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Unleashing the inner creative children of 📝 and 🎨 to make playful, thoughtful campaigns.

💭 Imagination leads the way

Unashamedly Six infuses campaigns about challenging subjects with empathy, creativity, and a fresh perspective. Our projects include:
• The Great Last Impression, an end-of-life campaign aimed at increasing the uptake of advance care plans and documentation in Australia
• Flip the Script, enabling dying at a community level without the reliance on family support
• Freelance Jungle, an award-winn

ing community designed to remind freelancers stress has a productivity cost

In 2024, we return with After You’re Gone, an exploration of grief and coping from both the dying person's and the family's perspective. Unashamedly Six is the unleashing of the inner (creative marketing campaigns) children of Six Onions Design and Unashamedly Creative. Our collaboration focuses on handpicked projects that seek to defy the norms of Australian marketing, design, content development, and community building. Our approach puts experimentation, creativity and curiosity back into campaign work where it belongs. By incorporating evidence-based approaches, trauma-informed techniques, and counselling principles, we enhance our ability to connect with the audience, even on the most challenging days. Why hire us? Our dynamic team comprises Rebekah, the Creative Director for Strategy & Community, and Jessica, the Creative Director for Design & Illustration. Our collaboration seamlessly fuses art and copy, resulting in campaigns that consistently deliver remarkable outcomes. We’re deeply committed to reimagining how we interact with people in the realms of health, mental well-being, and end-of-life assistance with empowerment, self-direction, and self-discovery at the centre of planning. And by giving a little whimsy, humour, pop culture, nostalgia and art in the storytelling. Contact us today for tailored content, marketing, design and strategy support on end-of-life, health, mental health, and other intriguing topics! Why Unashamedly Six?
• When we’re six, we learn by doing.
• We let our imagination lead the way.
• The world is one delightfully curious event after another.
• Every place is ours to explore.
• Every person, the opportunity to make a new friend. It’s time to be Unashamedly Six again.

23/08/2024

Do you hire freelancers?

I'm working on a project that needs your input via this survey!

The survey results will help us to get a handle on the challenges workplaces face, and the ideal dream is to create a working model/standard that clients use going forward.

Use the QR CODE or the link in the first comment below 👇

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14/06/2024

As we kick off another campaign, we want to hear from you.

What would you like the people you love to know after you're gone?

16/03/2024

Great stuff from chatting to

"You look at our capitalist society and people who are so enthralled with themselves and their own stories because they're afraid to die. They're afraid to stop expanding and need to p**s on every bush that they walk by. You know what I mean? You don't need to expand, you don't need to become Walmart. You don't need to do that in order to be successful. You don't need to walk on others. You need to walk next to them to have a satisfying life."

How do we know Boniver might be onto something?

1. Look at the way extremely wealthy people talk about death and dying, especially in their pursuit of technology and techniques to cancel death.

2. Reflect on how much of our machine mind confuses productivity and crossing things off as a means of proving that a life has meaning. And how it often neglects core pillars like family, socialisation, mental health, health, rest and self-care in the process.

3. Humans love a good distraction when they don't want to face hard truths and complex situations. Anything we don't want to examine is so much easier when we procrastinate. And just as we procrastinate with other tasks when we want to avoid aspects of work, so too do we procrastinate with work when facing issues within living.

Thoughts?

Image: a screen shot of the Bon Iver quote with "afraid to die" circled.

22/01/2024

Your Flipping the Script presenters

Unashamedly Six is the unleashing of the inner (creative marketing campaigns) children of Six Onions Design and Unashamedly Creative. We come together for select projects that are looking to challenge the standard conventions of Australian marketing, design, content, and community. Our approach puts experimentation, creativity and curiosity back into campaign work where it belongs.

Our aim is to build you the campaigns, digital spaces, community-facing content, and social media experiences the others won’t.

Find out more about Unashamedly Six via our bio.

21/01/2024

Where to next?

Head to the A Good Death website and start with the Great Last Impression Booklet
Create your guest list
Nominate your village
Define the care you want with a care tree
Treat it like a project
Embrace art therapy, recording voices, and creating histories
Talk About Death - embrace it instead of pushing it away
Flip the Script on death today!

