Media and Publications

Podcasts

Dead Serious

Molly produces and hosts a weekly program on The Podcast Network called Dead Serious which addresses issues of spirituality, life, death and how we make meaning in an increasingly isolated social world. Accessible world wide, it can be downloaded from www.thepodcastnetwork.com/deadserious.

Books

"While loss is sad, loving is triumphant. Above all this is a story of hope and celebration of life."
Written by Molly Carlile—a leading grief and loss counsellor, educator and consultant — 'Jelly Bean's Secret' is the story of nine-year-old Abby and her very special Grandma. It is a story of the things they like to do together, especially finding treasures on the beach for their secret project. Read a review of Jelly Bean's Secret or order a copy of Jelly Bean's Secret

Articles

Palliative Care Workers... Professionals or ‘Martyrs’?

As contemporary palliative care workers we have a commitment to providing holistic care to our clients, their families and friends. We understand the importance of pain and symptom management but acknowledge that physical care is ineffective if provided in isolation. We never question the validity of emotional, psychological or spiritual care. We understand that cultural, social and financial influences will have an impact on our client’s experience of life-threatening illness, of death and ultimately on the grief experiences of their families and friends. We include the client and their significant others in all aspects of care planning and assist them to access care at their site of choice, be it hospital, hospice or home. We support clients in reviewing their life experiences and facilitate the ‘search for meaning’. We do not merely pay ‘lip service’ to the concept of holistic care, we live it... day after day... Read the full article in PDF format.

The Jelly Bean Trail… how a counselling issue became a children’s book

I can’t begin to explain how it feels to wait on the doorstep for the ‘Postie’ to deliver the first copy of your first book. I guess it’s a bit like finally being in labour, after a pregnancy that has lasted eight years!
This long and complicated journey didn’t actually have a pivotal start point for me. I had been working in Palliative Care for some years. I had worked and studied, studied and worked from clinical specialist to management to counselling to education to consultancy... Read the full article in PDF format.

I'm Standing on the Outside Looking In: Leaders with A Life

How often have you stood in front of the mirror for the umpteenth time, prior to leaving home for an important social event and thought to yourself, “that can’t be me... that’s not how I’m supposed to look!”? And so you reapply your mascara, you tease your hair a little more and put some more blush on your cheeks... but the image in the mirror is still not right... Read the full article in PDF format.