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Resource: The Bell that Tolls: A Conversatino on Death and Dying
Posted by jocelynohl on Oct. 11, 2018, 1:12 p.m.
Thursday, October 18
Sema Foundation
Chandler, Arizona
Death is one of the few inevitable truths all living beings face and experience. It’s also one of the most challenging topics to talk about. This event brings together varied professional, individual and faith-based perspectives on death and dying.
Death Cafe write up: Vancouver Death Cafe
Posted by Janet Rivers on Oct. 9, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
We had 9 participants with lively conversation and very good feedback.
This will be my last until the new year.
New Blog post: Why Talking About Dying Matters
Posted by Luca123 on Oct. 6, 2018, 7:41 a.m.
Why Talking about Dying Matters
The importance of holding positive conversations on death and dying
There are some topics that you generally don’t want brought up over a cup of tea – the topic of Brexit is still carving family and friendships in half – but what about death?
Fear of the unknown and a refusal to acknowledge what eventually comes to us all sweeps this important topic under the carpet, and in some cases, it ...
At a recent death cafe the conversation got onto good and bad deaths. One person recounted coming across a grisly road accident, which disturbed one (possibly more) of the other people. I'd be glad to know how others might handle this sort of situation.
Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe September 22, 2018
Posted by Sherry Gilles on Oct. 2, 2018, 4:53 p.m.
This death cafe took place at Unity Church and Spiritual Center in Urbana, IL and was well attended. There were 12 of us and 3 people had never attended a death cafe before. Besides myself two of the attendees identified themselves as death doulas who are working with a group in Colorado for training.
Other participants were an archaelogist, two retired disabled women, and others.
Two people queued up music they found appropriate for death workers or people interested in the topic of death period. They used phones to share the music.
There was conversation around the topic of singing to the dying to make their death easier ...
Death Cafe write up: New Mills Festival Fringe Death Cafe
Posted by Compassionate Communities High Peak on Oct. 1, 2018, 11 a.m.
A full house! The feedback 'Wordle' tells it all
Practitioners question: Bognor Regis Death Cafe
Posted by DavidAinslie on Oct. 1, 2018, 4:18 a.m. 1 comment
I've posted details of an upcoming Death Cafe on October 24th but it doesn't seem to be coming up on the website - but I don't know why and it's not clear to me who to contact about this. The same thing happened with our September Meeting ...
Death Cafe write up: Summerville's First Death Cafe
Posted by DRedd on Sept. 29, 2018, 3:32 p.m.
Our first Death Cafe was a success! Now that we have some experience, I expect the next one to NJ e even better!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Wien
Posted by Alexandra Masetti on Sept. 29, 2018, 12:27 p.m.
Sieben TeilnehmerInnen trafen sich gerstern im 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk zum Death Café. Fünf "neue" Gesichter und zwei WiederholungstäterInnen. Der Austausch war rege - von Patientenverfügung über Jenseitsvorstellungen und Begräbniswünsche bis hin zur Frage "darf ich mir zu Hause eine Urne aufstellen?" spannte sich ein bunter Themenfächer. Die Rückmeldungen der Teilnehmer am Ende des Treffens waren sehr schön: einstimming genossen sie den ungezwungenen und offenen Austausch mit so netten Gleichgesinnten. Die Stimmung war geprägt von Humor, Wärme, Interesse, Respekt und Verbundenheit - das ist Death Café Vienna. Eine Ode an das Leben!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe In Nekrasovka
Posted by Galina on Sept. 28, 2018, 1:22 a.m.
Встреча началась с обсуждения воэможностей современной науки, помогающих избежать смерти, в частности, говорили о крионике. Для одних - это шанс "жить" вечно или/и вернуться к близким. Для других - страшная и мучительная смерть по собственному выбору.
Меня, как фасилитатора, особенно порадовало, что участники готовы слушать и принимать другое мнение, хотя бы на уровне "каждый остался при своем".
Спасибо всем участникам. Предвкушаю следующую встречу.
Death Cafe write up: Bloomsbury Death Cafe
Posted by ellen.pilsworth on Sept. 27, 2018, 6:13 p.m.
We had a lovely and lively Death Cafe at Moreish Cafe Deli on Marchmont Street. There were about 20 people there, so we had to split into three groups, but we all talked in response to the same questions.
Questions discussed included 'Which obejcts do you associate with the death of your loved ones?' and 'How would you like to be remembered after your death?'
Participants rated the event 5/5 and described it as 'thought-provoking,' 'enlightening' and 'memorable.'
The fantastic wall painting at Cafe Moreish served as the perfect backdrop for our conversations. Many thanks to Jenny for letting us use her cafe, and to participants for ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe is 7 today!
Posted by Jools Barsky on Sept. 24, 2018, 8:24 p.m. 6 comments
This is just a very brief message to commemorate today as being Death Cafe’s 7th birthday!!
It has been a whirlwind and we’ve learnt so, so much in the last 12 months it‘s hard to know where to begin!!
Unfortunately I’ve had a pretty debilitating eye issue which put the brakes on getting the traditional birthday video filmed and edited for today.
I would still very much love to talk to ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Picnic at Brookwood - Teatime
Posted by EmmaCurtis on Sept. 20, 2018, 9:49 a.m.
Our teatime DC was small but really wonderful. We had a very soulful conversation between three of us, joined by two other participants of the previous lunchtime cafe, who wanted to join in. This conversation was about personal experiences of death and how perhaps the universe might work, beliefs and how is it to mourn with an atheist outlook rather than believing that we go onwards in some way. It was really uplifting and one of the participants wrote to say they still felt refreshed by the experience the next day.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Picnic at Brookwood - Lunchtime
Posted by EmmaCurtis on Sept. 20, 2018, 9:44 a.m.
We had 17 people for the death cafe, seated in 3 group on picnic blankets with supplied with chocolate brownies (with a portion of lemon drizzle for someone who doesn't like chocolate.) There were good conversations and participants could have kept talking beyond our DC session time, some did. There were a mixture of funeral professionals and members of the public. Chats ranged from what people might like for their own funerals, and exchanging personal stories and thoughts, to the ways that people mourn and how the bereaved often feel that they are being avoided by others.