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Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Iowa CDT July
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on July 21, 2021, 12:42 p.m. 1 comment
For our July Death Café Iowa we met via Zoom. Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. There were three individuals who attended the Death Café this month which made for a small and intimate group.
The topic of death doulas and the controversy of their titles was brought up. Some may say that death doulas should be more appropriately called death companions, because their tasks differ a little bit from what birth doulas do. In a birth there is a midwife and possibly a doula, but in death there is not someone there necessarily to help you die- so what does that leave the ...
New Blog post: What does it mean to learn?
Posted by stephansuzor@gmail.com on July 18, 2021, 1:32 a.m.
I just watched New York Syndicate, and it's making me feel closer to the reality of death. Today was a day with many thoughts and emotions and fears. None of them had to do with death however. What is the meaning of life? Is there a meaning to my life? It feels refreshing to acknowledge that I will die. And humbling. It reminds me of something I know, but have forgotten of. What thoughts ...
Press: Residents invited to Aylesbury Vale Death Cafe this summer
Posted by Jools Barsky on July 17, 2021, 6:52 a.m.
For one day only, residents are invited to talk about this complex, painful topic...
See more at: The Bucks Herald
Press: Why Talking About Your Funeral Now Is Tough, But Valuable
Posted by Jools Barsky on July 17, 2021, 6:47 a.m.
Death – and what you want after you die – is the conversation nobody wants to have. Unless, of course, you're librarian Andrea Castillo and have led discussions at the local Death Cafe.
"I had started as a person kind of trying to confront my own anxieties about death," Castillo explained...
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Death Cafe write up: HiroGaku Death Cafe
Posted by Steven M on July 7, 2021, 7:48 p.m.
A Death Café was held in the learning commons on the evening on May 24th. 13 students, teachers, and community members gathered to talk about death while drinking tea and eating sweets. This was the first of a series of Death Café events which will be held throughout the coming years. It was a calm, relaxed place for people to come and talk openly about death.
Plans had been made to begin holding Death Cafés starting in 2020, but due to the global pandemic, it was delayed. This Death Café took place taking care to follow corona virus preventative measures.
This first café went well. Participants ...
Practitioners question: Questions when conversation is stuck
Posted by Natalia on June 30, 2021, 5:16 p.m. 4 comments
Hi, I am planning to run my fisrt Death Cafe and wondering if anyone experiences that conversation was stuck at one point. I am worried there will be uncomfortable silence. Any tips on how to avoid it and bring the discussion back, any specific topics, leading questions? I am aware ...
Practitioners question: Restarting a Death Cafe
Posted by Anna Simpson on June 30, 2021, 1:38 p.m. 1 comment
Hi there,
I've recently begun preparations to start a monthly Death Cafe in my area. However, it's my understanding that a few years ago someone has already started a Death Cafe. It's been several years since the last cafe was held and the Facebook page seems to ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe ~ by the bay Brisbane
Posted by Jacqui on June 26, 2021, 12:20 a.m.
13 May 2021 - Small group of 5 interesting women spanning a variety of ages, backgrounds and life experiences. We shared our experiences about
- that the experience of dying can be “a beautiful thing”; and the value of ‘holding space’; ‘being present’ and also sharing laughter along the way . All this as long as it is ‘legal, safe, sane and consensual)
- a discussion around unexpected deaths – and a myriad of emotions attached with this ranging from quality of life – if we could choose to die suddenly then wouldn’t it be a wonderful thing? To the impact of unexpected deaths on the living – how we interpret sudden deaths (positive ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Iowa CDT June
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on June 25, 2021, 10 a.m.
For our June Death Café Iowa we met via Zoom. Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. There were three individuals who attended the Death Café this month which made for a small and intimate group.
The topic of how the pandemic influenced death and grieving was talked about significantly within the group. Between sub-topics of interrupted rituals, impact on children, “shadow loss” for the whole world, and even focusing our attention on what is important. Postponed grief also worked into the mix and the group mentioned how important rituals are in grief.
The medicalization of death and dying was brought up by a participant ...
Death Cafe write up: June Death Cafe via ZOOM EDT
Posted by BLLLINK on June 24, 2021, 2:53 a.m.
At this Covid-influenced ZOOM Death Cafe, 15 people from around the country dropped by to experience one of our more conversational monthly virtual Death Cafes.
The participants explored, questioned, shared and sometimes laughed as they easily and warmly welcomed meeting one another openly.
There was genuine acceptance of the sentiments voiced.
While we discussed the possibility of returning to the "face-to-face, sit around the tables" Death Cafe of pre-COVID times, most agreed the ZOOM format is a comfortable one and one that introduces people from a wider geographic area (past ZOOM Death Cafes have seen visitors from Canada, Australia and Europe, as well as other states).
It's ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Tunbridge Wells Online BST
Posted by carmeldunmall on June 4, 2021, 5:14 a.m.
8 of us met on zoom from USA, Canda and the Uk.
The discussion was around grief, the openness of the group was touching and the conversation deep.
Death Cafe write up: June Uptown Online Death Cafe CDT
Posted by Death Cafe Uptown on June 3, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Iowa CDT May
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on June 2, 2021, 9:56 a.m.
For our May Death Café Iowa we met via Zoom. Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. There were three individuals who attended the Death Café this month which made for a small and intimate group.
The topic of one’s awareness around death was brought up. Pre-planning and the act of smart funeral planning is important for family members. Death Doolas can be part of the pre-planning for death. Some individuals do not want family members to be around them if they are sick and dying, which is where a Death Doula would step in and be that support system for the individual.
The ...
Link: Virtual Grieving Tree for honoring the precious lives lost from COVIC-19
Posted by Heesun Kim on May 24, 2021, 9:16 p.m.
A virtual grieving space is offered from June 6th to June 13th, 2021, remotely broadcasting around the Grieiving Tree from the Lamvert campus of Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA.
Due to the tragic nature of the pandemic, most families could not bid farewell to their loved ones fully. As a collective ...
New Blog post: To facilitate or to join in?
Posted by Martin Poole on May 23, 2021, 8:26 a.m. 2 comments
I've run a few Death Cafe events over the past couple of years both in person before the pandemic and online afterwards.
This blog post isn't so much a post imparting wisdom but a question to others running Death Cafe events on their experience with being the facilitator.
Depending on numbers of attendees and how I've personally felt at the time, I've sometimes joined in as a participant in the conversations ...