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Death Cafe write up: Talk & Treats Death Cafe
Posted by FriendsofHospice on Oct. 23, 2017, 3:10 p.m.
Five people gathered on a windy and rainy Saturday for Talk & Treats Death Café. The conversation flowed easily and hearts and minds were open to each other. One attendee stated, "We are so lucky to be here (alive). Like winning the lottery 30 million times! We are just weirdly lucky to be here!" All agreed. Another person left with this note of gratitude: "Thank you sooooooo very much for this afternoon's incredible crack-open experience. What a gift it was.
Watch our website: www.friendsofhospice.net, our facebook page: www.facebook.com/friendsofhospice, and here on deathcafe.com for our next Talk & Treats Death Café.
New Blog post: The Jury Is Still Out.
Posted by Hope Ogbologugo on Oct. 23, 2017, 12:54 p.m.
The conversation started out revolving around faith and for some others, a lack of it.
There were recounts of near-death experiences and in one particular recount, the subject had been unconscious for 3 days, throwing his family into a distraught state so much so that, as he said, after he regained consciousness, his sister would just look at him and burst into tears and for at least a month after the frightening episode, his ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Bristol
Posted by MaryTutaev on Oct. 22, 2017, 3:51 a.m. 1 comment
A rainy Autumnal evening was brightened up by our first meeting with new hosts and a wonderful group of people.
We are lucky to have such a supportive cafe Cox and Baloneys Tearoom who fully understand what we are trying to do. We had a cosy room,tea and cake (of course!).
A quick introduction led into fascinating ideas,experiences, hopes and wishes towards life and death. Animated conversations sprang up and I was impressed with the groups sensitivity towards topics and each other. Conversations became profound, exploratory and there was also laughter....in fact time went so quickly we all felt we could have talked and shared ...
Death Cafe write up: Carmel Death Cafe
Posted by evoci on Oct. 20, 2017, 10:29 a.m.
We met at a new location, the Heartland Unitarian Universalist Church, and 8 of us gathered for a spirited conversation over coffee, tea and an autumn cake. Topics included suicide, loss of our parents and society's fear of talking about death.
We will meet at this location for the final cafe of the year to be held on Sunday December 17 from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe West End
Posted by CanTeen QLD on Oct. 18, 2017, 11:37 p.m.
We were very pleased with this death cafe session and shared wonderful conversations with a beautiful group of insightful women.
Some great feedback was gathered by the group and included comments such as:
" The Death Cafe experience was open, enlightening and empowering"
" The structure of the discussion had a beautoful organic flow"
"The event affected my feelings about death with me now having less fear and have a more open mind"
When asked what they would tell people who were interested in attending a future Death Cafe the participants said:
"I would recommend it. I would encourage it"
" Make an effort... give it a go"
"Do it!!!"
"Go!!!"
Hi, everyone! I was wondering if anyone else has used flyers to help promote their cafe. I'm looking for ways to promote mine, the third coming this Novemeber, and I'd like to make some, but thought I'd ask you all with more experience first.
Graphics I think ...
Death Cafe write up: Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe XII
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on Oct. 16, 2017, 7:38 p.m.
Great conversation and grave brownies.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Newcastle Australia
Posted by Ruth Boydell on Oct. 16, 2017, 10:21 a.m.
30th September 2017
We had 10 women arrive for this cafe. The conversation was lively and passionate regarding preparation for end of life - what is our list of 'to-dos'; what are some worthwhile films to watch; why we are all at this gathering and can we have more. The time seemed to fly.
Our conversations went on over time and there seemed to be great interest in further cafes.
Looks like we might try a regular cafe.
Death Cafe write up: Golden Feather Death Cafe'
Posted by TeaAndCake on Oct. 14, 2017, 11:54 p.m.
I want to thank everyone who showed up to the Death Cafe' today. We had a good sharing about experiences, insights, and lessons about death and dying. Some of the ideas shared included a recommendation to watch a movie "Departures", suggestions to read a magazine called Lion's Roar - The November issue has an article called "Death: The Greatest Teacher", a discussion about hospital care, palliative care, re-suscitation, or allowing a patient to have a natural death. Also mentioned was dying as a relief of suffering. We also shared poems, cakes, tea and cider.
Death Cafe write up: 1st Death Cafe at Tsukuba
Posted by josh441 on Oct. 14, 2017, 6:08 a.m.
Today's participants were a mixture of medical students from the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th year. We talked about our own experiences of death, both medical and personal, in a care free manner with occasional laughter.
A few topics that arose in the discussion were the lack of knowledge about the palliative care profession and also lack of a good salary in Japan. Yet most of the participants expressed an interest in working in palliative care with psychiatry as a subinterest. One participant remarked that she could not work in a more popular profession such as pediatrics as it's so bright and cheerful that could see ...
New Blog post: Celebration of Life or Denial of Death?
Posted by Linda Stuart on Oct. 13, 2017, 8:22 a.m. 2 comments
People are often surprised when they learn of my love-hate relationship with the term “Celebration of Life.”
"But you're a Celebrant!" they say. "Doesn't that mean you like to celebrate?"
Well, yes...and no. It depends.
Let’s take a look at Google’s definition of the word:
Cel-e-bra-tion: the act of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social activity
Call me a killjoy ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe @ North London Hospice
Posted by northlondonhospice on Oct. 10, 2017, 6:05 a.m.
Our 2nd Death Cafe was a small intimate group - half of which had not attended one before.
Death Cafe write up: Monmouth County Death Cafe
Posted by Beth Almerini on Oct. 7, 2017, 10:22 a.m.
As always, each meeting is different, and this one was very special. It was a small group of previous attendees and new ones and the conversation ranged from the philosophical to the downright funny. In fact, this gathering disproved the idea that talking about death is somehow morbid and depressing. We're all looking forward to October's session.
Hello Death Cafe community!
We still need experienced Death Cafe hosts to be media representatives - ideally we'll have several people in each country where Death Cafes are held.
If you're interested you will need to provide the following information:
1: Your name
2: Your email
3: Your location ...
Death Cafe write up: LGBTQ+ Death Cafe
Posted by nickbaggio on Oct. 3, 2017, 11:45 a.m.
20 participants plus lots of cake,tea and coffee,