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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on July 18, 2019, 3:09 p.m.
For June’s 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, 1 man and 7 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 as the book dying well by Ira Byock. A few of the group members are actually part of a book club that is going to be starting the book in September. Another group member brought up the topic of what happens when someone dies ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough
Posted by Neidra on July 17, 2019, 9:50 p.m.
Hello Death Positive People!
Thank you to those who joined in the July 10th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H)! Yummy food, by the way (Sara’s lemon meringue pie was a special treat! Her mother’s recipe.) – thank you! There were six new people adding to the conversations. Fantastic! Spread the word! Information about the next DC-H, plus others, is below. First, a brief summary of key points we discussed, including links for further information.
- Thank you to Sara for broaching the topic of my mother’s death that occurred in May. Naturally it has affected me deeply. A lot was learned during her End Of Life journey ...
Death Cafe write up: Monmouth County Death Cafe
Posted by Beth Almerini on July 17, 2019, 9:20 p.m.
It was much too hot to hold our meeting outside, so our meeting was held as usual in the Quaker Meetinghouse. As usual, there was lively and interesting conversation, many opinons and some laughs!
Resource: HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE SENSE OF THEIR MORTALITY?
Posted by eglemei on July 17, 2019, 9:22 a.m. 2 comments
People's experience of their mortality shows that there are multiple ways how we are living with and towards death.
We are hoping to explore this in our research in Counselling Psychology. At this stage we are looking for people to complete our anonymous online survey. We would be grateful ...
New Blog post: Looking At Your Own Mortality
Posted by Adrian Allotey on July 16, 2019, 9:05 p.m.
Dealing with your own mortality can be a challenging prospect, but approaching death doesn’t have to be an unpleasant or deeply distressing experience. With the right support and care, this sacred journey can be calm, peaceful and tranquil.
Although death is the only certainty in life, it can be a subject that people shy away from. Even following a decline in health, you may find that even your closest family and friends find it ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Wirral
Posted by Martin Poole on July 16, 2019, 10:19 a.m.
My first event in Hoylake brought 24 participants to drink tea, eat cake and discuss death back in May. This time we tried a different venue and had 12 participants.
Stollies in Wallasey Village is a lovely cafe and is a great place to relax and chat and it as has very friendly management. They had, however, recently decided not to put any posters up in their windows to advertise events, as they had recently been inundated and their windows were getting to be a bit of a mess. It’s a situation I understand but having spoken to the management, they too agreed that perhaps in future ...
Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe June 28, 2019
Posted by Sherry Gilles on July 14, 2019, 10:14 a.m.
We met at the library. Our group was small but we had three new people who had never been to a death cafe and who were worried about what it might be like.
The conversation became lively at points and one person said she shared things with our small group that she had never shared with others.
Topics included how children are not always allowed to be at funerals or, conversely, how they are forced to be at them. Both had their downsides per those who experienced these situations.
People talked about cremation and the original purpose behind it and, another, on the actual practice of it.
End ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Visalia
Posted by l_burkart@yahoo.com on July 13, 2019, 7:54 p.m.
We will begin by announcing one of our members was just diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. I dedicate the title of this month's Death Cafe - Visalia to him.
Our conversations were lively today with enough people to even have few side bars. We met in the round, and if we continue to have this amount--or more--I would like to break into small groups of 3 or 4 for part of our session together to make sure everyone is heard and able to share.
We had a special guest from Turlock that travelled just for us today;) Gerry Grossman is the Program Manager for Advanced Care Planning for ...
Press: Death cafe sparks conversations about dying to help people overcome fears
Posted by Jools Barsky on July 13, 2019, 12:48 p.m.
A pop-up death cafe has been held in Adelaide to spark conversations and help people overcome their fear of dying.
Conversations about life and death might not be common over coffee and cake, but almost 30 people gathered at church in Walkerville, in Adelaide's north-east, to chat about wakes ...
See more at: abc.net.au
Death Cafe write up: Kendal Death Cafe
Posted by Kally Lloyd-Jones on July 11, 2019, 6:09 a.m.
Hello,
I came to the cafe on July 10th and travelled from Glasgow. This was a really invigorating and friendly experience. The hosts were sensitive and warm and the topics covered were varied - sometimes very funny and also very serious. The location is ideal and the cakes, delicious. Thank you very much.
Practitioners question: Death Cafe State College PA
Posted by F. Glenn Fleming on July 9, 2019, 11:14 a.m.
Hi I wanted to ask you about promoting a Death Cafe. Our main purpose is to educate the community on death and a place for individuals to talk about this subject. We are a funeral home and we sponsor the event at our local coffee house. We do use our ...
Resource: The Dying Matters Podcast “Let’s talk about it.” Death and dying is one of those topics that’s just
Posted by Jools Barsky on July 5, 2019, 8:35 a.m.
We know that we will all have to face it one day, but we put that “difficult” conversation off until tomorrow. Or the day after… Well it doesn’t have to be that way.
The people we talk to on this podcast are people who do talk about it. They ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Sydney
Posted by SakuraPsychotherapy on July 4, 2019, 2 a.m.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe – COFFEE, CAKE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT DEATH
Posted by antifestival on July 3, 2019, 6:38 a.m.
About this Death Cafe
In Kuoleman kahvila we gather together for a coffee and cake and talk about death and dying. Make yourself at home in a cozy atmosphere, tell your thoughts and hear other people’s stories. Let’s redefine death from a taboo to a natural discussion topic! Discussion in Finnish.
About ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival
ANTI is an international contemporary and live art festival which is located in Kuopio, Finland. Theme of the festival in year 2019 is death; ideas of death, its impact, its social and cultural standing, its place in human life, its place in all life. ANTI organizes the Death Cafes in ...
Death Cafe write up: East York Death Cafe
Posted by bob paterson-watt on June 27, 2019, 10:19 a.m.
10 of us gathered in a sunlit room at L'Arche Toronto's Gathering Place. Our youngest participant was 11, and we went up from there to 65. We were a good mix of ages, ethnic and religious backgrounds, socio-economic realities, work experience, physical and mental wellness.
We talked about choices, losses, griefs, direct experience and/or accompaniment of/during the death of loved ones, our own fears and preparation and struggle as we face death ourselves.
We spoke about the role memory plays in both the lead-up to death and beyond.
We talked about suicidal ideation and suicidal tragedy, from grade school up through elder adults.
We ...