Self-expression is rarely easy for patients because words often cannot articulate how patients feel inside. Children are often asked to draw pictures in order for psychologists to gain insight into perceptions surrounding particular life experiences. Paul, a 57-year-old patient with a provocative and morbid sense of humor, stunned the ER ...
Da ich bis knapp vorher unterwegs war, habe ich es versäumt, das Linzer Death Cafe auf der Webseite anzukündigen, und habe den Termin nur begrenzt über Facebook und Twitter verbreitet. Dennoch kamen 10 Menschen zusammen, um bei Kaffee und Kuchen über Tod und Sterben zu reden. Es war ...
Discussion around the topic of death has always been difficult and it’s easy to see why in some sense. Why talk about death when there is so much to focus on in the present whilst we are living? However, death is the one thing that is certain for us ...
Whereas Prince did not have an estate plan before his untimely death, I am weirdly planning to be here today (in Phoenix) and gone tomorrow (to St. Louis). When my father takes his last breath this week or next, I anticipate that a part of my life will stop as ...
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Death Café press release Organizer：Civil Affairs Bureau of Taichung City Executive Unit：Mortuary Services Office, Taichung City Time：13:30-16:30 Wednesday, May 4th,2016 Venue：No.50, Sec. 1, Chongde Rd., North Dist., Taichung City 404, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Press Contact：+886-4-22334145 ext. 306 Mr.Tsai ... |
Death is a taboo topic among humans. The denial and discomfort about this dreaded topic is beautifully and humorously depicted in the recently released book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant: A memoir by Ros Chast, staff cartoonist for the New Yorker.
In my line of work as ...
Hi there smile emoticon I'm currently at the University of Birmingham, studying anthropology and african studies. At the moment i'm doing a mini research project on death cafe events, and would be so so so grateful if anyone would like to talk me about their experiences of death ...
Once upon a time Martin Simpson was playing little league and had hopes and dreams. At the age of 89 he was falling frequently due to weakness brought on by urinary tract infections. Before his son could arrive at the residential group home, Mr. Simpson had been loaded onto the ...
We had a reception for my Mom at the hospice the day before she died. Her Catholic family and friends were a little taken aback - no funeral or wake or visitation?
We had all the guests write notes to Mom on pretty gift tags and tied them to big pink ...
The Number #1 regret of the dying is not having the courage to live a life true to oneself, but instead living a life based on the expectations of others.
Driving Miss Norma is a popular Facebook page, a truly inspiring passage about an endearing 90-year-old woman who “hit the ...
“Mom, you’re SO weird,” my youngest son announced when he heard of my plans to organize and host Toronto’s first Death Café.
At the time he was 20 and stared at me with big eyes and disbelief as if he pictured me dressed goth-style with ultra-pale skin and ...
So, there’s this coroner who invited thousands of strangers to ask her questions about death. Sounds like a pretty weird invitation, right? My first thought upon discovering this, was, “What kind of weirdo’s actually want to talk about death?” I, myself, had done a pretty good job at ...
To all the parents I have had to meet,
One of the hardest moments of my job in the Coroner’s office was having to meet you during the worst day of your life. It was the day your world stopped spinning and ceased to exist as you knew it ...
Greetings, dear reader and fellow traveller on “spaceship earth”, and the warmest of welcomes to you from my first blog post on THE DEATH CAFÉ.
Hooray! The Death Café has finally reached my hometown of Sidmouth on England’s south west Jurassic coast. Through my local paper I learnt that ...
My husband spent 6 nights in the hospice and, while he was there, we slept in the hospice with him. Just 24 hours before he was moved there from the hospital, we thought he was coming home and would start chemotherapy a couple of weeks later but instead he was ...