keep someone close on purpose.Read the letter

05October 2026 · 7 min readGrief is a country you didn't choose to move toOn waking up somewhere unfamiliar, learning the streets one at a time, and carrying your first language with you.Read the letter

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Soft Landing — end-of-life, remembrance and grief supportWe spend our whole lives learning how to live, yet almost nobody teaches us how to end. Soft Landing is a place to turn and face it, gently and together — for people who are dying, those caring for them, people planning ahead, pet owners, and anyone carrying a grief.Based in Sydney, available online Australia-wide. Support at the end of life, and after.