Image: black splash with written content featured above.

20/01/2024

That means we can rewrite the story and…

Support each other more
Grieve well
Be there for total strangers
Be less afraid
Find belonging

Image: a hand reaches down to a figure standing on the edge of a film clapper.

19/01/2024

Our approach to end-of-life and death is influenced by…

Our cultural and spiritual beliefs
What we believe happens after we die
Our pain threshold and tolerance for sickness and discomfort
Our attitudes towards disability, chronic illness, and death
Our approach to stress, grief, or mental health
How we view medication, medical intervention, and the prolonging of life
Our version of quality of life in relation to autonomy, choice, and experience
Financial, familial, and functional constraints
What our version of a good death looks like

Anything else you'd add?

Image: flowers in bloom in a field

18/01/2024

Saying goodbye on your terms

Making death as individual as you are might look like:
A five-drink minimum for my wake
Tell my worst stories – with a laugh
Only wear orange
“Burn baby burn, disco inferno” playing at the crematorium
A big musician’s jam
Give a day to the cat home
Plant me as a tree so dogs will visit me
A giant footy match
Turn me into firecrackers and fire me at the sky

Or it doesn't have to be as out there as any of this.

It simply needs to reflect you!

Image: a child in a puffer jacket runs down the road pushing a fish in a sphere.

17/01/2024

Inspiration for remembering people well...

In Mexico, Dia de los Mu***os is a time for families to come together and honour their deceased loved ones. Altars are adorned with photographs, favourite foods, and marigold flowers. It is a colourful and joyous celebration that honours the deceased.
In Ireland, during an Irish wake, loved ones gather to pay their respects and share stories about the departed. The atmosphere is alive with storytelling, music, and an occasional touch of humour. It's a way to honour and remember the person's life while offering comfort to the grieving family.
The Toraja people in Indonesia are famous for their intricate and prolonged funeral rituals, known as Tana Toraja Funeral Rites. These can involve the deceased being kept in the home for a long period, as well as the slaughter of water buffalo to accompany the deceased to the afterlife.
In New Orleans, jazz funerals fill the streets with lively music and vibrant colours as a unique way to celebrate the lives of the deceased. A brass band leads a procession from the funeral service to the cemetery, playing mournful dirges and later transitioning to upbeat, celebratory music.
In certain regions of Germany, a "Totenpass" serves as a written testament to the deceased's life and is commonly laid to rest alongside them. It serves to remember the person and all they achieved.
Grave Diggers' Dinner: In some parts of Scotland, there is a tradition of the "grave diggers' dinner." After a burial, the gravediggers and mourners might gather for a meal, often featuring traditional Scottish dishes.
As part of Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year's Eve celebration, people in Scotland engage in customs that prompt them to contemplate the past and the transient nature of time. People may make toasts to remember loved ones who have died and perform "first-footing," where the first person to enter a home after midnight brings gifts and good luck.

16/01/2024

Encouraging conversation by…Memorialising

Honour the dead and dying with:
Gardens and plants
Creative projects
Books, scripts and poetry
Taking up their hobby or interest
Installing a plaque or piece of furniture in a public place
Make a playlist of their favourite songs
Watching their favourite films
Compiling a memory book or box
Making quilts from their clothes
Creating a memorial space in the digital realm
Building a memorial or shrine
Lighting candles
Performing rituals
Releasing lanterns or boats on the water
Giving and donating in their name
Eating their favourite food or at their favourite restaurant on significant days
Writing letters to the departed
Observing remembrance days
Toasting them at special occasions
Leaving a glass or place at the table
Talking to them when we miss them
Murals, street art and memorial walls
Advocacy, not-for-profit and charity work
Awards and prizes
Grants and bequeaths

15/01/2024

Supporting each other (and yourselves) through end-of-life and grief

Avoid or challenge negative coping strategies like:
Avoidance
Substance Abuse
Emotional Suppression
Self-Harm
Denial
Escapism
Isolation
Aggression
Self-Criticism

With positive coping strategies like:
Therapy, support groups, talking with friends
Art therapy, making music, AA meetings
Creative expression, journaling, self-help
Meditation, mindfulness, exercise
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Grounding exercises, art therapy, companionship
Spending time with friends and community
Anger management classes, sport, exercise
Self-compassion and positive self-talk

And notice the difference!

