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With Corinne
Sept. 2, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. (UTC + 13)
FACILITATOR: Sue and Jos
Kia ora, my name is Sue, I am a wife, mother and friend. I am retired but help-out in my husband’s small business and run ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST
Posted by JimKirkpatrick on Feb. 2, 2025, 8:44 a.m.
Genevieve and Jim have been co hosting since 2022. The January 2025 Virtual Death Cafe welcomed 9 women and men for this Virtual Death Cafe. We live in USA West, South, South East, North East, Midwest, Canada and London. After intros, conversations flow including laughter, tears, deep sharing and listening. Thoughts, feelings and experiences of responses toward others who are unwell or dying, loving the dying and dead, grief, and our own dying. Discussion about our legacy, grieving, finding a grave, death of a child, Book and movie titles shared. Death Cafe offers the opportunity to meet in a confidential, safe and caring environment to discuss living, death ...
Death Cafe write up: Kitsap Death Cafe
Posted by katyray on Jan. 28, 2025, 1:53 p.m.
Join us for a lively conversation about death and dying! No therapy, no agenda, just a safe and respectful space (including tea and cake!) to discuss thoughts, fears, and ponderings about the taboo topic of death with fellow mortals in hopes that we can enrich our day to day lives.
Death Cafe write up: Knaresborough Death Cafe
Posted by Richard Cyster on Jan. 28, 2025, 1:40 p.m.
Another successful Death Cafe. In fact, with the increading numbers attensding we will need to find an alternate venue. Still looking at present.
New Blog post: End of Life Doulas
Posted by Kate Leotta on Jan. 24, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
By Kate Leotta, End of Life Doula Swan Song Journey – ABN: 85937495659
Are Australian’s preparing or prepared for their End of Life? Or is the subject off limits, Taboo? Talking about death does not necessarily hasten the event. Dying and death is a human event and not just a medical or a profit driven one.
The challenges that humans face after a life limiting diagnosis may include the stigma of having chronic disease and ...
New Blog post: Living, Dying, Death and Body Disposition
Posted by Kate Leotta on Jan. 24, 2025, 8:34 p.m.
By Kate Leotta, End of Life Doula Swan Song Journey – ABN: 85937495659.
In reference to documentaries which aired on Television and the internet in 2024; documentary makers are bringing forth the subjects of living with a terminal illness, dying, death and body disposition here in Australia and overseas.
Myself and other End of Life Doulas want to help instigate the shift for Aussies to have a more open-minded approach to these subjects. Having life and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Virtual Iowa CST
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Jan. 22, 2025, 3:55 p.m.
Our most recent Death Café was held January 21st and we had 7 people in attendance ranging from all different locations: Iowa, Connecticut, California, Tennessee, and London! We touched on a variety of very meaningful topics, starting with the unknown of what the next day will bring and opening the door by having those uncomfortable conversations about death that bring awareness. We also touched on how people that are dying tend to see people that have already died on the other side and how the idea of that isn’t so much confusing as it is poetic and powerful. We also had a phenomenal conversation about legacy ...
Death Cafe write up: The Long Beach Death Cafe CA- Wicked Wolf
Posted by Lisa Stuhley on Jan. 21, 2025, 5:59 p.m.
This was the very 1st Death Cafe held at The Wicked Wolf in Long Beach, CA. To my surprise, many people were interested in coming to talk about death and dying! We had 14 people show! We enjoyed the decor of the teahouse, sipped on delicous teas and coffee, and discussed topics ranging from green burials, to human composting, to questioning the tradition of wearing black to funerals to traditions we do to honor our loved ones and even the fear of dying in space was briefly mentioned! You just never know what will come up when given permission! Our group was so successful that we took up ...
New Blog post: Call for Participants - tell me about your Death Cafe experience
Posted by Eilidh Nicoll on Jan. 12, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Hello Death Cafe Community, I’m Eilidh, a Scottish animator based in London.
I’m currently working on a short film for Animate Projects, supported by Arts Council England. The project is part of a programme entitled MORTAL - the goal of which is to produce work that reflects on how death and dying can be rethought. I have chosen to focus on the role of the Death Cafe in such a conversation, and would like ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST
Posted by JimKirkpatrick on Jan. 10, 2025, 5:04 p.m.
We came from London, NE and SE USA and CA. Flow of sharing of our lives and legacy, grieving, loving, random acts of kindness and the rippling effect of our kindness. All the while deep listening and space for silent contemplation.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe
Posted by ayalynn on Jan. 9, 2025, 7:21 p.m.
Death Cafe write up: City of Roses Death Cafe Portland OR
Posted by nomenoyou1 on Jan. 7, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
Our final City of Roses Death Cafe of 2024 had 19 participants divided between three tables.
One table discussed the challenges of living with a terminal cancer diagnosis including deciding whether the benefits of life extending maintenance chemotherapy outweighed the physical consequences (quantity or quality of life?), the difficulty of discussing one's diagnosis and its implications with family and friends, and responding to hurtful, but well-intentioned responses ("I had a friend who had that cancer and they . . . ") We also discussed living with grief when a sibling dies. Stephen Jenkinson's Die Wise was came up more than once.
Another table’s discussion centered a lot about feelings ...
New Blog post: The Art of Dying Well.
Posted by zeland2645 on Jan. 6, 2025, 12:37 a.m.
"We are born to die. This inevitable fact could lead to fatalism, although, more often, we simply fall into denial. We avoid thinking about death and stigmatize it as the greatest evil.
If this world is all we have, then death would be the greatest evil, although life itself would become futile, a temporary illusion — grasping pleasure as it slips through our fingers.
For a Christian, however, we are born to live. The inevitability of ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe North Canterbury
Posted by Death Cafe North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand on Jan. 2, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Today was a small group of 4, and no co-facilitator – I was flying solo! I was pleased to see a few people who returned for more Death Café as we delved deeper into some familiar topics such as how to handle grief and the compounding grief of dealing with the health system. It was a tender chat and a memorable meeting, and the last of 2024.
Death Café dates for 2025:
Kaiapoi:
February 16th
May 18th
September 21st
Rangiora:
March 23rd
June 29th
October 26th
Amberley
April 27th
July 20th
November 23rd
Stay well, Liz
New Blog post: Seasons Greetings
Posted by Karsten Speckin on Dec. 29, 2024, 8:01 a.m.
Dear Deathcafe Community,
we hope you had a nice Chitstmas and we wish all the best for New Year!
The photo shows the flower bowl on the grave of my beloved father. With fir branch with christmas decoration and winterflowers. inthe foreground you can see a candle light-.