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Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe November 30, 2018
Posted by Sherry Gilles on Jan. 4, 2019, 12:37 p.m.
This death cafe was poorly attended but lively discussion ensued. There were five people. We elected to not hold a death cafe during the month of holidays, December, to avoid the same.
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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Corvallis
Posted by dorbolo on Jan. 2, 2019, 7:01 p.m.
An excellent meeting to day with three of us. Interzone was closed for repairs (never saw that before) so we left a note on the door and reconvened down the way at Clodfelters.
The conversation orbited around issues of individual autonomy and disclosure about life and death issues.
In good spirit,
Jon
I'm nearly 40 so old by other peoples measures but my dad is dying. He has had a brain tumor for 2 years and now he is lying in a death bed. He will not recover. He will never speak to me again. He will die soon. I mean ...
This is a round-up of recent articles on grief and grief counseling. I hope you find it useful and interesting. Jacob Brown www.jbamft.com
https://www.jbamft.com/blog/2018/12/24/this-weeks-articles-on-grief-and-grief-counseling
Practitioners question: Death Cafe's in HUD Senior housing
Posted by John Painter on Dec. 28, 2018, 9:23 a.m. 2 comments
I have been asking around whether there are any HUD Resident Service Coordinators who have either hosted or sponsored a Death Cafe and have not found any. I will be holding a Cafe with a small group of residents HUD seniior housing who are clearly eager to talk about death ...
Press: Mancos library hopes to normalize conversations about death
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:33 p.m. 2 comments
Mancos has joined thousands of other cities around the world as it begins hosting a regular event known as a Death Cafe.
The event is hosted by the Mancos Public Library and facilitated by the library’s manager of development and adult programming, Shari Dunn.
See more at: The Journal
They come because the philosophical notion of mortality intrigues them. Or because they are death doulas, end of life therapists, palliative care nurses, or someone else who works with the dying.
Maybe they’ve got a loved one who is sick. Perhaps they, themselves, suffer from a terminal disease. Maybe ...
See more at: Lion's Roar
Press: Chatting with strangers about suicide: My night at a Twin Cities Death Cafe
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:25 p.m.
One Sunday evening this September, I stepped into a northeast Minneapolis art gallery, signed my name next to a human skull, and poured myself a glass of red wine. Then I joined a group seated in a circle, and we started talking about taking our own lives...
See more at: City Pages
Link: The temporary paradox of death in life: writing a tanka for our family pet on his passing
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:19 p.m.
The first Wednesday evening of this month, (October 3, 2018) our family’s Great Dane passed away peacefully resting under a cedar tree. His body had been breaking down...
Press: MORTALS ANONYMOUS: INSIDE THE CAFÉS WHERE PEOPLE GO TO TALK ABOUT DYING
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:10 p.m.
WE SAT IN a circle, clutching paper cups full of steaming coffee and tea. First, I said my name. "Hi, I'm Lexi." What came next wasn't an admission of addiction, but a statement about what I feared most about death. "I fear the unknown," I began, but paused ...
See more at: Wired
Death isn’t a topic oft-discussed, but it is an end we all face and for many, it is a conversation worth having....
See more at: Worcester Magazine
For many people, death and dying feel like taboo subjects.
But Wendy Elliott, who will be hosting the Dunnville Death Café on Nov. 15, hopes to help change that.
"It's something that's been taken away from us. Years ago, death happened in the home," she said...
See more at: The Hamilton Spectator
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Corvallis
Posted by dorbolo on Dec. 27, 2018, 3:21 p.m.
Last night's Death Cafe Corvallis meeting was a well attended (four steady members) and vigorous discussion of the emptiness of loss and the ethics of last wishes.
“I love the brownies.” “I’m interested in learning about death.” These are the icebreakers at the November session of McGill’s Death Cafe. Though the event drew a varied crowd, commonalities developed between the full room of people intrigued by both creature comforts and talk of mortality...
See more at: McGill Tribune