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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 ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hoxton London
Posted by Abi on March 1, 2022, 6:45 a.m.
This event was cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.
Death Cafe write up: Whitstable Death Cafe on Zoom GMT
Posted by suejgoodrum on March 1, 2022, 5:43 a.m.
We had a few lively discussions and sharing of personal stories. The time flew by.
Looking forward to our March cafe which will be in person at the Whitstable Community Umbrella Centre Lounge.
Death Cafe write up: Highland Community College Death Cafe
Posted by juliehartmanlinck on Feb. 27, 2022, 8:56 a.m.
We had a great event with nearly 30 people, and a nice mix of students and retirees (given the time in the middle of the workday this makes a lot of sense). It was great though because it allowed for conversations about death to take place among people of different generations, with very different experiences and expectations about their relationship to death and dying.
(This write up is for the December 2019 event, consulting notes since I didn't post in a timely manner!)
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Greater Manchester 2.0
Posted by Death Cafe Greater Manchester on Feb. 23, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
We hosted the second Death Cafe Greater Manchester last night at Remembrance Community Funeral Services event space in Hyde.
We had 2 new attendees bringing the total up to 4. The new attendees were a mother and daughter pair that spoke very openly within their family surrounding the topic of death and felt it was a great idea when they saw Death Cafe advertised.
We sat and spoke for 2 hours about many different subjects surrounding death, religion, nature and education. We enjoyed some tea and cake and left wanting to meet up again as soon as possible.
We will host our third meet up within the next ...
Death Cafe write up: February Online Death Cafe CST
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Feb. 22, 2022, 10:41 a.m. 1 comment
For our February Death Café Iowa, we met via Zoom and Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated. We had a group of eight individuals. Some joined from Iowa, California, Connecticut, and even Vancouver, Canada.
Our group’s conversation was mainly about preplanning, life as an elder, and supporting elders. As far as preplanning goes, we talked about the need to build a community of support because you just never know when you will need that community. Life is short. We talked about how difficult it can be to ask for help though when trying to build this community. In Western cultures, independence is valued, but in ...
Press: Fancy discussing your demise over tea and cake? The rise of the ‘death cafe’
Posted by Brigid Haines on Feb. 13, 2022, 1:08 p.m.
Interview with organisers of Online Death Café Cymru, Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby and Brigid Haines. We liked the article but were concerned that it didn't credit deathcafe.com or mention that Sarah is a trainee death doula and Brigid is a namings and funeral celebrant accredited with Humanists UK.
See more at: Positive.news
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Cymru BST
Posted by Sarah Hillcoat on Feb. 13, 2022, 11:12 a.m.
This was our sixth Online Death Café Cymru and we were pleased to welcome both new and returning guests.
Both the role of the unpaid carer and grieving under the pandemic featured heavily in the conversation this time.
Among other things, we touched on: Covid lockdown and its impact on funerals, isolation, delayed grief and the role of community in mourning; grief as a manifestation of love; childhood, children, death and funerals; the comfort of ritual and recognising the circle of life; assisted dying; the need for death education; hope for change in our attitudes towards dying and death in the UK through the recent Lancet report The ...
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Online MST Friendly & Fearless Death Cafe
Posted by TucsonFFDeathCafe on Feb. 13, 2022, 10:03 a.m.
Your heart shatters into a million pieces before you can even exhale. A beautiful stranger has just told you she has an especially aggressive disease and may be nearing her last options. She looks barely twenty. She adds, “I have four young children.”
Your best friend tells you her husband has a rare debilitating condition. Walking is now difficult. It’s genetic. Their adult children, some starting families, haven’t been told.
The house at the end of your street is oddly still. The family you’ve known for years vanished. Covid.
A new acquaintance shares she has a plan to avoid a sad, slow end, a potential ...
Hi there
Would it be possible for cafe write ups to be automatically linked from the related event listing please?
I know there's a link to the listing from the write up, but a link the other way would be really helpful too, particularly for people browsing past events ...
A beautifully written account of the author's initial experience at a Death Cafe.
See more at: Prescott Daily Courier