14/01/2024

Make planning end-of-life support using SWOT.

A SWOT analysis assesses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. When used to help someone with end-of-life or traumatic grief, it can pinpoint strengths and opportunities in their support system, while also acknowledging potential weaknesses and threats to their emotional wellbeing, allowing for a more complete approach to care.

Attached is an example for supporting George, a LGBTQIA+ woman who has stage IV cancer, to stay at home as long as possible.

Strengths:
Adequate funds for care expenses.
Extensive and supportive network from years of community activism.
Manageable symptoms despite cancer, except during chemo.
Positive and pragmatic attitude.

Weaknesses:
Limited availability of specialized LGBTQIA+ in-home care support locally.
Lack of personal transportation for numerous medical appointments.
Dependency on assistance during and after chemotherapy sessions.
Decreased interest in cooking and eating, posing a risk of malnutrition.

Opportunities:
Spare room available for potential live-in assistance as George's needs increase.
Proximity to a university with nursing students who could provide care.
Support from George's ex-girlfriend, offering the café's kitchen and freezer for meal preparation parties with potential crowdfunding for ingredients.

Threats:

Interference from religious parents may impact George's Q***r relationships, and her difficulty in saying no poses a challenge.
Establishing boundaries with George's parents is crucial for the person overseeing her care.
The abundance of supporters requires a strong coordinator to manage and coordinate all aspects effectively.

13/01/2024

Examples of end-of-life based questions you may ask to establish a Care Tree.

Do they need help with cooking, bathing etc?
What are their treatment cycles and how does that influence their ability to complete tasks, their appetite and general wellbeing mentally and physically?
How long can they live at home with and without support services?
When are their medical appointments and do they need company?
What times of day, week or month are harder physically, emotionally and mentally?

12/01/2024

Care Tree questions you may need to consider when dealing with someone struggling with a traumatic loss:

Do they need help with death administration?
Are there times when the death attracts more attention? E.g. news cycles, court dates, anniversaries, etc
Do their pre-existing addictions, history of self-harm or suicidal tendencies, or mental health conditions put them at a higher risk?
What sorts of practical help can you offer?
Are there activities and events planned to help with the grieving process?
How can we support people in coping with their loss, whether in person or virtually?

11/01/2024

General Care Tree questions:

What does providing care look like to you?
How do you support the caregivers as they care?
What functional care is required? (e.g. cleanliness, nutrition, pain management, environmental comfort etc)
What sorts of mental health support is required?
What is your care-related budget?
What local resources do you have access to?
What resources are available online?
What other supports are available?

10/01/2024

How to make sure a Care Tree stays functional:

Update and maintain your care tree
Consider your tools – Excel versus project software, comms etc
Share and communicate
Consider privacy and consent
Seek professional guidance
Make it fun

09/01/2024

Care trees are as individual as you are. And while there may be some commonalities across care trees, it’s a good idea to start with the purpose first. A couple of questions might be:
1. What is the primary goal of the care tree? E.g. support someone with cancer using no family support, or reduce the risk of self-harm in someone who has experienced a su***de of someone close to them.
2. What are some goals underneath the main one? E.g. to stay in their own home as long as possible, or to ensure a person feels less isolated as they grieve.
3. What are the caregiving needs of the person? E.g. what do you they need help with daily, weekly, as a result of treatments like chemo and so on? Are night times harder because they are alone without company or activities to occupy them?
4. What will their caregiving needs look like in the future? This is especially relevant for any illness, disease or disability that reduces physical, mental or cognitive ability, or if there are anniversaries and important dates to navigate after a traumatic loss.
5. What are some constraints you’ll face? E.g. the budget the person has to spend on services, the size of their friendship circle, or the nature of their situation.
6. Are there any cultural aspects to consider? E.g. are they religious? Are they from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, LGBTQIA+ or Disabled, Deaf or neurodivergent?
7. What are some of the outside influences you may need to navigate? E.g. mental illness in the person or their family, geographic location in relation to services, addiction etc.

