Tony Lopez of Channel 13 News, Sacramento CBS affiliate, visited the Death Cafe Auburn this month. We were happy to make the 10:00 news so more people can hear about what we are offering. Tony also put in a plug for Death Cafe Roseville. He interviewed two of our ...
I am a letter cutter specialising in hand carved headstones.
I read an article in The Times today quoting a study by the organisation Dying Matters which reveals that half of all people in couples have no idea how their partner would like to depart the world. Four out of ...
Firstly i want to say thank you for this opportunity, It feels strange yet exciting, being able to discuss death with others.
I have always been scared of dying from an early age. In my primary school years I would wake up crying or was unable to sleep due to ...
This work was originally published on the Death Cafe site on the 13th June 2013.
Since then we've further clarified the core Death Cafe model as being without questions.
This work indicates that questions may be more necessary with online Death Cafes.
However for it to be a Death ...
It is esential that euthenasia be legalised with appropriate safeguards. It is essential that one expresses their wishes in an Enduring Guardianship documents and that both their own doctos and a third party doctor certify that the condition expressed in the document has been reached.
We need facilities set up ...
Oh dark and shadowy figures
Why has thou come to me?
Why are you here
Should I fear or be full of cheer
Do we need to talk or do I need to pray
What is your purpose?
What is your reason?
I want to know
Or do I?
No ...
As a health practitioner doctor and MPH health educator, I am most interested in how grief impacts the bereaved person's health. Some of my patients have never been more sick for weeks, months and years after the death of their loved one. Also, especially if they were the major ...
Long, long ago, so long that the world did not exist yet, Holy Energy of the God, your parents, you and other unborn creatures had a dream. The dream was full of Unconditional Love, the Warmth of the Sun and Hope. It has been stored in the amber stones for ...
I am not, in general, a particularly controlling person. In fact, people often comment on how laid back I seem. And, that's fairly accurate, to an extent. But about eight years ago, I started to get a lot less sleep and have a lot more demands on my attention ...
I attended Death Midwife Certification Intensive training in Bannockburn, IL with Earth Traditions, a Pagan community for People of the Earth. Training was completed on 10/13/13. I am now a Certified Death Midwife.
Training is centered around supporting the provision of dignified and sacred end of life care ...
Isn’t it about time we opened the door to one of the last taboo topics? These days we can openly discuss everything else. Our sexual exploits, children’s toilet training and family secrets are all fair game for talk shows and dinner conversation. So what’s up with our ...
With increasing frequency and ferocity we accuse ourselves of being a death denying culture as though it is something to be ashamed of. Its true, we have become alienated from the rituals associated with end of life and post death care. Understandably, those who awaken to that fact often feel ...
On Thursday last week we to hit a major milestone – our 500th Death Café!
It’s a good time to do some celebrating. The growth of Death Café is phenomenal – this time last year we were just about to hold our 50th!
I hope I’m not tempting fate ...
It’s been a fantastic year for Death Café.
Together we’ve worked to hold hundreds of Death Cafes where people have come together in comfort to talk openly about death. There have now been 450 Death Cafes listed on our website, and many more that haven’t. Literally across ...
I'd forgive you for wrinkling your nose, furrowing your brow or looking at me askance for asking this question. But I would then also expect you, as someone who has chosen to continue reading, to pause and have a think about the question.
Of course while I write purely ...