Latest Death Cafe News
New Blog post: Self hatred and depression
Posted by Kitty on April 17, 2021, 5:15 p.m. 5 comments
Hello, i am 16 and I've been wanting to talk about suicide for a long time. I fear that if i do i will be ridiculed by others. I don't know where to start. I used to workout to become more likeable. It did help become me more likeable, but all everyone saw me for my body only. What devours me is not being able to tell my family how i feel. I ...
Video: How Pet Chaplains Help Discussion
Posted by Bob Coulson, Pet Companion Chaplain on April 17, 2021, 5:11 p.m.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Grimsby GMT
Posted by Craig Doyley on April 14, 2021, 11:47 a.m.
The event went really well, only a few people there but the evening was enjoyed by all. It was also agreed by the group to now hold a Death Cafe every mounth.
Video: West London Death Cafe
Posted by West London Death Cafe on April 12, 2021, 6:05 a.m. 2 comments
New Blog post: the way i wish to die
Posted by ethan on April 8, 2021, 4:49 p.m. 1 comment
Link: Honouring someone if you are unable to attend their funeral
Posted by Rebecca Byatt on April 7, 2021, 8:03 a.m.
Covid 19 has meant that there have been times over the past year when attending a loved ones funeral was not allowed, due to local or national lockdown restrictions. Restrictions concerning the amount of guests allowed to attend funerals and travel restictions still stand. However, even without being present at ...
https://capitallife.com/blog/ways-to-honour-a-loved-ones-life-if-you-cant-attend-their-funeral/
Hi, we are The Rewikd Project. A grass roots not for profit and we rewild people, not landscapes.
We want to run a Death Cafe as part of our health and wellbeing programme.
We can run for free or donation, like all our other groups. and will advertise on our ...
New Blog post: the way i wish to die
Posted by ethan on April 5, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
please share the way you wish to die when time comes
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Online MST Friendly & Fearless Death Cafe
Posted by TucsonFFDeathCafe on April 2, 2021, 11:03 a.m.
Last Café we talked about vaccines. Our conversation ranged from happy to have had one, eagerly awaiting the opportunity, uncertain and waiting to learn more, to definitely no. This is exactly what I love about Death Cafes, civil conversation, welcoming all points of view, on meaningful life and death matters. Sometimes professionals come to Café and say they’ve come to “learn.” Café guidelines state clearly that besides no counseling or therapy, there is no education or content offered, and no agenda; Cafes are devoid of any particular point of view. So what is a Death Café? It’s an opportunity to come together, air ourselves out, hear ...
Practitioners question: Where's the Line?
Posted by Gina Vliet on March 25, 2021, 1:06 p.m. 2 comments
I have been hosting Death Cafe every 2-3 weeks since 2018. I am also a Death Educator in real life. However, I have been very careful never to mention what I do, nor allow industry people to use DC as a marketing or advice-giving platform. I've also attended a ...
Death Cafe write up: CVUU Virtual Death Cafe
Posted by paulaechols on March 21, 2021, 9:14 a.m.
Our Death Cafe was attended by 19 people. We had people from other congregations as well as CVUU. There were attendees from the Hampton Roads area, Richmond, VA, and even Vermont! We had one tech person who managed the zoom break out rooms. We started at 7:00 by introducing ourselves and learning about the history and goals of the Death Cafe. At 8:15, we broke into 2 groups of 8 - 9 each where we discussed topics related to end of life. After an hour in small groups, we all joined back together in one large group to summarize and process. Feedback from participants was very positive ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe - Hillsborough Eastern Time (via Zoom)
Posted by Neidra on March 20, 2021, 10:02 p.m.
Hello fellow mortals!
Thank you to those who delved and dipped into our death discussions during the March Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) Zoom call! Welcome to the eleven (!) new folx! Zoom offers a different dynamic from meeting in person and allows people to participate from long distances such as, this time, New York, Illinois, Florida, Washington, and even Vancouver, Canada. It was wonderful having four university students join in as part of their Death, Dying, and Bereavement courses. One of them kindly emailed afterward, “I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed attending my first Death Cafe. It was so interesting hearing other people’s ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Nowra, NSW, Australia
Posted by Carolyn1961 on March 20, 2021, 9:46 p.m.
Great morning spent with 12 participants. Great little venue, wonderful coffee and and an invite from the venue operator to come back again.
Stories and experiences were interesting and diverse.
Wonderful experience.
Carolyn Vaughan - facilitator
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Ulladulla, NSW, Australia
Posted by Carolyn1961 on March 20, 2021, 9:42 p.m.
We had a wonderful afternoon sharing with 18 people from various walks of life. Stories and beliefs were shared from the heart and the conversation was quite moving.
Caroilyn Vaughan - Facilitator
Death Cafe write up: March Death Cafe
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on March 17, 2021, 10:17 a.m.
For our March Death Café Iowa we met on Zoom. Buffy Peters and Hannah Moldovan, our intern, from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. There were 12 individuals who attended the Death Café and we even had a participant from North Carolina.
The first topic we focused on was deciding the type of disposition one wants when they die. There are those who want a more natural method of being buried so that they can decompose more naturally. Some individuals do not wish to be cremated for many reasons but some may include religious beliefs, cultural associations, or environmental beliefs as well. The question of why cement ...