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Resource: All Things: Reflections, Ruminations & Ramblings on a Year in the Company of Grief
Posted by steveb on Feb. 3, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
All Things is an adapted grief journal from Steve Barlow, an experienced UK therapist, who wanted to present a 'grief as it happens' experience to readers. Following the sudden death of his younger brother, the author here presents one year of his grief journey, which covers many classic themes, explores ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Oxnard PST
Posted by Cat Kent on Feb. 2, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
The November 1 Death Café Oxnard had three attendees. The main topic of discussion was death by overdose, as two of the attendees had recent losses of this sort. It was a very uplifting Café as one of the attendees was getting back the loved one's ashes later that day and shared ideas for celebrating the loved ones life.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe At Home on Zoom GMT
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Feb. 2, 2021, 11:57 a.m.
“I experienced many emotions during Death Cafe this evening. Listening to others gave me the confidence to open up and share my thoughts and feelings in a safe space.”
“I found it a very interesting experience and there's something so supportive about sharing thoughts on a 'difficult' subject with others. I look forward to the next one.”
New Blog post: Newbie and other info
Posted by El Loco on Jan. 30, 2021, 2:45 p.m. 1 comment
Just joined, looking forward to information, interaction, and a peaceful death. I use humor incessantly; you have been warned.
Have a website dedicated to a similar subject where you cannot post, but can read, at www.ellocodemented.com .
Thanks for letting me join, I think.
"El Loco"
aka
Michael McCaffery
Death Cafe write up: Sahara's Online Death Cafe EST
Posted by shoshi1261 on Jan. 29, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
I was looking forward to joining this Cafe but did not get any reply from the host or details on how to join virtually.
Death Cafe write up: 'Death Cafe' Tunbridge Wells Online GMT
Posted by carmeldunmall on Jan. 29, 2021, 7:53 a.m.
9 of us attended the evening Death Cafe. The conversation was very supportive as one member described his exprience of being in hospital with covid. How he felt as he thought death was approaching. Another person spoke tenderly of her brother which was very moving and this was echoed by others with their own family bereavements.
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe - Hillsborough Eastern Time (via Zoom)
Posted by Neidra on Jan. 27, 2021, 5:12 p.m.
Hello fellow mortals! Thank you to those who delved and dipped into our death discussions during the first-of-2021 Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) Zoom call! Welcome to the five new folx! Zoom offers a different dynamic from meeting in person and allows people to participate from long distances (NC mountains, GA and CA this time). We are grateful for UMC allowing us to use their Zoom account. If you have not yet sent a few dollars to say thanks for Wednesday’s get together, here is their website: uniongroveumc.org and mailing address: United Methodist Church, Rev. Rich Greenway, 6407 Union Grove Church Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Thank you ...
Forty
I wanted to be dead by forty.
Instead, here I am
alive and breathing
silently seething,
dead inside alive
I wanted to be dead by thirty.
A wish that could've been granted
instead I ran.
Alive and battered,
shorn and shattered
A darker shadow than before.
I wanted to be dead at twenty.
Without thought for my life
Fuck that husband and wife
shit
Hoping for more
Following the script,
blind and tripped ...
Resource: Grief is a Spiritual Practice (free booklet)
Posted by Cheri Jamison on Jan. 21, 2021, 8:59 a.m.
Loss can change the trajectory of a life. It breaks open our hearts and forces us to reckon with the big questions of life. In time, grief becomes a spiritual practice, however that looks for you personally.
This booklet—Grief Is a Spiritual Practice—is available for free, in print ...
Practitioners question: Death cafe Nikity - Niterói - RJ -Brazil
Posted by Ana Cristina Barros Fróes on Jan. 13, 2021, 6:38 a.m.
O movimento death cafe se amplia cada vez mais no Brasil, dada importância desse espaço de acolhimento aberto para a fala e a escuta respeitosa sobre vida e morte.
Estamos em uma linda comunhão entre os diversos death cafes no Brasil.
Gratidão por participar desse importante ...
Death Cafe write up: Online GMT November meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE via Zoom
Posted by Cecilia H on Jan. 10, 2021, 11:09 a.m.
11 of us came together for our November meeting of the CWDC, with participants dialling in from London, Essex and Edinburgh, California, Florida, New England and New Jersey.
Our discussion opened with an appreciation of silence, and the value of coming together to create and hold space for one another’s reflections. Later in our conversation, we reflected further on our own, differing, relationships with silence. Silence was likened to marmite – some people love it, whilst others loathe it. We also thought about the acclimatising that silence sometimes requires – gradual exposure and positive experiences supporting a greater tolerance (a comparison was made with chilli peppers). We also thought ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Whangarei No. #12
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 6:02 p.m.
We met a t Dickens Inn, the separate room was occupied so we met in the main area of the cafe. Meeting at cafes always brings the issue of noise and difficulty of hearing. There were a group of 9 of us a couple of new people and regular attendees. A range of topics were discussed including end of life choice bill (which was voted in in the 2020 Government election) advance life planning, personal experiences of the death of a loved one and beliefs about after death. It was a lively discussion with most people getting a chance to contribute. 2 hours goes so quickly.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Whangarei No.11
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 5:49 p.m.
This DeathCafe did not happen due to covid restrictions
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Whangarei
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 5:46 p.m.
A lively cafe with 13 people attending.
Death Cafe write up: TODAY - Sunday 13 December - Colliers Wood Death Cafe's last meeting of 2020 - ONLINE via Zoom
Posted by Cecilia H on Jan. 3, 2021, 10:50 a.m. 1 comment
6 of us met for our last meeting of 2020. Two people were attending their first Death Café. Our discussion moved in different directions, and themes included the news of the Covid-19 vaccine and anniversaries at this time of year.
Are we emerging from the pandemic? We discussed our own thinking around the vaccine beginning to become available, and the theme of personal responsibility as we wait for it to be rolled out.
Learning of a tragic bereavement at a time when loved ones cannot be together was another experience about which someone shared.
We talked about the experience of a parent losing their child, and the devastation ...