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Death Cafe write up: Fort St. John Death Cafe
Posted by nkaspar on June 8, 2022, 4:42 p.m. 1 comment
The FSJ Palliative Care Society hosted a small (11 people) but successful Death Cafe on June 1st. The cafe, guided by Roz Smith - a local counsellor, had shorter but free flowing conversation about death and dying and how its impacts our lives.
Participants moved from group to group with about 4/5 changes during the course of the evening. Conversations were focussed on the impact death has in our lives but the actual topics were very diverse, as is to be expected when addressing such a complex topic.
Participants agreed that this was a worthwhile endevour and so we will plan to have about 3 Death Cafes over ...
New Blog post: Re-Designing Grief Together
Posted by Clo on June 7, 2022, 2:20 a.m.
Hi everyone, I am a 21 years old girl from Italy and I am a designer.
I've been attending death cafès because of my mother's death one year and a half ago, and I have decided to do something about it, about the way we grief: without society giving us any tool to deal with it.
I've organized an online zoom workshop where we can talk about the problem and try ...
With Colette Cavaleri / Gale Emigh / Pauline Warren
April 13, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific Timezone)
This group is meant to foster informal and relaxed monthly discussions around death without any agenda. While not a grief support group, it is open to anyone interested in deepening ...
Hi everyone, I am a 21 years old girl from Italy, and I've organized this workshop because I have lost my mom and decided to do something about it, about the way we grief in our system the way it is now.
We are going to have a brainstorming ...
Practitioners question: wanting to host a Death Café
Posted by Jodi on June 1, 2022, 10:57 a.m. 2 comments
I am looking into hosting an on line Death Cafe in Ontario and wondering about the zoom link and arranging.
any tips?
Death Cafe write up: Drogheda Death Cafe
Posted by DroghedaDeathCafe on May 31, 2022, 8:46 a.m.
We had a very heartwarming evening for our first Death cafe in Drogheda. 14 attendees, on top of 2 facilitators. Interesting topics for discussion including legacy and how we would like to be remembered, the importance of being prepared in terms of wishes and planning, options for funerals now that less traditional routes are becoming more mainstream, some interesting resources and books available online on death in general, the traumas that stay with us from our exposure to death from childhood. A huge thanks to the Rugby club for sponsoring the venue.
New Blog post: Can a materialistic view of life and death provide a source of inspiration? Of comfort?
Posted by Fred Smith on May 29, 2022, 3:23 p.m.
I find I cannot choose what I believe; some things strike me as believable and others not. The world presents its own truths, and I have integrity to the extent that my beliefs align with these truths and honesty to the extent that I openly avow them.
I cannot accept the concept of an immaterial human soul. I cannot believe that my conscious self will survive my bodily death. A life of reading and thinking ...
Death Cafe write up: May Online Death Cafe CDT
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on May 26, 2022, 2:52 p.m.
This month's Death Cafe was held on May 17th with around 8 attendees from all over the United States. A lot of good conversation was had this month!
Funeral traditions were discussed and a members talked about why we still carry on with old traditions in funerals if they have no personal meaning. What are the individual's own wishes as apposed to what the traditions are was a great topic of discussion! Members asked what options they have if they want to have a non-traditionsl funeral and members mentioned starting a google doc of wants for a funeral.
Members also thought about how to honor their ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Wien
Posted by Alexandra Masetti on May 25, 2022, 9:56 a.m.
Diesmal fanden wir uns im Garten wieder mit einem herrlichen Buffet, auf dem sogar ein Korb mit Erdbeeren stand.
Thematisch hatten wir wieder einen weiten Bogen: Von den Todesgöttinnen ging die Reise zu den Dingen, an die noch wenige gedacht ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe, Albany, CA PDT
Posted by merav on May 24, 2022, 5:40 p.m.
Lori and Jim hosted this May Death Cafe. Our first in one room. We agreed to try one room in June. We welcomed 7 regualr attendees and 3 new. We are west coast, east coast, and mid west.
New learning, self reflection, caring and sharing. A feeling of inclusion and welcoming. A some reported enjoying all being in one room instead using a breakout room.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Cymru BST
Posted by Sarah Hillcoat on May 22, 2022, 4:15 a.m. 1 comment
An interesting cafe with diverse topics including:
end of life care; non-religious pastoral support; in contrast to the past, lack of time or training for clinical staff to support the dying; sharing someone’s last moments as an honour; families reacting differently to talking about death; accepting without judgement, people’s wish not to talk about death; birth and death as experiences common to all of us; advance care planning; different cultural reactions and rituals surrounding corpses; the importance of celebrating someone’s life; situations of denial around dying and death.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - New River Valley
Posted by Rev. Jamie McReynolds on May 16, 2022, 8:34 p.m.
We had 18 people meeting in person at the Christiansburg, VA library. We had a good discussion about our personal experiences of death and dying. It was co-sponsored by the local funeral consumers alliance. We had a great selection of snacks including cucumber sandwiches.
Practitioners question: Starting a Death Cafe
Posted by michelle.brown on May 14, 2022, 6:56 a.m. 1 comment
I have just taken over a Funeral Home in Melbourne Australia, and would love to host a meeting. Any tips on hosting a first meeting?
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hoxton London
Posted by Abi on May 9, 2022, 9:48 a.m.
A beautiful, relaxed evening of honest and thoughtful conversation with an intimate and interesting group of folk. Grateful to all those that participated and shared helpful feedback.