Latest Death Cafe News
New Blog post: Death wellies and tea!
Posted by Grief Wellies on April 30, 2020, 6:58 p.m.
https://keeleyhouseblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/death-wellies-tea/“Grief has no rules, sometimes you’ve got to just put on your welly’s and stomp through the mud, day by day”
Since setting up Grief wellies 7 years ago I have been dabbling with the idea of running a “Death Cafe” but it never seemed the right time. I think mainly because it’s taken me this long to really process my own response to ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted by SHoffman on April 29, 2020, 5:49 a.m.
Suddenly our world had changed. Our ideas of how we would like to have our life end or Birthing into Spirit is also changing! It has become a time when thousands are dying alone. We must find away to transition without the ones we love near us. Looking for people to give their ideas on how to do this thanks !!! Sally H. USA
Death Cafe write up: April Death Cafe Online
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on April 28, 2020, 8:14 a.m.
For our April Death Café Iowa we took the plunge and went virtual with a Zoom meeting! Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. In total there were 5 people in attendance, 1 man and 4 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions. One exciting addition was a member from California that was a Death Doula! Several interesting topics were brought forward for discussion.
Topics included:
Death doulas
Obituaries and what we would or would not want to include in ours. One member commented “how do you fit a big life into a little obit?” Another member shared that she wrote two for her ...
Resource: Oxidation of Grief: Reflections on Adult Sibling Loss
Posted by mariap on April 27, 2020, 8:52 a.m. 2 comments
One of few books focused specifically on adult sibling loss, The Oxidation of Grief is a compilation of personal essays written as the author mourned the death of her younger sister. The second half of the book includes the stories of 13 others whose siblings died before their time. Many ...
New Blog post: the heart of all action
Posted by ASP on April 24, 2020, 8:42 a.m.
is death.
been dead, been around it awhile.
death- not a blog post
but the most awkward embarassing personal thing to happen to me.
sometimes people dying just want to be alone to die. not when family's around.
when people left her room for a minute andrea decided to give it up.
mom kept requesting to be left alone as we led her down hallways to do laundry.
in the end laundry became a ...
New Blog post: She knew She Was Dying
Posted by flyfree on April 23, 2020, 8:17 a.m.
Hi, Some years back now my mom died in her cottage attached to our house separated by an indoor patio. It was early morning before sun up and I was still half asleep. My husband who always got up early was watching tv and he could see the door to her cottage from where he sat, the top of the door was glass and he would have heard any noise that came from her room ...
Death Cafe write up: April meeting of Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE
Posted by Cecilia H on April 20, 2020, 8:06 a.m. 1 comment
14 of us came together for our second virtual meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café. We again had an international attendance and were joined by people calling from around the UK, Ireland, and the US.
A few people made their debut at a Death Café, and several regulars from the physical CWDC meetings also joined the Zoom call.
At the beginning of our meeting we acknowledged the impact Covid-19 is having on us as individuals, and as a global community, and how much more proximate death and dying feel to be amidst the current pandemic.
Themes to emerge from our discussion:
Our impermanence being powerfully highlighted by ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough (via Zoom for current email list participants)
Posted by Neidra on April 19, 2020, 7:47 p.m.
This is the summary I emailed to my group. It has been edited with updates and deletions. Hello everyone, I hope you are staying well, physically and mentally. Thank you to those who joined the conversations during the April 8th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) – our first Zoom call! It went very well and, as usual, we learned new things! Using Zoom changed our dynamic yet it also allowed three new people to join us, including from Greensboro and Pittsboro! We are grateful for UMC allowing us to use their Zoom account (versus their “little house” where we normally meet in person). If you have not yet sent a ...
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Friendly & Fearless Death Cafe
Posted by TucsonFFDeathCafe on April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
This was our 3rd Virtual Cafe. For the first time since this pandemic began, 2 attendees reported family members or friends who have died. So very challenging and sad for all. I'll speak for everyone and say that the value of the Cafe conversation is immeasurable. To say what is true and real for each of us, look around, and be held in the moment by others is so preciously human. Some paraphrased comments: "struggling with the notion of not-being...trying to be familiar with living and death at the same time...being here (at cafe) makes me feel comfortable...you can't know, yet the paradox ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Liverpool
Posted by Jamie on April 13, 2020, 8:26 a.m.
Death Cafe
Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 8 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 24 attendees
It has taken me much longer than usual to write up our Death Cafe from January. Partly because I have been recovering from surgery, and also partly because of what is happening around the world and how this is impacting our work and every aspect of life.
Now more than ever, it feels so much more vital to have conversations about life and death. And in a world where we seem to be so restricted in how we live our lives, questions about how we make the most of this precious life that we have under ...
https://www.adl.org/blog/how-to-prevent-zoombombing
As of today (5 April 2020) Zoom has made password and waiting room default settings. Two of my work colleagues have had unfortunate experiences (harrassment, showing porn, general disruption) on Zoom. Follow the instructions on the ADL site for extra security.
The Guardian carried ...
Death Cafe write up: March meeting of Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE
Posted by Cecilia H on March 30, 2020, 6:34 a.m. 1 comment
There were 27 of us present for most of our first virtual Death Café hosted on Zoom!
Many of us had not attended a Death Café before. Some had been meaning to for a long time, but found that timings and journeys were hard to manage alongside ‘normal’ life. The extraordinary circumstances created by Covid-19 brought us together…
I began the meeting by giving a brief history of the Death Café movement, and outlining the proposed format for the discussion before we all checked-in. We were joined by people calling from the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, Washington DC, and Orlando FL.
On the call were several End of ...
Video: COVID19 - Call to all South African Citizens
Posted by DeathCafeDeepSouth on March 29, 2020, 1:51 p.m.