Here's an example of an end-of-life task list

08/01/2024

What to consider when creating a Care Tree

What is the primary goal of the care tree? E.g. support someone with cancer using no family support or reduce the risk of self-harm in someone who has experienced a su***de of someone close to them
What are some goals underneath the main one? E.g. to stay in their own home as long as possible or ensure a person feels less isolated as they grieve
What are the caregiving needs of the person? E.g. what do you they need help with daily, weekly, as a result of treatments like chemo and so on? Are night times harder because they are alone without company or activities to occupy them?
What will their caregiving needs look like in the future? This is especially relevant for any illness, disease or disability that reduces physical, mental or cognitive ability. Or if there are anniversaries and important dates to navigate after a traumatic loss
What are some constraints you’ll face? E.g. the budget the person has to spend on services, the size of their friendship circle, the nature of their situation
Are there any cultural aspects to consider? E.g. are they religious? Are they CaLD, LGBTQIA+ or Disabled?
What are some of the outside influences you may need to navigate? E.g. mental illness in the person or their family, geographic location from service provision, addiction etc.

07/01/2024

A “Care Tree” is a visual representation of your support network, including friends, acquaintances, and community members who provide care, comfort, and assistance during end-of-life, death, traumatic and grief experiences. A Care Tree can also apply to support for disability or mental health management, and ageing-in-place support.

Essentially, A Care Tree is project management

It's about identifying:
Tasks
People
Priorities
Obstacles and dependencies
Status of the tasks in their lifecycle
And information that will help make completing the project possible.

06/01/2024

Care is a project where you define:
Who
How
What
When
Where
Why

And make it actionable.

05/01/2024

What spiritual support would you need?
What will you need to ask for help?
What sorts of tasks would you want to delegate?
What does support from close friends, family, the village look like?
What self-care looks like good self-care to you?

Knowing the answer to questions like these helps you define your village's support.

04/01/2024

What to do if you don't have a village

Creating a village of support in end-of-life is not only about finding the correct friends to support you. Entire communities can help each other care for the dying, and care for, bury and grieve for the dead.
As long as we say no to what psychologist and social researcher Hugh Mackay calls “Australia's rampant individualism”, the community can raise us up.
It is about making the choice to do things in a way that matters.
Remember:
• Be open about your plans. Being vocal about wanting to set up a village approach to death and dying in your neighbourhood, subculture or community can be beneficial and empowering for everyone.
• If you are excluded, others may be too. It only takes one shining light saying “I am here for you” for others to be open about their own isolation, fears, and wishes. It doesn’t take much to start a movement or create a group that supports each other.
• The more we explore death and end-of-life concepts, the more likely we are to meet people of a similar mindset. The more you learn and the more connections you make, the more supported your village becomes.
• Bringing a community together to die well doesn’t have to start with death. It can begin by helping feed each other with a community garden, celebrating neighbourhood achievements, the young meeting the elderly for companionship, sharing a love of pets, or just about anything else you can think of. The aim is to build community.

But … isn’t this being needy?
Most people hesitate to ask for help, especially with illness, disability and end-of-life, because of the mistaken belief we don’t want to burden others. However, people love helping each other. It makes us feel good about ourselves and the wider world. We gain a sense of community and connection from working together.

The idea we have to go it alone goes against our very real, social and supportive human nature. So, instead of thinking about supporting each other with end-of-life as an act of neediness or being a burden, think of it as a way of paying it forward to others we help, and knowing we are safe and supported in return.

03/01/2024

Questions to ask to identify your villagers

Think about the friends, wellwishers and acquaintances you have available.
Who is a calm blue ocean in a sea of trouble?
Who has the courage to stand up when it counts?
Who loves organising and gets a sense of accomplishment from completing tasks?
Who listens without trying to fix people or problems?
Who has a good head for facts, figures and forms?
Who is good at taking your mind off things and is easy to be around?
Who enjoys doing chores? Cooking meals? Folding fresh laundry?
Who is great with your fur, finned, feathered or scaled companions?
Who's got a knack for crisis situations?

Leverage their skills and talents.

