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Death Cafe write up: North Dallas Death Cafe
Posted by Kelly on April 15, 2018, 10:13 a.m.
The inaugural North Dallas Death Cafe was lovely! In total, seven of us gathered on the brisk Saturday morning to sip tea, eat cake, and converse about death. Several attendees have dealt directly with death and loss, and it was interesting to see how people are each impacted differently by death. It was great getting to speak openly about these things and being in an environment that was comfortable and safe for broaching topics often considered uncomfortable and taboo.
We had a diverse group and it was really nice getting to hear others' philosophies on life and death. Our youngest attendee was 8 and offered wonderful contributions to ...
Death Cafe write up: North Dallas Death Cafe
Posted by End of Life North Texas on April 15, 2018, 12:01 a.m. 1 comment
Kelly gave a great first cafe for our surprisingly under-served piece of the world. Seven of us had a lovely talk about death’s monetary cost, the reality of invisible grief, cultural differences, etc. My eight year old made us all wonder if death even exists in our (possibly false) reality. Portraits were drawn. It was a good time.
The cake didn’t say “death”, which was in no way the fault of our kind organizer. Some grocery stores just aren’t death positive enough yet.
Looking forward to holding our own event in the future.
-sarah jane
Practitioners question: How to host a large cafe?
Posted by Jackie Yaeger on April 14, 2018, 7:33 p.m. 1 comment
We have our 5th upcoming cafe in about a week. It seems that this will be attended by quite a few people compared to the others I have hosted. I will have the host set up tables with 6-8 chairs at each and it sounds like we may have 5 ...
Practitioners question: upcoming death cafes not appearing in search
Posted by Jackie Yaeger on April 12, 2018, 7:56 p.m. 3 comments
i submitted a form for an upcoming death cafe a couple of weeks ago but it is not showing up yet when I do the search.
Practitioners question: optional sign-up list for future death related events
Posted by Jackie Yaeger on April 12, 2018, 7:52 p.m.
We are having our 5th and 6th death cafes this spring in my town of La Crosse, WI. There seems to be great momentum and a hunger for more information expressed at our Death Cafes. I would like to offer some free seminars on death and dying at a different ...
New Blog post: Green and Natural Burial Project
Posted by Lillian B on April 12, 2018, 3:19 p.m. 1 comment
Are you planning to have a natural burial or use some other type of alternative option to embalmed burial or cremation?
I've been working on a project about greener options (specifically in Illinois), and I'd love to talk to someone who actually wants to use these methods.
Please reply to this or contact me through my account.
Thanks!
The purpose of this booklet is to detail recommendations of good practices in relation to maternal grief and bereavement in search of establishing a dialogue about the loss, breaking the taboo and the silence about grief.The objective is also to help all the mothers that go through this tragedy ...
Death Cafe write up: Widcombe near Bath city center Death Cafe
Posted by edowling on March 31, 2018, 2:43 a.m. 1 comment
As requested this is the list for our future meeting dates! hope to see you all again at same venue.
Death Cafe write up: Bath city center Death Cafe
Posted by edowling on March 31, 2018, 2:39 a.m.
As requested this is the list for our future meeting dates! hope to see you all again at same venue.
New Blog post: Organ donation after death
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 30, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
Death can be a new beginning and knowing in life your organs will not be wasted brings comfort and pride, in giving this gift you are receiving a gift of saving lives.
Right now across the UK, there are around 6,500 people in need of an organ transplant, including around 150 children and teenagers. On average three people die every day in need of an organ transplant because there just aren’t enough organ ...
Death Cafe write up: Vancouver Death Cafe
Posted by Janet Rivers on March 30, 2018, 2:05 p.m.
Had 9 in attendence with very lively conversation. Did have a bit of a disrupter with Exit International attendee trying to dominate the conversation. I was told I handled it very well.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Albany
Posted by Melissa White on March 29, 2018, 11:59 a.m. 1 comment
About 50 people convened for Death Cafe Albany. The strong turnout was helped by the good weather and the superb location: the historic Albany Rural Cemetery Chapel. The event was widely shared on social media, thanks to the cemetery's consultant historian Paula Lemire and an article about it in the local blog, All Over Albany.
We started by asking each person to think of a word about a topic they would like to hear about at Death Cafe that day. We wrote the words on the posterboard, and then organized the crowd into three conversation groups based on interests. (If we did it again, we'd also ...
Death Cafe write up: Totnes Death Cafe
Posted by Dotalina on March 27, 2018, 3:53 p.m.
Our second Death Cafe was a pleasantly relaxed affair, with some familiar faces and some new ones. We discussed a range of topics, including some 'what we've done since the last Death Cafe' items. There were some laughs as we discussed the idea of make-your-own-coffin workshops and what that could lead to. I'm learning that what we discuss at Death Cafes can be any and all of these: serious, interesting, weird, passionate, moving, fascinating, shocking, intriguing, even laugh-out-loud-funny. Roll on the next one!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa - March
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on March 26, 2018, 10:50 a.m.
We had a GREAT Death Café this month, where we talked about home funerals, attending our first funerals as children (and how that impression formed our opinions as adults), differences between visiting a healthy grandparent and seeing them at time of death, the importance of talking about people who have died, Amish death customs, reincarnation, mediums, dreaming of loved ones, restorative arts for open-casket funerals, invitation-only funerals, and of course, cats, ducklings, and goslings. J
Death Cafe write up: Kingston Death Cafe
Posted by Charlotte Haigh on March 26, 2018, 3:49 a.m.
This was the first Death Cafe I'd hosted and it was a fantastic way to spend 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon! We had a group of 11 and spanned a sweeping panorama of topics, from soul midwifery and paganism to the taboo of grief and how the loss of community has impacted on bereavement. The Willow was a relaxed venue with great muffins! Thanks to all who came.