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New Blog post: Hacking the Ego at a Downeast Death Cafe
Posted by EgoHacker on Aug. 2, 2013, 9:19 a.m. 1 comment
My original question was: “Why the deeply entrenched, societal wide denial of all things Death in this otherwise bold and fact facing country of the U.S. of A.(excepting, of course, Zombies, Vampires and others of the fantastic Undead ilk)? My original response to my really less than original inquiry was fairly straightforward -- Fear of Annihilation, otherwise known as ontological insecurity - i.e. Will I cease to be when I die? -- Am I? - Who ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on Aug. 1, 2013, 2:07 p.m.
First Death Cafe Write-Up Santa Barbara
We hosted our first Death Cafe in Santa Barbara on Monday night, April 8th from 6-8PM. It was held at a local restaurant in a private room. We received 20 RSVPs and 20 came! People found out about it primarily by word-of-mouth.
We started the evening by having people put on name tags and order food if they wanted to eat dinner. We proceeded to introductions. I (Lynn) started out by briefly explaining the concept and origin of Death Cafe and how I got interested. My co-host, Martha, introduced herself next. Introductions continued around the tables. We had a number of people ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on Aug. 1, 2013, 2:02 p.m. 1 comment
by Lynn Holzman
We had our second Death Cafe Santa Barbara on Monday, May 6th from 6-8PM.
This time we had it in a community center. We advertised in our local free newspaper. About 30 people came.
We served tea and cake and used my grandmother's teacup collection.
We started with general information about Death Cafes. Then people introduced themselves. I proposed a conversation starter and we split into small groups for discussion. The topic was "Discuss the first death you remember, or the most recent, or the most memorable".
After that we reconvened in a circle to "wrap up". It was suggested that we go around ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on July 31, 2013, 7:09 p.m.
Death Cafe Santa Barbara Write-up July 2013
Death Cafe Santa Barbara met for the third time last night. It was held in our new location and in collaboration with The Center For Successful Aging. 25 people attended; three of whom had attended our previous Death Cafe. I welcomed my new co-host, Liz Bauer!
We ran the group as we did the last time with myself giving a brief history of Death Cafe, followed by introductions. Liz then proposed a prompt question which was, “When did you first become aware of death?”. At this point we broke into small groups and talked for about an hour.
We gathered back ...
Submitted by Paige Lewis
Press: The Death Cafe discussion group steers its members on how to live
Posted by Jon Underwood on July 25, 2013, 6:10 p.m.
The Death Cafe that is referred to was in the Twin Cities.
See more at: Star Tribune
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Ann Arbor Michigan
Posted by DianaCramer on July 25, 2013, 3 p.m. 1 comment
12 people including me (1 man, Warner)
7 returns
5 new
Age range 82-25?
Topics that were discussed: suicide: in the young and healthy and for those terminally ill, the lack of role models for facing death, the idea that we are the elders forging new territory and could become a role models for younger generations, the difference between pain management for those dying in hospice care and those not in hospice care, how we would like to die, planning our own memorial service and writing our own obituary, healing interactions that occurred before an unexpected sudden death of a loved one, home funerals and green burials.
Words ...
New Blog post: Cadaverous 1
Posted by Jon Underwood on Dec. 30, 2011, 11:54 p.m.
This material makes me afraid. There is a big part of me that wants to not to look.
But through looking at death .... such wonders!
Below is my attempt to explain the objectives for this work. I'm suggesting a dialogue with fear of and aversion to death. I'm saying that we should look at this, not try to zone it out.
Because if we don't look at it then death rules our ...
In the search for a cool new background to adorn our site, I came across this beauty from designer TopNinja. And how true it is!
Death Cafe write up: First Death Cafe in London
Posted by Jayd_Kent on Sept. 25, 2011, 1:57 p.m. 4 comments
I attended something called a 'Death Cafe' today.
I was terrified at the concept of sitting in a room, with a random group of people I had never met, to talk about the one thing that terrifies me more than anything in the world - DEATH. I had been worrying about it quietly all week.
A little background before I tell you of my experience -
I have always had an innate fear (and nobody really knows this) of dying. I have 'visions' every day, sometimes multiple ones in any given day, of my own death. They are often violent and abrupt, and I keep this to myself for fear ...