Welcome to Death Cafe
A Death Cafe is an event where people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.
At a Death Cafe people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is
Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 4983 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 4983 Death Cafes. These never involve agendas, advertising or set conclusions. Interesting conversations are guaranteed!
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Host a Death Cafe
People who adopt the model set out in our guide are welcome to set up their own Death Cafes. So far we've held Death Cafes in 51 countries.
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Recent posts
New Blog post: A Student of Death
Posted by Richard Wagner on Aug. 17, 2017, 10:48 a.m. 2 comments
“I want to celebrate my belief that living well and dying well are one and the same thing. I’m not talking about adjusting deathbed pillows so that the dying people can strike heroic poses for the edification of onlookers. I’m talking about achieving a good death in the context of real dying – with all its unpredictability, disfigurement, pain, and sorrow.”
My name is Richard. I’m the founder of a nonprofit organization with ...
With gina colombatto
Sept. 13, 2017, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (eastern)
free.
Welcome to this Portland Death Cafe, part of a 2nd Wednesday series where everyone is welcome to join in the conversation. We are all in this together and no one ...
With Thirdspace/ Susan Zwick
Sept. 7, 2017, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (pacific standard time)
Thirdspace Death Cafe is free but donations are welcome to cover costs.
Thirdspace is a community gathering place hosted by the Peninsula United Church where people are invited to join in and "make yourself at home". There are a variety of cafes ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe Sacramento
Posted by Death Cafe Sacramento - Sandra Young on Aug. 17, 2017, 12:03 a.m.
With Sandra Young
Sept. 5, 2017, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (pacific)
no cost
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Sydney
Posted by April Lewis on Aug. 16, 2017, 10:06 p.m.
Feedback from 3 different ladies, for whom it was their first experience of a Death Cafe:
1) Thanks so much for hosting the Death Cafe on Tuesday. It was a great chance to explore ideas that most of us think or worry about at some point but don't necessarily get the opportunity to discuss. I felt it was a really safe, non-judgemental space where everyone was respected and I liked hearing people's different perspectives on the various issues we talked about. It certainly reframed the way I was looking at some things, and was very thought provoking. I hope to get back to another one at ...
One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation ...
Practitioners question: Kubler-Ross, Moody, Adi Da and others
Posted by Teresa Hudson on Aug. 16, 2017, 7:49 p.m.
Just wondering if other facilitators have read/are versed in the writings of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross ("On Death and Dying"), Dr. Raymond Moody ("Life After Life"), Adi Da Samraj ("Easy Death") or Anya Foos-Graber ("Deathing") ? It would seem that a good grounding in such wisdom (as well as witnessing end-of-life experiences ...
With Maggie Yenoki
Sept. 6, 2017, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (pacific)
Free! But your help with refreshment costs and room rental are welcomed.
With Kate Thomas/Irene Montefiore
Aug. 25, 2017, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (WAT)
No fees, but a donation towards room hire would be appreciated.
All welcome.
With Serenity Gardens
Aug. 26, 2017, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time)
This event is free but please support the venue by buying some refreshments.
This Death Café will take place on the last Saturday of each month. It will provide an opportunity for individuals of any background, religion, culture or belief to meet together ...
Death Cafe: Japanese speaking Death Cafe in Sydney, 日本語デスカフェ in Sydney
Posted by Shiori on Aug. 15, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
With Shiori Yano やのしおり
Sept. 28, 2017, 11.00 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. (Sydney)
You pay only your drink ご自分の飲み物代の負担のみ
死は誰もが免れないものですが、つい考えずに時間が過ぎてしまいます。だからやっていける、という面もあります。
人生の中では、身近なひとの死に触れなければならいこともあり、グリーフに陥ったり、人生や命についていろいろ考えることがあります。
家族や親や自分が老いていくことに直面したり、それをどう受容できるのか、さまざまに考えるときもあります。
そんなことを、どんなことでも話し合いましょう。
これまでの参加者の感想では、死にまつわることについて話し合える場に参加できたことで、それらに対する自分の不安がすこしやわらいだのを感じた、参加してよかった！というものが多かったで、ぜひ！
With Gina Awad and Aly Dickinson
Sept. 20, 2017, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time)
Voluntary donations to the fund for Jon Underwood
Gina knows first hand the value of sharing and how carthartic that can be. She is a natural empath and has spent time in the past as a volunteer at ...
With Kingston Library
Sept. 13, 2017, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (adt)
none
Join Connie Jodrey and Petra Harrison at the Kingston Library for tea, cake and conversation about death at Kingston's first Death Cafe. This is an opportunity to share your ...
With Suffolk Anthology
Sept. 7, 2017, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (England)
Free
With Leslie Gelfand
Aug. 30, 2017, 7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (pacific)
Free. Donations welcome to cover the cost of refreshments.
Join us in a relaxed setting to drink tea and coffee and eat cake and cookies and discuss everything to do with death and dying, life and living.
No lectures ...