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Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Oxnard PST
Posted by Cat Kent on Aug. 30, 2020, 12:16 p.m.
Success! Seven people, including my husband and myself, attended the online Death Café Oxnard yesterday. One person was from NJ, one from Northern CA, the rest from here in SoCal. Topics had to do with the pandemic, living wills, and gratitude. The conversation was slow at first and then became more lively. It ended up being a very thoughtful and authentic experience. I look to hosting another online cafe soon.
Press: At the Death Cafe, the topic is dying with a side of cake
Posted by Diana Brooks on Aug. 28, 2020, 2:55 p.m. 1 comment
People need to talk about the taboo more than ever. A Pasco group gets it done.
See more at: Tampa Bay Times
Death Cafe write up: Faversham Online Death Cafe BST
Posted by Louise Allen (Faversham Death Cafe) on Aug. 25, 2020, 5:19 a.m.
Being and nothingness
Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
– JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, ‘BEING AND NOTHINGNESS’
Death Cafes are led by the group. There is no theme nor agenda, though events can be aimed at particular groups or audiences to ensure inclusivity and accessibility. This means that no two Death Cafes are the same; the conversation follows a path led by the people in it. Our most recent event was online (our third online Faversham Death Cafe since Covid-19 hit). We were a group of 7 from across the world, joining from Portugal, Maine, Seattle, London and Kent. We talked about death and about non-existence ...
“We don’t die alone,” says psychologist James Hillman, “Death is communal, entering the community of the dead, and the dead are already present in the heart.”
https://medium.com/melodious-bardo/the-role-of-the-dead-in-our-lives-a7ab1c06f6ad
Practitioners question: Organising death cafes during Covid
Posted by Juliasinclair on Aug. 21, 2020, 12:49 p.m. 6 comments
Hi All,
I've been thinking about doing this for a very long time and have decided to go ahead with it!
I just wondered (considering this climate) about how others have been managing with group gatherings because of Covid, if at all?
I will start it on zoom if ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Iowa CST
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Aug. 19, 2020, 3:14 p.m.
For our August Death Café Iowa we met on Zoom. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. In total there were 5 people in attendance, 2 men and 3 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions. We had individuals join from California, New Jersey, and Iowa. Several interesting topics were brought forward for discussion.
Topics included:
Lifeweb360: LifeWeb360 is a memorialization website where people can create a LifeWeb account for a loved one who has died. Friends and family members can leave messages, videos, and pictures of the person. We discussed how a lot of funeral homes have something like this ...
Death Cafe write up: August meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE via Zoom
Posted by Cecilia H on Aug. 19, 2020, 8:16 a.m.
Meeting the fear of death with spiritual practices
The value and comfort offered by Buddhist philosophy
Psychedelic experiences and insights
Fear of death and of the loss of identity
The heartache caused by distance from relatives or lack of (contact with) an extended ...
I wish to die young.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Oxnard PST
Posted by Cat Kent on Aug. 13, 2020, 11:23 p.m. 1 comment
Unfortunately no one attended this online event. In retrospect, I believe the email address I gave was not working at the time. This problem has since been fixed, and we look forward to hosting online in late August.
Death Cafe write up: Online Upminster Death Cafe BST
Posted by MortuaryGem on Aug. 13, 2020, 12:13 p.m. 1 comment
This was a sweltering hot summer's evening but we covered a range of topics. I quite liked the fact that at the start a person completely new to death cafe asked the regular attendees why they kept coming back. Some great thoughts and discussions had!
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Friendly & Fearless Death Cafe
Posted by TucsonFFDeathCafe on Aug. 12, 2020, 7:46 p.m.
As we have in the past, perhaps now more than ever, we raised the subject of the many kinds of deaths we can experience outside of physical death. Certainly now, the death of life as we knew it, is a cause of a global chronic grief calling for mourning. I don’t think it’s wise or productive to compare losses and say one is more difficult than another. Every loss is entirely unique and personal. However, not all loss includes an existential component, which is certainly at play now with this global pandemic.
One person commented that he’s seen a lot of book titles related to ...
A virtual experience of an immersive sculptural installation.
A memorial to a loving father, a chance to grieve, a chance to let go. His passion for running and restoring canals, a font of all knowledge no longer shared. Camping holidays remembered, his stuff in boxes, old books, clothes, tools. No longer used The breath of life, the first, the last. The unconscious action keeping us alive. Anthropomorphic air beds, inflated and deflated, movement and stillness, life and death. The taboo subject, a tyrannical secret , the unspoken, the abject.
Covid19, George Floyd, air pollution, a political issue, the right to breath.
Lockdown, life on hold, stay at home, save ...
Death Cafe write up: East Rockville Online Death Cafe EST
Posted by AmesSandra on July 27, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
The July 22 Pump House Village Death Café took place as a Zoom meeting co-sponsored by Assisting Hands Home Care. VIllage members, Sandra Ames and Patricia Dubroof facilitated. The concerns brought out by this month’s participants had to do with the complications and challenges presented by loved ones living with Alzheimer’s Disease or various types of dementia. Several participants had cared for parents with these diagnoses, and spoke of accepting this state of being. Others were currently caring for loved ones and were able to share their concerns, including being themselves elderly and realizing the need for making sure plans for their partner’s financial and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Liverpool Online BST
Posted by Jamie on July 26, 2020, 2:33 p.m.
Online Death Cafe (June)
Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 7 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 9 attendees
Our June Death Cafe had an international flavour with some of our participants bringing experiences from around the world.
This was our sixth Death Cafe (our third time doing it online using Zoom). There was an increase in numbers which meant we split into two groups, and I spent some time in both groups. We kept the same format as previous groups, having a break part way through.
It has been lovely to receive some more detailed feedback from this Death Cafe (full details below), and I really appreciate people taking the time to ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Liverpool Online BST
Posted by Jamie on July 26, 2020, 12:24 p.m.
Online Death Cafe
Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 4 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 7 attendees
I am late writing up our May Death Cafe, and in the interim we have had one for June!
This was our fifth Death Cafe (our second time doing it online using Zoom). There was a drop in numbers again compared to our last online event which feels more due to the increased frequency and so there has been less time for me to advertise it. We stayed in one group for this one and kept the same format as last time, having a break part way through.
Thank you to those who completed the ...