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Death Cafe write up: Swanage Death Cafe
Posted by peterneall on April 22, 2025, 5:01 a.m.
After a Long trip to family in Australia the new Death Cafe was scheduled for FEb'25.
IT was feeezing, and to cap it all the heating broke down, we struggled on and it. was as good as could be hoped, but the four of us found companionship andvalue and agreed to meet in warmer times!
Death Cafe write up: Zoom Virtual Death Cafe with Avery Bright
Posted by Bright Young Life Management LLC on April 22, 2025, 4:52 a.m.
About This Death Café
You're invited to join Avery Bright for a heart-centered virtual Death Café—an open and inclusive space to gather in community and talk about death, dying, grief, and everything in between. These events are offered as part of my death care and advocacy work through Bright Young Life Management.
At our monthly cafés, there is no set agenda—just an invitation to show up as you are. Through storytelling, compassionate conversation, and deep listening, we make room for reflection, healing, and connection across identities and experiences.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Iowa CST
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on April 17, 2025, 11:35 a.m. 1 comment
Our most recent Death Café was held April 15th, 2025 and we had 5 people in attendance. This month we went over a wide variety of topics. We discussed how much we appreciate our lives and good health, especially when seeing those around us who may be struggling with different things. One key question that was brought up in this group was “how do we know our work is done?”, and working on how we will leave this earth and what kind of impact or legacy we will leave behind once we are gone. A big topic we also discussed was finding support for grief in unconventional ...
Death Cafe write up: Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - April 2025
Posted by Houston Death Cafe on April 14, 2025, 11:03 p.m.
Central Houston's April 2025 Death Cafe
We had ~15 people attend this month's dialogue.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:
Local groups:
- The Jung Center
https://junghouston.org/
-Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston
https://www.cthouston.org/site/
- Texas Death With Dignity
https://texasdeathwithdignity.org/
- The Center for Mind-Body Medicine Houston
https://cmbm.org/communities/community/houston/
Books
- The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy Butler https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538694-the-art-of-dying-well
- Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections on Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
https://www.goodreads.com/book ...
New Blog post: Using social media to support an in-person Death Cafe
Posted by Bonnington Centre Death Cafe on April 13, 2025, 11:18 a.m.
Using social media to support an in-person Death Cafe
Following why and how we set up a Death Café, this is a blog about our two-year experience of using WhatsApp. We created two groups in order to support the face-to-face Death Cafe discussions: one was for the facilitators, and the other for attendees.
Administration
Looking back on our postings, it’s clear that the facilitator WhatsApp group mostly covers practicalities with the Community Centre and ...
Death Cafe write up: Portland, OR Thursday Evening Death Cafe
Posted by nomenoyou1 on April 12, 2025, 10:31 a.m.
New Blog post: Death Cafe Essen celebrates a successful premiere at Unperfekthaus
Posted by Deathcafe Essen on April 11, 2025, 8:02 a.m.
A lively place for conversations about death, grief and life. Under this motto, the first Death Cafe took place last Saturday at Unperfekthaus in Essen.
At the premiere on 5. November 2022, five people took part in addition to the Holy Grief Art management team. "We are pleased that the pilot event was so well received by the participants. Everyone who was there was able to take something for themselves and would be happy to ...
Death Cafe write up: Venice, FL Death Cafe - an important conversation
Posted by finaljourneydoula on April 7, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Our Death Cafe event held over 15 people. Our room was cozy and everyone shared thoughts, experiences, and beliefs. We had plenty of treats and refreshments. I also put on display some resources (provided by the National Institutes of Health) and library books for attendees to explore if desired.
A few attendees told me how meaningful it was for them. That's what this is all about!
We plan to hold a Death Cafe in the same location quarterly, so the next one is in July and then again in October. We have a lot of 'snowbirds' who leave hot and humid Florida in the summer so there ...
Death Cafe: Hastings Death Cafe
Posted by Pauline de la Fuente and Lou Requena on April 6, 2025, 5:12 a.m.
With Pauline de la Fuente and Lou Requena
March 25, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (UK)
Our Death Cafe is free to attend, any refreshments are payable to Bullet but purchasing them is optional. We gather to have far ranging discussions about death and dying and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe North Canterbury
Posted by Death Cafe North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand on April 5, 2025, 12:31 a.m.
Death Café was at The Plough Hotel in March due to renos at the library, and this changed the landscape somewhat – wine and coke instead of tea and coffee! But, as always, everything worked out perfectly as we were welcomed to the Explorer room. Anna and I were joined by two men and the conversation was deep, sad, informed and very special. We delved into personal experience, choices and consequences.
Death Cafe write up: Huntly Death Cafe
Posted by Grampian_Death_Cafe on April 4, 2025, 8:43 a.m.
The change of dat/time/venue brought new participants and all were keen to participat in the lively discussion.
Topics touched on were:
* grief not being experienced in direct correlation to the depth of the relationship
* how thinking about death can help us make the most of our lives
* denial
* use of A! at funerals
*DNRs - fighting for them, fighting against them
* MAID in Canada
and several more.
The cake was a gluten free carrot cake, topped with Philly cheese, baked by Anne!
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe - PDT North Coast Oregon
Posted by Alicia Garrison on April 3, 2025, 12:38 p.m.
This was my first time hosting a Death Café, and overall, I think it went well. We had a total of six participants, though one person left early due to feeling unwell.
Discussion & Experience:
The conversation flowed naturally, covering general feelings about death, personal connections to it, and what was coming up for us around the topic. One participant shared a beautiful poem she had written, which added a deeply personal and reflective element to the discussion.
Participants described the Death Café as interesting, engaging, and informative. One attendee shared that they always gain new perspectives when attending these conversations.
Challenges & Adjustments:
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There was a small hiccup when ...
Death Cafe write up: Chesapeake Bay Death Cafe
Posted by Carey Palmquist on March 31, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
We had ten attendees, both male and female with a variety of ages. The group was intimate and shared so much interesting information about their experiences with death and dying. I was amazed by the open vulnerability to the very personal experiences of the attendees.
We will make this a monthly forum for the discussion of death and dying. It seemed cathartic for us all.
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST
Posted by JimKirkpatrick on March 24, 2025, 11:58 a.m.
Genevieve Harvey and Jim Kirkpatrick have co hosted this cafe since 2022. This Death Cafe is usually attended by men and women throughout the US and some from Canada and Europe. We were joined by four women and two men from Canada, London, North and South East USA, Midwest and CA. Topics are always introduced by participants. Hosts do not bring an agenda. We expressed our gratitude for Death Cafe and explored what keeps us in attendance and how our meetings' attendance has changed how we live, think and feel. We described greater acceptance of our mortality, more knowledge, appreciation of the safe atmosphere to express our authentic ...
Death Cafe write up: Edinburgh Heart of Newhaven Death Cafe
Posted by LomondBob on March 24, 2025, 4:25 a.m.
12 people attended including 6 new.
Discussion in 3 groups, changing at half time. Topics included how to open the conversation within the family, assisted dying, how to hold a death cafe and cultural aspects of death and dying.
All feedback was positive.
There were also book recommendations and helpful organisations.