The one certainty in life that we all share deserves better than silence.

When we can speak openly about mortality in our families, our communities, and our workplaces, something shifts. Fear becomes agency. Avoidance becomes preparation. And the relationships that matter most grow stronger, not weaker.

Only 14% of older Australians have documented their end-of-life wishes (White et al., 2020), and approximately 40% of all adults don't have a will (ALRC, 2019). This silence costs us, in family conflict, workplace stress, regret about conversations never had, and the burden we leave for those who must guess what we would have wanted.

Maven Bridge exists to shift this conversation from fear to empowerment, from crisis to clarity.

We believe death literacy isn't morbid, it's one of the most loving things we can offer ourselves and each other. When we're prepared, we can stop anxiously avoiding the topic and start celebrating the life we have.

Whether you're an organizational leader managing workplace wellbeing, a resident wanting to document your wishes, a death-positive practitioner building your calling, or someone finally ready to plan with clarity.

We're here to help you move from overwhelm to confidence.

Death is the one certainty we all face and yet it remains our last cultural taboo.

We avoid the conversations, leave plans unmade, and face end-of-life decisions unprepared. This silence doesn't protect us. It creates chaos, fractures families, and leaves the people we love struggling with decisions we could have clarified.

Death literacy changes this.

The Maven Bridge Pathways

Increasing death literacy in Australia and helping Australians talk about the only certainty in life is our focus. Our services support people in two ways:

Directly: workshops for organisations (teams), aged care (residents) and communities (families and individuals).

Industry support: offering positive death practioners, such as death doulas and celebrants training opportunities to create sustainable practices.

Pathway: Organisations

Death Literacy as Workplace Safety & Risk Management

Grief, caregiving crises, and bereavement don't stay home. When mortality enters your workplace—through aging parents, terminal diagnoses, or team member deaths—it creates psychosocial hazards that impact decision-making, safety, and productivity.

Under Australian WHS Code of Practice, managing psychosocial risk includes supporting workers through grief and loss. Most organizations treat this reactively through EAP. We build proactive organisational capability.

This isn't grief counseling. This is psychosocial hazard management—equipping your teams to handle the mortality-related risks that every organization faces but most refuse to prepare for.

• Regulatory alignment with WHS psychosocial hazard management requirements

• Risk mitigation through proactive death literacy training (not just crisis response)

• Leadership capability in managing grief, loss, and caregiving impacts on workplace safety

• Clear frameworks for advance care planning conversations and difficult decisions

• Organisational resilience that reduces crisis-driven absence and turnover

Pathway: Aged Care Residents & Families

End-of-Life Education and Planning Workshops

When end-of-life wishes aren't expressed, it can lead to profound pain for the people they love. It can causedistress during grief, confusion about decisions, scrambling for vital information, and fracturing families when they need unity most. We facilitate heart-centered workshops that help residents discuss death and dying with clarity and confidence.

For residents, the cost of avoidance:

• Loss of control over their own end-of-life care and preferences

• Anxiety about being a burden to family

• Unspoken wishes that die with them

• Missed opportunity to gift their family clarity during their hardest moments

A safe, supportive space where residents can:

• Have honest, positive conversations about death and dying

• Understand their end-of-life decision-making options clearly

• Reduce family conflict by making their preferences known

• Replace fear and overwhelm with clarity and empowerment

Pathway: Community - Individuals & Families

End-of-Life Education and Planning Sessions

Hosted Community sessions that move conversations about death and dying from fear to empowerment.

Simple and easy-paced sessions that discuss the end-of-life journey. Moving from uncertainty to clarity. Understanding what matters most, your wishes, and approaching the conversations that matter most. Reducing the burden on loved ones and ensuring your values are honoured.

• Clear, documented end-of-life plans

• Confidence in difficult conversations

• Practical tools and frameworks

• Peace of mind for you and your loved ones

Pathway: for Death Positive Practioners

End-of-Life Educator Program and Business Foundation Training

Celebrants, death doulas, and end-of-life educators face a unique challenge: building sustainable businesses around sacred, emotionally complex work. We provide strategic business development specifically designed for death-positive practitioners—turning passion into a viable practice through clear frameworks, authentic messaging, and client-journey design.

• Clear business strategy and service offerings

• Authentic brand voice and messaging

• Client journey frameworks

• Sustainable, heart-centred business model