Death Cafe profile for Annie Whitlocke
Location: Australia
About Annie Whitlocke:
I wear several hats..I am a pastoral carer at a major hospital, teach mindful meditation at an oncology hospital, assist in presenting at Spiritual Care programs, funeral celebrant and most important is as a carer to my mother who has dementia.
I offer to facilitate Death Cafes around my area for the cost of my petrol. I am happy to talk over the phone to assist people in holding their own Death Cafes.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
Over the years I have had a wide variety of experiences with death, in my family and others. some were good and some could have been better.
Some things I found were very helpful, open communication, acceptance, forgiveness and a good sense of humour.
Most important is to be a good listener.
What would you like your legacy to be?
To encourage community to bond again, to be there for our neighbours and each other. To have the courage to speak our thoughts and fears and to support others in doing so also.
Thoughts for sharing:
Talking about death won't kill you
Annie Whitlocke's posts on the Death Cafe website
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Gertrude Contemporary
Posted by Annie Whitlocke on July 1, 2014, 3:31 a.m.
The Citizen
Friday 27 June 2014
On death and dying and the Death Cafe
Words and pictures by Danielle Kutchel
People are talking about death over a cuppa. But it’s not all doom and gloom, writes Danielle Kutchel.
On a sunny afternoon in Fitzroy, up three steep and rickety flights of stairs, an unlikely group of people meet in a whitewashed studio room overlooking busy Gertrude Street.
There are people from all walks of life here; Buddhists, mixing with atheists and sceptics, sharing cakes and cups of tea. Though disparate in background and outlook, they are united by a reality that confronts ultimately all creatures — death. And ...