Gentle Death Education and Planning

Gentle Death Education and Planning End of Life consultant & educator, researcher; EOL services, advocacy & support for people & pets. Comprehensive & inclusive training, EFT psychotherapy.

Death literacy, secular/atheist, LBGTIQA+ ally, diversity-inclusive, kink-friendly safe space. Gentle Death and Events Planning is a culmination of decades spent working to relieve grief and trauma. I founded GDEP to help everyday people and professionals in the end of life space increase their capacity to support the dying. I do this through direct support as an end of life consultant, providing

direct mentoring virtually and face-to-face, as a speaker, academic, teacher and publishing research. My latest undertaking is an online program that brings together practical support with evidence-based knowledge to help empower people when acting in a support role to someone facing end of life. Inclusive of diversity, culturally impartial, and free from religion, my end of life training is suitable for practising professionals and the layperson alike.

When doing specialist training on the Gold Coast I am with the bestest people! The stunning, accomplished and innovative...
04/09/2025

When doing specialist training on the Gold Coast I am with the bestest people! The stunning, accomplished and innovative Prof hosts Gene Monterastelli - with sister Elaine taking care of business by his side - for tapping and subconscious blocks. Great group, information packed, and worth every moment of travel to be here!



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I'm off to the Gold Coast for specialist EB EFT training hosted by and led by Gene Monterastelli of . I'm really lookin...
03/09/2025

I'm off to the Gold Coast for specialist EB EFT training hosted by and led by Gene Monterastelli of . I'm really looking forward to this - not only for my clients but myself too.



ID: a woman with pale skin and white curly hair sits in an airplane seat looking at the camera. She wears a white mask and reading glasses.

I'm off to the Gold Coast for specialist EB EFT training hosted by Peta Stapleton with Gene Monterastelli !! ID:...
03/09/2025

I'm off to the Gold Coast for specialist EB EFT training hosted by Peta Stapleton with Gene Monterastelli !!



ID: a woman with pale skin and white curly hair sits in an airplane seat looking at the camera. She wears a white mask and reading glasses.

The 2025 End of Life Doula International Research Symposium is this weekend - have you got your ticket yet??!Priced mode...
02/09/2025

The 2025 End of Life Doula International Research Symposium is this weekend - have you got your ticket yet??!

Priced modestly at only 20 GBP per ticket for the Global North (developed nations) and 10 GBP per ticket for the Global South (developing nations), you get a LOT of research, connections and information for your $$!

Speakers from Latin America, Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. Tickets via eold.org - see you there!

Research is a verb: Sharing knowledge as collaboration.

ID: the blue and white information graphic from EOLD-IRG for the 4th annual international end of life doula symposium, online September 5-6th. Tickets via eold.org

Happy International Dog Day from our snoozy, rainy day pup . May your day be full of unconditional love, tail thumps j...
26/08/2025

Happy International Dog Day from our snoozy, rainy day pup . May your day be full of unconditional love, tail thumps jumps, cuddles, joy and happiness.

ID: a black dog lays on a bed with a teal doona cover, cuddling a pillow as he sleeps in on a rainy Tuesday morning in northern Tasmania

Happy International Dog Day from our snoozy, rainy day pup . May your day be full of unconditional love, tail thumps j...
26/08/2025

Happy International Dog Day from our snoozy, rainy day pup . May your day be full of unconditional love, tail thumps jumps, cuddles, joy and happiness.

ID: a black dog lays on a bed with a teal donation cover, cuddling a pillow as he sleeps in on a rainy Tuesday morning in northern Tasmania

Want the best podcast to help your weekend listening shine? I've got you sorted!You may already listen to the "Don't Be ...
22/08/2025

Want the best podcast to help your weekend listening shine? I've got you sorted!

You may already listen to the "Don't Be Caught Dead" podcast hosted by the award-winning and multi-talented Catherine Ashton (you have EXCELLENT taste!), but if you haven't started yet try this episode with me. Catherine is a wonderful host, asks insightful questions, and guides us gently through tender topics with humour and verve.

We talk found family, compassion at end of life, and - as always - why good advance planning eases grief for everyone. I had a great time, I hope you enjoy it too.

