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New Blog post: Planning After a Terminal Illness Diagnosis
Posted by Lucille123 on April 5, 2022, 1:15 a.m.
At a Death Cafe (https://deathcafe.com/), people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The goal is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. Reach out (https://deathcafe.com/contact/) today to find out more!
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Whether you’ve learned that you or a loved one has advanced cancer, lung disease ...
Hello everyone,
My name is Chelsea and I am an Associate Producer of the documentary In the Realm of Death & Dreaming, which asks the big question: Does consciousness continue after death, or is it lights out? This is the first film in a three part series about death and dying ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hoxton London
Posted by Abi on March 31, 2022, 2:19 p.m.
To those that did brave the chilly evening to attend the first Death Cafe at Curious Yellow Kafe, I am proud and humbled by this evening of conversation.
We had 13 attendees, all experiencing their first ever Death Cafe event. Conversations included stories and experiences with funeral directors, funerals and deaths during COVID restrictions, old and new grief and how others respond to our grief, caring for the dying and how to live with death in our everyday life.
Thanks to all that shared, were vulnerable, respectful, kind and brave. From the responses, I am pleased that attendees got a lot from the evening. I intend to host ...
Death Cafe write up: Lunchtime Death Cafe Chelmsford
Posted by Jane Iskander on March 25, 2022, 1:32 p.m.
The Ideas Hub Chelmsford Death Café 25-03-22
Facilitated by Jane Iskander
Today we held a lovely Death Café, an opportunity for people to come together in a relaxed environment to talk about death. This Death Café is kindly hosted by The Ideas Hub, who also provide tea, coffee and biscuits. At this monthly lunchtime event, the conversation flowed, covering a range of topics, with plenty of laughter too!
The discussion touched on many matters, talk of wills and why many of us find it difficult to ‘ get around to writing a will, are we afraid that writing a will means we are ready to die, or will die ...
Practitioners question: Absenteeism
Posted by ponderingleaves on March 23, 2022, 7:50 a.m. 4 comments
A matter borne of our pandemic-induced Zoom era has prompted disdain among a few of us who host death cafes. It is what I’ve dubbed the “black box syndrome.” That is, it has become increasingly common for individuals to join the discussions groups in facial absentia, with the video ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Cymru BST
Posted by Sarah Hillcoat on March 22, 2022, 3:57 a.m.
Another respectful, profound and illuminating discussion took place at this, our seventh Online Death Café Cymru.
Some of the topics which came up were: children and death; military deaths; deaths in space; the right to die, including dying young; the desire to curate our own death and those of others; communicating wishes about those left behind when we die, including and especially pets; primal instincts in humans; films about dying and death.
Any one have resources for topic of death that we can share at our first death cafe?
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe a Figueres
Posted by CristinaGomez on March 20, 2022, 6:26 a.m.
El passat dissabte 19 de març ens vam ajuntar 8 persones de diferents edats, professions i interessos per conversar tranquil·lament sobre la mort.
Va ser un espai molt enriquidor on vam poder compartir experiències personals, diferents punts de vista i, fins i tot, anègdotes gracioses.
Practitioners question: Starting a new Death Cafe in Kansas City
Posted by Ghafari on March 18, 2022, 9:34 p.m. 7 comments
Good evening all,
I have been approached about starting a new Death Cafe in the Kansas City area. A locsl brewery and I are discussing starting a new option. Kansas City had one in the past and the person moved away is what I heard.
Talking about death is not ...
Death Cafe write up: March Online Death Cafe CST
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on March 17, 2022, 10:09 a.m.
For our March Death Café, we met via Zoom and Jennifer Leatherby from the Iowa Death Collective facilitated. They were assisted in facilitation by Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group. We had a group of five individuals. We had two individuals join us from out of state, one from the West coast and the East coast and the other individuals joined from Iowa.
We began our group by talking about the history of Death Café’s and how the discussions have changed over the years. As a group we reflected on the opportunities Covid-19 has brought to our Death Café. Our group has grown into a community ...
Link: Aufruf: Was ich dir noch sagen wollte....
Posted by castrojung on March 11, 2022, 8:16 a.m. 1 comment
Wohin mit der Trauer, wenn man sich als Angehöriger nicht verabschieden konnte?
YET TO SAY :“Was ich dir noch sagen wollte…“
Das Kunstprojekt ´Covijo- 99´ beschäftige sich mit dieser und anderen Fragen.
Es möchte hier den Raum für diese letzten Worte bieten.
Der Komponist und Soundk ...
You can do it here.
How does it work?
You can take part in this art project in two different ways:
1) Send me a private audio ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe, Albany, CA PST
Posted by merav on March 8, 2022, 10:38 a.m.
Lori and Jim have hosted this cafe monthly since August 2021 on Zoom. Please join us in March, 4th Sunday, 4PM PST.
Breakout rooms enable us to divide the 16 participants in 2 smaller groups facilitated by Jim and Lori. Participants from across US and Canada. Age range 20s - 80s
Feedback forms received expressed:
"A chance to meet new people, some I know from past Cafe too. Time to listen and speak. Accepting and warm atmosphere" and went on to write: "Some increase in anxiety of need for prep, and some acceptance of this is my work and I wanna use time to be living."
"went smoothly. much ...
New Blog post: Why make films about death?
Posted by Barry J Gibb on March 3, 2022, 4:12 a.m.
I absolutely love making films. I've worked in a lab, teasing apart the cellular basis of life and written a book about the brain but the act of capturing real life, then editing it to create a story reigns supreme. And, while it's lovely to get paid to make films, there are some I do purely for love, out of curiosity. I wanted to share a personal behind the scenes about one of ...