Created from loss, made for the living
Death Bed Questions is a conversation deck for life, love, memory and everything that matters before it’s too late.
Explore six deeply themed decks designed to help you ask, listen and connect more honestly with the people you love.
About
Death Bed Questions began as a personal act of healing – a way to ask the questions I never got to ask my Dad, my Mum, my team who died in 9/11, and my love Tim, before they were gone.
In those moments of loss, I realised that what we long for most is not more time, but more truth. The unspoken stories. The laughter never shared. The wisdom that leaves with them too soon.
After each one died I remember laying in bed and these questions would swirl but with no way of answering them. So, I began to write the questions to help you and those you love. What started as grief slowly became a beautiful gift of light and love – a collection of essential life conversations we all need to have before it’s too late.
Each card is an invitation to ask deeply, listen wholly and love courageously.
Read MoreHow to Use the Decks
Death Bed Questions can be used in many ways:
Shared Ritual
As a shared ritual with a loved one
Self-Reflection
As a journaling and self-reflection tool
Healing Practice
As a guide for end-of-life conversations
End-of-Life Guide
As a healing practice between friends, partners or family members
Legacy Gift
A legacy gift for passing memories down the family line
Your Way
Draw one or more cards, choose a theme, or move slowly at your own pace
The Six Decks
Each deck contains 53 carefully written questions, for a total of 318 questions. When my mum was dying, I had five months to say goodbye. Our conversations were rich and peppered with things we’d never explored before in life. It helped us both to say goodbye and heal whilst we could. The memories are one of my most treasured possessions.
Professional Edition
Draw one or many cards, choose themes, move at your own pace
Death Bed Questions can be used as a professional therapeutic and end-of-life support tool.
- Therapists and counsellors
- Death doulas
- Hospice and palliative care workers
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Grief specialists
- Life review sessions
- Legacy and memory work
- Grief processing
- And much more...
These questions can act as a doorway to healing, reconciliation, and peace.
View MoreCreator
Jo Cox-Brown
Writer, Seeker, Healer, and Guardian of Sacred Conversations
This deck is part of Jo's wider commitment to creating spaces both physical and emotional where honesty, healing and human connection can thrive.