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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Calgary
Posted by Death Cafe Calgary on Oct. 16, 2016, 4:32 p.m.
An intimate opportunity for conversations about death and dying—along with coffee and pastries of course—were the order of the day for Calgary’s Death Café held October 16, 2016. Participants persevered through construction detours to make these important conversations happen. Thanks to all the participants and to Caffé Artigiano Westmount for contributing to a great event!
Written by a woman (Rachael Naomi Remen) who works with people who have life-threatening illnesses, this book is insightful and loving and a great resource for thinking about life and death.
New Blog post: What is your view on 'How to Die a Good Death'?
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Oct. 14, 2016, 2:02 a.m. 5 comments
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Death Cafe
Posted by tucsondeathcafe on Oct. 13, 2016, 5:04 p.m.
Big Thanks to Jeff for hosting September’s café! And thanks to everyone who helped him out. Despite the big impact of hurricane Newton in the Tucson area it was a great café turnout. Some of the topics that came up were historical death rituals and funerary customs, green burials, and death with dignity. Letting you all know that the UA journalism student who visited the ...
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Death Cafe
Posted by tucsondeathcafe on Oct. 13, 2016, 5:01 p.m.
Our October 7th Café was energized, intriguing, and creative. We conversed about the rites, rituals, and reasons for popular events to honor our dead such as Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and Tucson’s own All Souls Procession. We asked the question: “How does “celebration” enter into end-of-life remembrances?” We talked about memento mori – objects that can serve as reminders of our ...
Thank you Valerie Pritchett for covering this story!
See more at: ABC 27 News
Practitioners question: Hosting in my wellness center?
Posted by KristenHatch on Oct. 10, 2016, 10:16 a.m. 2 comments
Hello, I'm a hypnotherapist that practices out of an alternative medicine clinic in Northampton, MA, and am interested facilitating a group in that area. I am wondering if it would inappropriate to host it at the clinic, as it could seem like a promotion of our services, although I ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Seoul
Posted by http://cafe.naver.com/healingdying on Oct. 9, 2016, 2:28 a.m.
on October 7th , hold second death cafe. 13 individuals gathered in the hyowon-healing center. a brief introduction on the history of death cafe was given and then each person give their name and to say what brought them their tonight.
Practitioners question: Hyowon death cafe in seoul
Posted by http://cafe.naver.com/healingdying on Oct. 9, 2016, 1:37 a.m.
on October 7th , hold second death cafe. 13 individuals gathered in the hyowon-healing center. a brief introduction on the deat cafe was given and then each person give their name and to say whath brought them their tonight.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Loughborough
Posted by evsilver on Oct. 8, 2016, 9:40 a.m.
We were fully booked, and even had a waiting list. There were 22 people present, including two other facilitators and myself.
‘It’s great to have time to ponder my thoughts and feelings about death and to listen to others’ experiences’
‘Thought provoking, reassuring, exciting, I’ll definitely come to another’
‘So wonderful to have the chance to start talking and listening about death - more of it!’
‘Reassuring in the universal diversity of experience’
‘Delightful group of people with a real willingness to share and openness to hear each other’
‘It has been excellent. I have really enjoyed the company, conversation and subject. It added to my knowledge ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Marrickville
Posted by mknight on Oct. 7, 2016, 6:57 p.m.
Our September Death Café saw us meeting in our new venue, Platform-62, a wonderfully eclectic café, and only relatively new itself, situated right in the hustle and bustle of up and coming Mascot.
Although you wouldn’t know that once you’d joined the Death Café, where discussion ranged from the board game Rebirth: The Tibetan game of liberation (available online from Amazon) to Sufi teaching stories of death and its timing in our lives, to the wonderfully entertaining Caitlin Doughty with her tales from the crematorium.
As we went around the group introducing ourselves, I was struck, as I always am, by the diversity of people who ...
Death Cafe write up: Upminster Death Cafe
Posted by Diane on Oct. 4, 2016, 2:19 p.m.
New Blog post: thanatophobia
Posted by rcherry72 on Oct. 3, 2016, 7:30 p.m. 29 comments
My name is cherry and i am currently fearing death a lot. I will be going along my business and then, oh yeah we're gonna die. I hate it. I just want some peace
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Birmingham
Posted by carrieweekes on Oct. 3, 2016, 10:19 a.m.
Fabulous response to this busy Death Cafe. Over to the participants for their comments!
“Best time ever talking about what we all want, think about death and dying”
“Relaxed environment”
“All good (you made me eat cake J)”
“Cheerful and focused”
“Very good to talk to interested and interesting people”
“Friendly atmosphere. Friendly people”
“Good to talk openly with others. Food for thought. Different opinions.”
“It felt very easy and relaxed- we were helped to feel comfortable re: the subject matter.”
“Thank you! ”
“…the laughter amongst the talk about death.”
“A wonderful evening thank you”
“We were able to talk freely about death and what happens after someone ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Wellington, Ontario
Posted by Mava on Oct. 2, 2016, 8:17 p.m.
On September 13th, 32 individuals gathered in the meeting room of the Wellington Library to talk about death. A brief introduction on the history of the Death Cafe was given and then each person was invited to give their name and to say a little about what brought them there tonight. Everyone spoke with such honesty and courage and stayed true to the intended nature of a death Cafe, keeping it an open and frank discussion. At the end of the evening, so many participants expressed their gratitude to us for organizing this event. Clearly, people want to talk about death. Our second Death Cafe is planned for ...