Listen here: https://criticalinfo.com.au/podcast/found-family-the-importance-of-compassion-in-grief/

Listen to the stories told by people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Learn from the knowledge of experts in the deathcare industry.

Interest in supporting the dying without carer burnout continues to grow! My Mallon Model article has been downloaded 57...
19/08/2025

Interest in supporting the dying without carer burnout continues to grow! My Mallon Model article has been downloaded 5757 (a pleasing symmetry of numbers here) times. Yay!

Free to download, this article takes you through the way the model came about, and how to implement it in your own home. Designed to streamline end of life doulas in their work, this free article is beneficial and easy to use for anyone who has a dying person in their life.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/26323524211052569



ID: a variegated dark blue background with the 3 role Venn diagram of the Mallon Model (Intimate, Gatekeeper, Peripheral) with white text " My Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 5,757 times!!! This model helps avoid burnout for end of life, disability, and rehabilitation home support carers. (Free to download) gdep.com.au "

Vale Terrence Stamp ID: a GIF of actor Terrence Stamp, an older man with pale skin, dressed in heavy make-up and wearing...
18/08/2025

Vale Terrence Stamp

ID: a GIF of actor Terrence Stamp, an older man with pale skin, dressed in heavy make-up and wearing an emu costume in the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert. He is dancing, grudgingly, in front of Indigenous Australian art.

10/08/2025

A touch soggy this morning!

Love in the post!Thank you to Tracey L for breathtakingly beautiful, delicate, and entirely practical handmade bookmarks...
07/08/2025

Love in the post!

Thank you to Tracey L for breathtakingly beautiful, delicate, and entirely practical handmade bookmarks. I loathe putting markers in that mess with the spine, these solve the problem by adorning a pages edge.

Genius!

ID: two pictures of origami folded papers designed to be page-edge bookmarks. A lovely card sits in the picture with them.

Don't forget the Dying to Know Day events in our neighbourhood over the next week!This year's topic is grief and wind ph...
06/08/2025

Don't forget the Dying to Know Day events in our neighbourhood over the next week!
This year's topic is grief and wind phones - Friday 8th August 11am in the Jackys Marsh room of Meander House.

Monday 11th August at Deloraine House, 11am.

Thank you to the Coordinator and staff of Deloraine & Meander Houses for your support of Australia's national death literacy events.

See you there!

ID: 2 older women sit with their hair in rollers next to old-fashioned hair dryers holding teacups and laughing together. The woman on the left wears overalls and has colourful tattoos and says "I tried a wind phone at my daughter's funeral and feel so much better" Text at the bottom says "The secret I'm glad I shared. Learn more: Meander House Friday 8 August 11am. Deloraine House Monday 11 August 11am." The Dying to Know Day logo is at the bottom centre of the image.

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PO Box 68
Meander, TAS
7304

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 8pm
Tuesday 7am - 8pm
Wednesday 7am - 8pm
Thursday 7am - 10pm
Friday 7am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+61412702833

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Atheist and Secular End of Life Services for Humans and Pets

Dr Annetta Mallon is one of Australia's leading End of Life Consultants and Educators, and her extensive range of atheist and secular services for both humans and pets include: grief support, EFT and counselling, advance planning for end of life care, preferred site of dying, and after-death body care and funerals. Memorial projects, creative ideas for funerals and farewells, and ongoing support after a death are also part of Annetta’s work with clients, alongside support and advocacy for clients at end of life, through active dying, and death. Dr Annetta Mallon and Gentle Death Events and Planning are kink-friendly, an LBGTIQA+ ally, and a safe space offering inclusive and diversity-friendly services and support.

An expert in grief and loss, education, sociology, advocacy, and personal stories, Annetta is a former somatic psychotherapist who has worked for three decades specialising in grief and loss, injury and trauma recovery, and personal growth and development for her clients. As an expert in trauma recovery and PTSD Annetta offers specialist services for those who live with the after-effects of unexpected and violent death, complex grief, and long-term, unresolved trauma.

A professional writer, social researcher and lecturer with the University of Western Sydney's Sydney City Campus Annetta is a seasoned presenter and keynote speaker who is regularly invited to present at academic, private, and public events. Annetta also offers mentoring and counselling for end of life workers for professional development and ongoing support.