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Press: These 5 ‘wellness cafes’ will help you become more community conscious
Posted by Jools Barsky on Aug. 30, 2019, 1:59 p.m.
Talking about death is a tricky topic for many of us reserved Brits. But Death Cafe is on a mission to break this stigma. Far from being creepy and morbid...
See more at: Soul And Spirit Magazine
Death Cafe write up: Ibiza Death Cafe
Posted by Ibiza Death Cafe on Aug. 28, 2019, 9:32 a.m.
The second Ibiza Death Cafe done! A wonderful mixture of nationaliies which made for insightful discussions. We look forward to the next event!
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I wonder if anyone can help? Im hosting a death cafe at a venue that has its own magazine - and they have asked me to be interviewed for it. There are questions about death cafe so I can answer them and give all the info on the guidelines ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Liverpool
Posted by Jamie on Aug. 23, 2019, 10:08 a.m.
Death Cafe Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 9 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 10 attendees
Tusk Baltic very kindly hosted our Death Cafe here in Liverpool. This had been advertised through Facebook and through sign ups of people interested over quite a long period of time. There were nine participants, although a number who wanted to attend were unable to, and some of those who initially had booked, did not come along. This might have been due to the fact that the weather was absolutely beautiful!
Jamie Fearn was the facilitator, and brings her experience of bereavement counselling, volunteering for Samaritans and non-religious pastoral support work to the role. Although this ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Aug. 22, 2019, 11:50 a.m.
For Augusts Death Café Iowa we met at Palmers Deli & Market on Ingersoll. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky (member of the Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had 8 people in attendance, 3 men and 5 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions.
Members brought several interesting topics to the group this month.
Several group members brought things to discuss such how religion influences our feelings about death, leaving a legacy, and ceremonial traditions after someone has died. Another group member brought up the book “Finishing Strong” by Barbara Coombs Lee which sparked a lot of conversation about the organization “Compassionate Choices” and member’s opinions ...
Death Cafe write up: Colliers Wood Death Cafe - June 2019
Posted by Cecilia H on Aug. 22, 2019, 6:34 a.m.
Five of us attended the June meeting of CWDC including two people who had not joined us before. We shared a Coffee and Walnut cake.
Themes to emerge from our discussion:
How well, or badly, do we deal with death?
Different cultural perspectives and practices.
How do we prepare for death, and how might this influence or affect how we grieve?
How do we mark our relationships with the dead? Visiting a loved one's grave.
How do we start these conversations? Setting an example perhaps more effective in certain situations. Getting our own houses in order. Where are we with our own preparation?
What does an executor ...
Death Cafe write up: Colliers Wood Death Cafe - April 2019
Posted by Cecilia H on Aug. 22, 2019, 6:10 a.m.
Death Cafe write up: Colliers Wood Death Cafe - July 2019
Posted by Cecilia H on Aug. 22, 2019, 5:55 a.m.
Death Cafe write up: Colliers Wood Death Cafe - April 2019
Posted by Cecilia H on Aug. 22, 2019, 5:36 a.m.
Three of us met and began our discussion exploring where each of us find ourselves in relation to death and dying, and what it is that we have been thinking about.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Albany hosted by Kate
Posted by DeathCafeAlbany on Aug. 21, 2019, 5:56 p.m.
We had such a beautiful location- This chapel is full of Tiffany Windows!The woodworking and all the touches were exquisite. It was a cool-ish day, but we satt farthest from the open door. We wanted that huge wood door to be open to welcome any late comers.
We ended up just making one small discussion group of 5. It was nice to be so intimate as we had Jen Ward, the librarian from Bach Branch for Albany, who would start hosting her own Death Cafes. So Carla and Kate (the current co-hosts) could answer her concerns of what a host does and doesn’t do. We also ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Albany
Posted by DeathCafeAlbany on Aug. 21, 2019, 5:44 p.m.
We had a nice group of 13 folks gathered in Guilderland Library's largest room. As usual, we sat in groups of 4. People were so involved in their group talks we could hardly break away to share with the others some of what each group discussed. We had people volunteer to scout locations, help host the next one. We even have a couple that professionally designed our flyer for our next one on Monday evening - September 23rd Death Cafe!
New Blog post: '' The dead are with us ''
Posted by urns.studio on Aug. 15, 2019, 7:32 p.m.
I would like to share with you, The following paragraphs are taken from a lecture by Rudolf Steiner made over a hundred years ago. This lecture is available as a small book titled ‘ The Dead are with Us’ by Sophia Books. Or it can be obtained as a part of a further collection of lectures entitled ‘ Life beyond Death ’ found at www.rudolfsteinerpress.com.
All history, all social dynamics, all ethical life, proceed by virtue ...
I create special urns for people at the end of life, unique urns for unique poeple. I believe the last object for us in life should be able to represent us, who we are, our uniqueness in the world.
Death Cafe write up: Upminster Death Cafe
Posted by MortuaryGem on Aug. 14, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
The August 2019 Upminster Death Cafe was a surprise success as I feared due to the summer holidays people might have been away or not come. I was pleasantly surprised by the fab turnout and that we had a few new attendees too. A great range of topics discussed but a particular highlight was the topic raised by one attendee of the idea of a ‘death day’ each year. Very interesting!
Death Cafe write up: King George Hospital Death Cafe Ilford
Posted by MortuaryGem on Aug. 14, 2019, 4:42 p.m.
What a great event we had! I had hoped for a great turnout and there really was. We discussed a huge range of topics but i felt it largely focused on the purpose and ideaology behind death cafe and the death positivity movement which I think really helped me feel these events are worthwhile.
For anyone who struggles to locate the event, I will be better with signposting in the future.