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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 ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Ogden Utah
Posted by Nichole Sorensen on June 24, 2019, 6:40 p.m.
I had actually attempted to delete this particular cafe but the owner of the shop still wanted me to hold something so i did not advertise it as a death cafe. She wanted me to specifaclly talk about paganism and death specifaclly and you guys say no on having a structure topic. I dont know if it was the air but people some people did not understand the idea of a general discussion. They thought they were coming to a grief group and I even had a guy get over emotional and hostile (almost had to ask him to leave the shop). We talked about what people blieved ...
Death Cafe write up: Carmel Death Cafe
Posted by evoci on June 19, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
Ten people met for the Cafe on a rainy Sunday afternoon but our spirits were happy and the conversation was lively, and respectful. We discussed Near Death experiences, funerals vs celebrations of life, and the changing legal landscape of physician assisted end of life care.
Comments from writen evaluations include: Three words the describe my experience: "enlightening; a sense of community; and heartful sharing. The event went beyond my expectations."
Other comments: "I had a strong sense of community; it was thought provoking and grounding. Thank you!"
"I want to prepare a to do list in more details so I can be ready as I age and die ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on June 19, 2019, 1:19 p.m.
For June’s Death Café Iowa we met at Palmers Deli & Market on Ingersoll. Becca Suvalsky (member of the Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had 8 people in attendance, 2 men and 6 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 an article that was published a number of years ago form the “End Well” conference in San Francisco. The article discussed using natural relaxants such cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms for those suffering. These drugs have been linked to dramatically helping those who are at the end ...
Death Cafe write up: South-East Brisbane Death Cafe
Posted by Jacqui on June 18, 2019, 7:20 a.m. 1 comment
13 June 2019 Ten wonderfully diverse people met up on 13th June on a crisp cool Brisbane evening night... a mixture of ages, genders, interests and life experiences - which blended so well and left people enthused to continue talking about how death and dying are part of life; and how it has affected their lives. How we all need to talk about it. Plan proactively for it. And learn from it.
As always the topics were wide ranging and included discussions about unexpected and expected deaths and their profound impact upon our lives. Death when young... death when older. The impact of grief and loss not only for ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Visalia
Posted by l_burkart@yahoo.com on June 16, 2019, 8:37 p.m.
This was a beautiful Hygge group with us two veteran cafers, and two other women who find themselves alone after the death of their spouses one by cancer and the other by cardiac arrest.
Our newcomer had been holding onto our newspaper article in her purse anticipating the event.
Sharing our experiences with the death stories of our loved ones was beautifully shared in this small group with everyone being heard and appreciated.
One of the take aways from this group is we will talk about our loss for as long as we need to with no judgement or guilt.
Our next meeting will be held July 13th ...
"Day after day we remember the days that have gone on before, even though there is the interval of sleep. Finally there comes a time when, if we consider what is to our true liking, we will want to forget everything that went before. Then we can have the extraordinary ...