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Death Cafe write up: City of Roses Death Cafe
Posted by nomenoyou1 on April 29, 2023, 11:41 p.m. 2 comments
City of Roses Death Café had a great first meeting at the Leaven Community center on a beautiful sunny day in NE Portland. There were 9 total community members in attendance -- all but one had never been to a Death Café before. Conversation flowed easily, connections were made, and there was plenty of tea and homemade desserts to go around. Discussion topics ranged from personal stories about impactful/meaningful deaths, how keeping death closeby informs how we want to live our lives, transmuting and alchemizing grief in the body, and much more.
We look forward to our next meeting on May 27th from 2pm-4pm at the community center.
New Blog post: Death a respite from life !
Posted by Ginge on April 18, 2023, 12:33 p.m.
I will start by saying death and suicide was never part of me ,the thought of dying or killing myself was always a big no..
Then I split with my Girlfriend and 6 weeks later she hung herself leaving me a message ' I get it you don't give a fuck about me That was nearly a year ago and since that moment death and suicide follow me ,always in my thoughts .Even as I ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Capitol Hill
Posted by Laura Lyster-Mensh - HCC on April 17, 2023, 4:55 p.m.
The second Death Cafe of 2023 at Congressional Cemetery drew two dozen people on a gorgeous spring evening. We split the group as the numbers rose and half met in the chapel and half outdoors. Participants enjoyed sweet treats offered by Congressional Cemetery staff and baked goods from participants.
Both groups had lively conversation touching on: letting go of expectations of reconciliation and ways to find conciliation before and after death of a loved one with whom the relationship was challenging, having conversation about dying and death with family and friends who are reluctant to speak on the topic, suicide as an option for the terminally ill, the ...
Death Cafe write up: Jericho VT Death Cafe
Posted by MegTipper on April 17, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
We had a great first meeting with 7 people in attendance. Everyone participated in a lively, open discussion, and we are eager to continue talking together and supporting one another at our next meeting. Stay tuned.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe North Canterbury NZ
Posted by Death Cafe North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand on April 12, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
We had our second Death Café in North Canterbury recently, this time in Rangiora library – and yes, I managed to not drop the cake this time...it was great….the cake and the korero! We had seven of us this week, we covered many themes – from how to talk to children about death and dying, to whether men and women deal with grief differently; to whether there is anything ‘beyond’ – any sense of an afterlife. It was a good hearty discussion which left us with a sense of sharing some of life’s deeper thoughts.
Onwards and upwards, see you in Amberley on 23rd April, 2pm,
Stay ...
Practitioners question: Transparency in your professional life
Posted by nightrose on April 11, 2023, 9:48 p.m. 7 comments
Hi! Of course I understand the spirit of this section of the rules:
"8.5 It is ok for you to mention your business in your Death Cafe biography. It isn't appropriate for your business to be mentioned at the Death Cafe session. Reports that you're promoting your ...
Death Cafe: SECOND LIFE Virtual Death Cafe PDT
Posted by Carole Silvoy on April 11, 2023, 10:31 a.m.
With Carole Silvoy, aka "Cattie Rosca"
Aug. 12, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (PT, GMT -8)
Our Death Cafe is held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 2 PM PT/SLT in the Virtual World of Second Life (SL). *The only space ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Dunedin (NZ)
Posted by AnkesDeathCafe on April 10, 2023, 2:56 p.m.
Heart-warming meeting with 15 people in attendance in our greatest little town in the Southern hemisphere with under 130,000 awesome people! Some others could not attend due to our timing of 10 am. A burning candle for the life light of the meeting.... Lots of laughter and a few tears too. People filled out evaluations and the general concensus was that it meets an overall need and that participants felt very comfortable and safe to talk and listened too. We will have the next one on 10th May.
Death Cafe write up: Love Walk London Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on April 10, 2023, 4:08 a.m.
A group of local strangers met recently to take part in Camberwell’s first Death Café motivated by a variety of reasons but sharing a common desire to talk openly about a subject that is important to us all but still relatively taboo. There was a lot of laughter, some wonderful periods of silence and a lot of practical and also profound conversation. There was also homemade apple cake to nourish us!
Asked to choose words at the end of the gathering to describe the café, participants said it was welcoming, thought provoking, supportive, positive, friendly, honest, safe, disinhibiting, helpful, clarifying, open, uplifting and revealing.
As one said ...
Death Cafe write up: Huntly Death Cafe
Posted by Huntly_Death_Cafe on April 10, 2023, 1:56 a.m.
I had been worried that no-one would turn up for our inaugural meeting so a friend agreed to come with me, just so I wouldn't be on my own.
As it was, the publicity worked and we were joined by four others, all with various degrees of curiosity and trepidation.
Tea and cake helped relax everyone as I explained what Death Cafe is and soon everyone was chatting and contributing to the discussion.
Having 'that's conversation with loved ones, reminiscences of older funeral customs and green burials were all touched on, among other things.
Next meeting is 10th April 2023 at Networks of Wellbeing from 1-3pm ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe EST
Posted by suemannell on April 7, 2023, 8:16 a.m.
It has been three years of hosting Death Cafes online (thanks to Covid), and we are always delighted with the heart felt conversations shared and the wide range of topics discussed. Death touches everyone and so much of our experiences truly are universal.
Grief, rituals, pet loss, what to say to someone bereaved (and what not to say), stories of loss, future wishes, what makes a good death, saying goodbye, how we all grieve differently, expectations, questions posed, students joining to learn, folks from across the country and other countries, men and women, young through to seniors ..... life and death and everything in between and following is an ...
would any one be interested in co-hosting a virtual death acfe with me? this would be my very first death cafe and the first and only one for the area that im from. My goal is to get the word out there about the virtual death cafes and get enough ...
Practitioners question: Death Cafe Approval
Posted by nomenoyou1 on April 6, 2023, 2:56 p.m. 5 comments
How long does it typically take to get a Death Cafe approved and added to the website? Been waiting a couple
weeks . . .
Death Cafe write up: Wilton Just Friends Death Cafe
Posted by John Painter on April 5, 2023, 10:05 a.m.
Our group met at one of the participants homes, we all brought either sweets, tea or other beverage and talked for well over two hours about a range of things. We discussed wills, alternatives to cremation and traditional burrials, the idea of being and not being.
There was a follow up meeting at another participants homes, and the discussion was much more focused and reviewed and discussed the process of cremation, state laws and talking with family about final wishes. A brief film was shown on the process of cremation.
Death Cafe write up: Glasgow Death Cafe
Posted by Bob Stoner on April 5, 2023, 6:19 a.m.
Another great time with conversations from those who attended. We chatted about the recent open day at the Crematorium and whether we'd like to be present even on that final journey of helping our loved one enter the cremator furnace; we discussed what happens to the body when we die; whether we might be willing to look after our loved one at home rather than them going to the funeral undertaker. All this with a hefty bowl of tomato rissoto. What's not to like? humour, discussion and food.