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Death Cafe write up: First Castlemaine Death Cafe

Posted by DeathCafeCastlemaine on April 25, 2015, 11:43 p.m.

Sixteen attended. After opening remarks on the Death Café concept, we broke into two groups. The topics discussed included:

• Current and past personal experiences with the death and dying of relatives and friends,
• Society’s avoidance of and the “medicalisation” of death and dying (and birth!),
• A local initiative for holistic funerals and disposal of the remains,
• Reflections from one attendee who is a funeral celebrant,
• Hopes of “euphoric” and “aesthetic” deaths,
• “Conscious Ageing”,
• The concept of wakes before you die and leaving possessions,
• Humorous stories about life experiences,
• Reflections from one attendee who heads the regional palliative care services,
• End of life planning,
• Remembering and grieving.

We ...

Death Cafe: First Castlemaine Death Cafe

Posted by DeathCafeCastlemaine on March 26, 2015, 6:13 p.m.

With Heather Blakey & David Rigby

April 21, 2015, 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Melbourne, Australia)

Suggested donation of $10 pays for your coffee and cake and the hire of the venue.

There is no agenda. After a brief welcome to all participants, we'll break up into three groups of about six people. The course of the discussion is entirely up ...