by Annetta Mallon | July 13, 2021 | GDEP
I’ve been thinking a lot about grief and the way we frame death in Western culture, and why we shouldn’t be surprised when grief feels weird. Since death and dying – and by extension – grief has been taken out of our usual experiences for such...
by Annetta Mallon | July 13, 2021 | GDEP
Working at end of life is sometimes challenging, so it is essential for me to have regular and frequent healthy self-care time. Flip your script on prioritising time for yourself – you ARE worth it! Today I had the entire morning dedicated to catching up with a...
by Annetta Mallon | July 13, 2021 | GDEP
One of the questions I am often asked is ‘should I bring my children to a funeral?’ My response is always a firm and definite ‘YES’. Yes children belong at funerals, and yes you can talk death and dying with children of any age. It is not only healthy for...
by Annetta Mallon | July 13, 2021 | GDEP
Recently I had an interesting QandA with students. I learned how my training course design and content – especially the in-depth language and context built into the Tier 1 modules – helps students feel confident creating their own approaches to end of life...
by Annetta Mallon | July 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hello Gentle Reader – today Cully and I were out, and I have car magnets on the sides of my car advertising my business. A nurse pulled in beside us, read my signage and asked if my work was with euthanasia. No. Absolutely not. But I get this question a lot...
by Annetta Mallon | October 10, 2020 | Book reviews
Death on Earth – Adventures in Evolution and Mortality provides an eclectic mix of personal observation and questioning, scientific information, and observations from death professionals in conversation with the author. At times I found that the wonderings of the...