02/01/2024

Tips on asking a friend to take the lead on your end-of-life planning
1. Give them context. Let them know you'd like them to take an important role in helping you achieve your end-of-life goals.
2. Be transparent about the role you want them to play. A good end-of-life plan includes many moving parts and, with them, a few different roles. It’s important to let them know what you think that role entails.
3. Give them a choice. Supporting someone in end-of-life is a very intimate act. If someone is reluctant to help, listen to them! Try not to take it personally. It’s more about their thoughts on death than it is about you.
4. Give them time. If time is a luxury you have, make use of it. Let them consider the invitation and the request for support before pressing for a commitment.
5. Explain the challenges. Don’t sugarcoat your situation or your prickly family to buy a person’s agreement. Let them know what they may face in practical, transparent language, to allow them to make an informed decision.
6. Make a commitment to your documentation. Make sure you have your ACD, a summary of your wishes, a completed Great Last Impression booklet, a Will, and other supporting documents.
7. Have a fighting fund. Nothing stops advocacy dead like running out of money, tools and resources. Always make sure there is a budget available to help your friends support you. You don’t have to make it large or give your friends access. It can simply be there when and if you need it.
8. Ensure you create a village, not a champion. No one person can carry a person safely through a death. Carer burnout is real. You will need to engage more than one supporting player to activate your Care Tree and back that up with paid, private, government and community-based supports.
9. Commit to the relationship anew. Being involved in someone’s care changes the dynamic of your friendship. You both need to decide what parts of your relationship will be protected and remain, and what will change and evolve in the process of caring.

01/01/2024

How to spot your villagers

They are easy-going and/or know how to play the game when it counts
They can deal with pressure without turning it into personal drama
They have your best interests at heart
They require minimal emotional labour to function during a crisis
Empathy and emotional intelligence
Are reliable and adaptable
They have personal experience or empathy for your situation and family dynamics
They know how to be forthright and advocate without getting involved in politics or drama
Can make decisions effectively, even under pressure
They can anticipate needs without someone drawing them a map
They don’t have to like a person to help them

31/12/2023

Starting your village

Decide if family is out – or in a minor role
Build a Care Tree
Nominate a proxy
Get your documents sorted
Be crystal clear in your Advance Care Plan and Advance Care Directive
Have simple discussions about your end-of-life
Consider carer, mental health and grief support

Your community comprises loads of different people who have all kinds of skills, attitudes and character traits that make them ideal candidates to help you plan for your end-of-life village.

They may or may not be your best friend or partner. Often, the ones closest to us are grieving the most and need support too. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to support someone with grief and end-of-life. At times, you also need people with wide and varied skill sets to get the job done, which we will discuss in more detail in a minute.

Don’t discount people because they are not within your inner circle, either. Sometimes, a little emotional distance can help separate the personal from the practical. It can also deepen your relationship and bring you closer together.

30/12/2023

Questions to help define your most supportive community:

How do you view your immediate family (or family of origin)?
How do you view your friends, peers and community?
How much do you want these two parties to intersect and be involved?
What does your connection to country look like?
What does your version of comforting, supportive care look like?
What do you value?
How do those values and connections influence your end-of-life experience?

29/12/2023

Your village is the people who will make your end-of-life an experience to remember. Like any village, this one can be quite diverse – you might require different services, specialists, carers with particular skill sets, public healthcare services in palliative care and aged care, private services, and the support of neighbours and your wider community. How you create your village is up to you.

Consider:
Your values
Your goals
The actions you need to take
The wider purpose that brings you all together.

28/12/2023

Building a strong contingency plan for your end-of-life or care needs comes down to a few key steps:

Start a Village - look at all the people and resources you have available.

Create your guest list - think about friends, community members, mentors, neighbours, - the whole shebang!

Create a Care Tree - this is a network of care and support for your physical, social, emotional, and psychological wellbeing.

Treat it like a project - death is a life event - and like other life events, it needs planning.

Talk about death - the more you can be open about death, the better your end-of-life experience will become.

Create community change - we can support each other on a wider scale to help people find a good death.

27/12/2023

We rely on villages to help us:
To raise a child
To fight a fire
To advocate for services
To create rural and regional community
To gentrify and be reborn
To save the environment
To manage Indigenous land
To feed the town
To keep teens on track
To raise money
To provide mental health support

Why not during death and trauma?

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