Death Cafe Maldon

24/04/2026

Shared on the BBC radio

https://www.facebook.com/share/1GgcRH3zpF/

Matthew Bannister looks at the changing nature of the way we memorialise our dead.

20/04/2026

🌳If death is certain… how do we truly want to live?
Join us for a heartfelt morning of connection, reflection, and gentle conversation in a safe and supportive space. -
🪴Sunday 26th April - 1 Spring St Maldon - 10am 🌺
Together, we’ll explore what really matters — not in a heavy way, but in a way that brings clarity, meaning, and presence to life.
✨ Free coffee & cake
✨ A welcoming, open circle
✨ Create your own “Living Fully Stone” — a personal reminder of how you choose to live
🌿 Living Fully Stones - As part of our circle, you’ll be guided to create your own “Living Fully Stone” — a simple, meaningful keepsake to take home with you.
This is a gentle, reflective practice to help you connect with the question:
👉 “If death is certain… how do I truly want to live?”
You’ll be invited to pause, reflect, and tune into what feels most important for you right now.
🌸What do you want more of in your life?
🌸What feels true for you?
🌸What are you ready to live, not just think about?
From this space, you’ll choose:
✨ a word
✨ a feeling
✨ or a simple symbol
…and write, draw it onto your stone.
🪨 Your stone becomes:
🌸a reminder of what matters most
🌸a reflection of your intention
🌸something you can hold, keep, or place somewhere special
Each stone will be completely unique — just like you.
💛 Sometimes we talk… and then life continues as normal.
This gives you something tangible to take with you —
a small anchor to bring you back to:
👉 how you want to live
👉 what you don’t want to forget
👉 what truly matters
🌿 You don’t need to be creative
🌿There’s no right or wrong way to do this.
🌿Simple is perfect.
🌿Meaning is what matters.
Come as you are. Share if you feel to… or simply sit & listen.

💛 Free event | All welcome
Jenny Blake

17/02/2026

🌿An End of Life Plan is a gentle, practical, and deeply personal guide that helps a person prepare for death in a way that feels peaceful, dignified, and aligned with their wishes.

It is not just a legal document.
It is a heart-centred plan that supports the emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects of dying.

A Death Doula helps guide this process by offering calm support, clarity, and compassion — helping someone feel more in control during a time that often feels overwhelming.

An End of Life Plan may include:
✅ Medical & Care Wishes
Preferred medical care and comfort measures
Pain relief preferences
Hospital vs home vs hospice wishes
Advance Care Directive (if completed)
Who can speak for you if you cannot

✅ Practical Information
Important contacts (family, doctors, solicitor)
Location of will and legal paperwork
Funeral insurance details
Passwords and account information (optional)
Key documents and where they are stored

✅ Funeral & Ceremony Wishes
Burial or cremation preferences
Music, readings, poems
Religious or spiritual elements
Who you want present
Personal touches (flowers, candles, photographs, rituals)

✅ Emotional & Family Support
Messages to loved ones
Letters to children/grandchildren
Relationship repair or closure wishes
Who you want to visit you
How you want your loved ones supported

✅ Spiritual and Soul-Based Wishes
Cultural or spiritual rituals
Prayers, blessings, or energy work
Sacred objects you want nearby
How you want the space to feel
How you wish to be honoured after passing

🌸 Why is an End of Life Plan important?
Creating an End of Life Plan brings:
✨ Peace of mind
✨ Reduced fear and anxiety
✨ Clear direction for family
✨ Less conflict and confusion
✨ A sense of control and dignity
✨ More emotional closure and meaning

It allows loved ones to grieve without having to guess what you would have wanted.

✨A Death Doula supports people by:
🪻Having gentle conversations about death without judgment
🪻Helping plan meaningful end-of-life rituals
🪻Supporting families emotionally
🪻Creating a calm and sacred environment
🪻Advocating for the person’s wishes
🪻Offering presence, grounding, and compassion
🪻Helping loved ones feel less alone during the process

✨A Death Doula does not replace medical care — they support the human experience of dying.

🌙 The deeper truth

An End of Life Plan is not about “planning death.”

It is about planning peace.
Planning comfort.
Planning love.
Planning how you want to be held, honoured, and remembered.

✨It is a gift — to yourself and to those who love you.

Death Cafe Maldon - Sunday 22nd at 10am
1 Spring St Maldon

Death Cafe Association for Death Education and Counseling

27/09/2025

Mt Alexander Business Awards 2025

We have been nominated for the Community Award & People's Choice Award.

🎉Please vote for us
www.shape.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/business-awards

Thank you to all of our customers we appreciate your support. 🪻🌷🌹
Every vote helps. 👍

30/08/2025

🩷Death Cafe Sunday 10am. Explore your own grief.
light a candle, picks an affirmation card.
share emotional state &
new understanding.

18/08/2025

Grief - our topic for this Month.

I really resonate with grief of myself. The life I thought I would be in until I died. A close family, regular visits with my sons and grandkids. Family time all together at my house in Adelaide opposite the beach.

All swimming at the beach. Kayaking or paddle boarding with grandkids, splashing in the waves as the dolphins swim by.

Please share this post with everyone who is separated, divorced who feels lost, fragmented, despair. Watching their old version of life rolling along, knowing there is no going back.

Please share with anyone who is lonely, or doesn't have many friends. Let's all connect, share our stories, laugh, cry, have coffee & cake. By the end of gathering you will have made lots of new friends.

I will be the first person to give you a hug as you join Death Cafe Maldon for a chat and coffee.

Jenny Blake will facilitate, as a Death Doula.

At Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing shop
1 Spring St Maldon.

31st August 10.30am
FREE - Non for Profit

Association for Death Education and Counseling
Death Cafe

27/07/2025

What does a Doula do?

Come along for a cuppa and a chat, interesting guest speakers, meet new friends.

Saturday - Doula Hub Expo Castlemaine -
10.30am to 3pm
Northern Arts Hotel

Sunday - Live Shrouding in Maldon 3pm
Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing
1 Spring St Maldon

26/07/2025

Death Cafe Maldon - Sunday 3rd August at 3pm

A live Shrouding demonstration

26/07/2025

Death Cafe Maldon - Sunday 3rd August - part of Goldfields Gothic Festival - FREE Live Shrouding Demonstration

Our 1st year anniversary of the shop - we will have Bat Cupcakes and Herbal Brews.

Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing 1 Spring St Maldon