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Death Cafe write up: 1st Alton Death Cafe
Posted by Wendelien McNicoll on Aug. 1, 2017, 8:41 a.m.
Alton Death Café 20th July 2017
Our second Death Café held in the Allen Gallery Alton held 7-9 pm on 20th July 2017.
Diana and I welcomed 11 people some who had travelled from further afield to attend.
We were able to host this first Death Café in Alton in the wonderful Allen Gallery who are in the midst of their Jane Austen exhibition. Jane died 200 years ago on the 18th of July and lived in Chawton, a lovely village very close to Alton. We are very grateful for the lovely volunteers who helped make the evening a success.
The death of Jon Underwood ...
Death Cafe write up: Whangarei's 3rd Death Cafe
Posted by Jo Moselen on July 30, 2017, 7:12 p.m.
Whangarei's 3rd Death Cafe was held at Narnia Cafe. We changed the venue for this death cafe from the previously used Public Library to Narnia Cafe to make the access to food and drink easier.
The venue has a separate room which we were able to reconfigure for our purpose and worked quite well although was a little cool and drafty on a cold day.
There were 9 participants as well as the host Jo Moselen and facilitator Jo Samuel.
The ages of the participants ranged from 16 to 74.
We discussed a range of topics including End of life directives, discussing death with your famly, being ...
New Blog post: Death anxiety and death cafes
Posted by Caroline Dent on July 30, 2017, 8:39 a.m.
Following the recent and sudden death of Jon Underwood, I wanted to write something on a personal level about Death Cafe and it's life changing importance. Please feel free to share. (NB : the young woman mentioned in the piece gave me her express permission to publish this) :
It was September 2011 when I noticed a tiny ad in my local paper, Hackney Gazette, for the very first Death Cafe which was to take ...
Is it improper for a facilitator is participate in any way to contribute to the group conversation? We had a small group and some facilitators shared their thoughts as well with the group. There was feedback later amongst the facilitators as to how this should be handled? Your thoughts would ...
Death Cafe write up: Swindon Death Cafe
Posted by Sue Holden on July 27, 2017, 7:30 a.m.
With small numbers due to holidays, we talked about euthanasia as a result of the current news feature on the baby Charlie Dark who English courts have said should be allowed to die and his parents want experimental USA treatment to be allowed. Somehow, we ended up at Christmas! Unfortunately, no mince pies!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Petersfield, Hampshire
Posted by DianaHants on July 25, 2017, 3:25 p.m. 1 comment
Our First Death Cafe - held at Winton House, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK
(This report is written with a fair bit of basic detail, to include the type of information that I was looking for prior to running our first session, and includes the evaluation feedback at the end)
Thirteen participants joined the 2 facilitators Wendelien and Diana at Winton House. Some participants travelled over 50 miles to attend, and ages ranged from early thirties to the oldest at 85. Amongst the group were several retirees, some bereaved people also nurses, end of life doulas, soul midwives, psychologist and bereavement counsellors.
Participants were welcomed and offered refreshments on arrival and ...
Death Cafe write up: Highcliffe Death Cafe
Posted by Lis Horwich on July 21, 2017, 10:19 a.m. 1 comment
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Mount Joy
Posted by BLLLINK on July 20, 2017, 1:17 a.m.
In spite of a sweltering July afternoon, 20 people came together at the first ever Death Cafe in Mount Joy at the Milanof-Schock Public Library.
Thankful for the air-conditioned comfort of the Library, participants openly shared their thoughts and questions during the two-hour event.
We hasten to say "thank you" to facilitators, Meghan and Jeannie; the library staff and the Death Cafe attendees for their time, energies and collegiality.
Yesterday's was the fourth Death Cafe in Lancaster County in 2017 - the next is slated for September.
Death Cafe write up: Monmouth County Death Cafe
Posted by Beth Almerini on July 19, 2017, 2:47 p.m.
A death doula, a thanantologist, a retired nurse, a few Quakers, a few people who had cared for dying loved ones and some people intrigued by the idea of talking about death walked into a room and were glad they did! We shared personal stories, tried to figure out why the death care system is the way it is, talked about death doulas and how to work with people who are dying. And then we enjoyed cake and kept on talking. We decided to do it again in August!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on July 19, 2017, 10:36 a.m.
July’s Death Café was the 7th for Death Café Iowa of the year. For this meeting we met at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway in West Des Moines, Iowa. Carrie Bauer and Buffy Peters (members of the Young Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had 7 people (all women) in attendance ranging in ages and professions. Introductions seemed to focus on events that has happened in our lives since the last Death Café. We talked quite a bit about Jon Underwood’s death, funeral and the legacy he left behind. Other topics initially discussed were a member’s trip to China and the quality of ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on July 19, 2017, 10:03 a.m.
This was the 6th for the Death Café Iowa Group for 2017. We met at Caribou Coffee on Ingersoll Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. Carrie Bauer, Carmen Elliott, and Buffy Peters (members of the Young Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had 9 people (8 women, 1 man) in attendance and they ranged in ages and professions. Some topics that came up during introductions were: green cremation, cremation by freezing, wanting an ‘advanced directive kit’, sound wave tattoos and the app that makes listening to your loved ones voice via the sound wave tattoo possible, cremated remains in an urn in a stuffed animal (comforting for ...
Death Cafe write up: Ann Arbor Death Cafe
Posted by Merilynne Rush on July 17, 2017, 9:14 a.m.
Very moving discussion with so many present who had had a recent, profound loss. We also discussed our gratitude for Jon Underwood and the impact of his work world-wide. Questions and thoughts:
Is there a connection between our own physical symptoms and someone's death? For example, someone having very low blood pressure while, unbeknownst to him, his mother was dying?
How do we connect to those who have passed? Sometimes we get signs from them immediately and sometimes it takes a few months for signs to appear.
What do we learn from near-death experiences? Many of us have had them, not alwasy in the dramatic form we ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Seattle
Posted by Amanda Allen on July 13, 2017, 11:25 p.m.
This Death Cafe was very enlightening about what people percieve as success in life, and how the preceding generation to ours found attachment in things over experience. We discussed how anxiety can prevent people from living, and how our attachment to things can do the same. We talked about the surprise of death, or how people will allow themselves to seem more needy than they might be because they're afraid of being forgotten if they stop needing help.
Our group is beautiful and sweet, and I believe most of us left with thoughts on how we can minimalize our belongings to the imortant things and leave our ...
Death Cafe write up: Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe XI
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on July 9, 2017, 12:48 a.m.
A truly beautiful gathering.