Death Cafe Links and News Page


Dying to Talk

Posted by Vicky Cook on July 5, 2020, 3:36 p.m.


Dying to Talk

I have started a link to get people talking about grief and support the bereaved.

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The Unity of Spirit

Posted by CharlesMugleston on June 10, 2020, 8:20 a.m.


The titleand poem say it all.

Link: http://www.omarkhayyamtheatrecompany.com/

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Thoughts on COVID-19

Posted by libbyhall on April 17, 2020, 11:26 a.m.


I was delighted to read about Death Cafes in the Guardian last week. I wondered how I didn’t know about them. Especially as it all began in Hackney, and I have lived in Hackney for the last 53 years of my 78 years.
 
I don’t have much stamina now and it would be difficult for to to keep to a daily conversation. I am very much enjoying reading previous blogs and looking at videos. I should be able to come back to my computer and read a bit more every day now.
 
I would like to share with you two selfies – with their captions -  and a link to a film that was made in 2012 about me getting my tattoos. The tattoos were done before I was ill. I’m especially glad now that I had them done when I did.
 
 
 
 
It’s an honour to be part of the Death Cafe community. I only wish I had known about it from its beginnings when I might have been more actively involved – and actually shared coffee and cake with you!
 
 
 
 

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Advance care planning and the urgency of now | Prof Brian Dolan and Corrina Grimes

An opinion piece co-authored with Corrina Grimes, by Professor Brian Dolan, whom I had the pleasure of hearing speak at the Countess of Chester hospital in January 2020. 

 

Prof Brian Dolan and Corrina Grimes outline the case for advance care planning in the context of patient time and their last 1,000 days...

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The place where people go to die

Posted by ElyDeathCafe on Feb. 10, 2020, 12:25 p.m. 87 comments


A friend in India sent me this about the Kashi Labh guest house in Varanasi, the place people go to die. I was curious about the journalist so here's the back story too.

Project FUEL was founded in 2009 by Deepak Ramola when he was 17:

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgAihUm_m-D8Y9aVnRhRuw  

 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVe7WsZXyU

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Online Bereavement Support Hubs

Posted by Alexis on Jan. 22, 2020, 8:43 a.m.


Guardian Angel was founded after the founder's mother’s fatal accident. Support Hubs are private online groups for bereaved families and friends. You can use them to co-ordinate funeral information, donations, memories and photos. You may wish to start a Support Hub or join an existing one.

Link: https://guardianangel.network/

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Green Burial comes to Edmonton, Alberta

Posted by Gina Vliet on Aug. 12, 2019, 3:14 p.m.


Was asked to speak on the radio recently about Edmonton Alberta's first green burial cemetery. And of course Death Cafe came up!

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active/clip/15731227-burials-going-green

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Alan Watts on Death

Posted by Shaheda on June 13, 2019, 12:39 p.m. 1 comment


"Day after day we remember the days that have gone on before, even though there is the interval of sleep. Finally there comes a time when, if we consider what is to our true liking, we will want to forget everything that went before. Then we can have the extraordinary experience of seeing the world once again through the eyes of a baby – whatever kind of baby. Then it will be completely new and we will have all the startling wonder that a child has, all the vividness of perception which we wouldn’t have if we remembered everything forever."

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4rMxg8JOn0

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Recent articles on Grief - Week of May 20th 2019

For the week of May 20th, 2019, here are some articles on grief that I think are useful and interesting.

I am a psychotherapist in Corte Madera California (outside of San Francisco). I specialize in therapy with seniors, aging, grief and end of life. www.jbamft.com

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Recent articles on grief

Posted by Jacob Brown - Grief Therapist on May 13, 2019, 2:45 p.m.


Recent articles on grief

This is a summary of recent articles on grief.  I hope you find them interesting and helpful in exploring your own grief experience.

I'm a psychotherapist in the San Francisco area specializing in aging and grief.  You can find more resources on my website www.jbamft.com.  

 

 

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Facing Your Mortality: Can we prepare for Death?

Posted by Deerheart on March 25, 2019, 8:21 a.m.


Death cannot be truly understood. Death is better understood within the soul, our essential being, and our heart. In a culture where dying and death is feared, we have no verbal language to express the immensity of dying, death or grief; no aptitude to be a faithful witness or to comprehend how it feels to be dying. What we most profoundly think and trust, what we passionately love, fear, or desire, undeniably escapes sufficient verbalization— as with death.

 

Link: http://www.theheartway.org/facing-our-mortality-can-we-prepare-for-death/?fbclid=IwAR0ylyvxZgzYhZyGCPhmERHnmCY0nde0Ti-yOqHrbuzNlTunQktMfKSUw3c

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Rilke on Loss, Grief and Transformation

Posted by UliBaer on March 20, 2019, 11:07 a.m.


Rilke on Loss, Grief and Transformation

After my father passed away, 10 weeks after I witnessed the attacks of 9/11 (and unrelated to it), I collected and translated poet Rainer Maria Rilke's letters of condolence. 17 years later I published Rilke's The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief and Transformation. The book helped me get through a very dark period of loss and grief. It might be of help to others. 

I am humbled to be the translator of the great poet Rilke, whose words have sustained me for a long time. And I am honored that singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash, a great lover of poetry and Rilke, recorded this book ...

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Resources for professionals

Posted by Rowcroft Hospice on March 14, 2019, 9:47 a.m.


Resources for professionals

Clinical resources for Professionals

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Lebenswert Bis Zum Ende, ZDF, German TV

Posted by Josefine Speyer on Feb. 1, 2019, 6:37 a.m.


Lebenswert Bis Zum Ende, ZDF, German TV

Renate Werner filmed a death cafe hosted by Josefine Speyer in London as part of this German TV program, available until October 2019.

In Germany every second person dies in hospital, but it does not have to be that way. People could die at home, well cared for and not being alone. "plan b" shows how we bring dying and death back into our midst.

 

To watch this film for free go to the website and download the 30 minute film.

 

 

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Recent articles on Grief

Posted by Jacob Brown - Grief Therapist on Dec. 29, 2018, 11:11 a.m.


Recent articles on Grief

This is a round-up of recent articles on grief and grief counseling.  I hope you find it useful and interesting.  Jacob Brown www.jbamft.com 

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