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Link: Amazing photostudy: This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable.
Posted by Jon Underwood on Nov. 6, 2013, 5:08 p.m. 1 comment
Thanks very much Isabella El-Hasan Sarr. Photography by Angelo Merendino.
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Death Cafe write up: Portobello Death Cafe
Posted by clareslaney on Nov. 6, 2013, 5:02 p.m.
First the manager started bellowing. Then he threatened to lock us in. We decided to leave. So we won’t be going back there again.
It could have been an absolute disaster but Joy, a woman who had come a long way to be thrown out of a café, immediately arranged to go to the pub next door and I was confident that she would set up a cosy space for us.
A pub is not the best place to hold a Death Café. Piped jazz could have easily disrupted the event but the 11 people who adapted so quickly to the situation were interested, thoughtful and – though ...
Death Cafe write up: First Death Cafe in Brisbane, Australia
Posted by Beth OBrien on Nov. 6, 2013, 4:36 p.m.
The evening was facilitated by Beth O’Brien and Neil Davis. We had 5 attendees come and share with us that evening. Beth was interviewed for the local newspaper and on 4BC Radio. The story was also covered in the leading city newspaper the Courier Mail.
It amazed us that in a short time with a small but eager group of attendees that conversation flowed, and flowed fast! Topics included such items as working in the funeral industry; what does a dead person look like; I closed my eyes in the church when I opened them my Mum’s coffin was gone; advanced health directives; euthanasia; confronting your ...
Death Cafe write up: SW London Death Cafe
Posted by Suzanne Michal on Nov. 6, 2013, 7:43 a.m.
We had around 20 people attending this wonderful first Death Cafe in Putney. Discussion ranged from why we are interested in talking about death to what is our religious background as this is such a strong framework to our relationship with death. This was followed by a very lively break where some mingled whilst some carried on involved discussions and connections.
We finished with looking at our fears around death. The last comment of the evening being that it would be great to hold the Death Cafe whilst eating some "Death by chocolate" cake. So, yet again humour was present!
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A short 5 minute discussion looking at end of life issues in Australia, including palliative care and Death Cafe Central Coast.
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Death Cafe write up: Indian River County Death Cafe'
Posted by marie on Nov. 4, 2013, 8:19 p.m.
completion of this evenings death cafe took us all somewhere we didnt expect. in the pursuit of a better finite life, we realized how many deaths we experience of people we know who are still alive. death does not require the end of a pulse or a respiration. active members of society, can in a way become "dead" to us. geographical and interpersonal distances can contribute to disconnection. members were varied on their response to this on a range from "not bothered at all", to "very bothered". we also reviewed interprtations of various stages of grief and the length of time grief requires. the type of relationship contributes ...
Death Cafe facilitator Merilynne Rush talks about Death Cafe on National Public Radio.
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Death Cafe write up: Bergen County Death Cafe
Posted by RisaM on Nov. 4, 2013, 2:36 p.m. 1 comment
We held our 1st Death Cafe in Teaneck, NJ yesterday. About a dozen folks showed up -- some with mild, but expected, trepidation. I think we had a warm, friendly and beneficial time together. The consensus seemed to be that many entered with a heavy feeling in their hearts (about the topic) and left feeling so much lighter. I think that's what it's all about - and I feel honored to be a part of this great Movement.
New Blog post: Milestone Date
Posted by Jill Stodola on Nov. 4, 2013, 10:21 a.m.
Losing a loved one will evoke pain on milestone events. November 10, 2006. I was at Detroit hospital with my husband. He was in the process of getting all the work done to be added to a the liver transplant list. As he did the stress test, I received a call from my sister. My mother had passed away. Such news on my Birthday! You know, I was alright with it. It was her time ...
We're all about embracing new media, and we now have our very own Pinterest page with all sorts of intriguing deathy things!
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Link: Surrounded by Death and Wondering: Can Talking About Death Lead us to Become Less Violent?
Posted by carolsmaldino on Nov. 1, 2013, 11:55 a.m.
I am still afraid of death but less so, for the processing of it, what it correlates to in my own life, my psyche and experience. It is more like grief, about the stuff that seems and has seemed impossible.
I have come to feel that in our own horror ...
http://www.huffingtonpost/surrounded-by-death-and-wondering_b_4172963.html
Link: A poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Nov. 1, 2013, 10:33 a.m. 1 comment
During the Death Café Ed attended in October at Cafe Rouge, someone mentioned how we all ‘wear a mask’ in our everyday lives. It reminded him of this poem:
BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR 1872–1906
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our ...
As my late husband was dying, he told the nurse that his wife had been good to him & that he appreciated the good care of his attending nurse. The nurse turned off the big monitor screen and told us she would leave the room & would know when he had passed ...
this is a pod cast of a 21 minute feature looking at Death Cafe and death in a cultural context.
See more at: ABC Radio Australia
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Philadelphia and Greater Philadelphia
Posted by Rachel Zeldin on Oct. 30, 2013, 1:45 p.m. 2 comments
The 2ndDeath Café Philadelphia & Greater Philadelphia took place Thursday October 24th with a “wonderful” and “thought-provoking” gathering at COSI Rittenhouse.
Hosted by Simcha Raphael of the DA’AT Institute and Rachel Zeldin of Funerals360, this diverse group of Philadelphians converged to have, as our participants noted, “open”, “authentic,” and “fascinating” conversations centered around personal & professional experiences, fears, wishes, and how to get the most out of the life that we have been given.
This was a very diverse set of Philadelphians. Twenty-five people were in attendance ranging from early 20s to 70s, representing a wide variety of ethnicities & backgrounds. Listening to the various threads of conversation ...