Death Cafe profile for Tawnya Musser


Location: United States

About Tawnya Musser:

Greetings!  I am a Home Funeral Guide, certified Life-Cycle Celebrant® specializing in funeals, and an End-Of-Life Doula, (also known as a Death Doula.)  I strive to foster more open conversations about death and dying in my community, and the world at large. 


What brings you to Death Cafe?

 I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to home.  I have followed the death positive movement for several years (see link for more information on death positivity.) Over those years, I’ve grown more and more passionate about advocating for families to know their rights, and to take the care of their loved ones back into their own hands, when they are willing and able. My family had a home funeral for my late brother, and it was so beautiful.  It really hit home how important it is for people to know what options are available them. http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/death-positive-movement


What would you like your legacy to be?

 Overall, I want people to remember me for giving a damn...because, I do.  I care.  I care about people, my community, how we live and how we die.  I care how we do death as a society, because that also informs how we choose to live. Memento Mori. "Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others-the stories they share about you." Shannon Alder 


Thoughts for sharing:

"All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life." -Thomas Mann

It is imperative that we acknowledge and honor the very real, and very hard-at-times fact that death is inevitable.  Giving that reality a voice allows us to live our lives to the fullest.  In our death denying and death phobic culture, Death Cafes provide a welcome place for those of us who need a forum to have candid conversations.  Regarding life (and death) Ram Dass said “We are all just walking each other home.” 


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Tawnya Musser's posts on the Death Cafe website


Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe - Dear Departures MST

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 28, 2021, 10:27 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Nov. 1, 2021, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

Please email us via the contact form for Zoom link to join us. Online group is capped at 15-20 participants.



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe - Dear Departures MST

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 28, 2021, 10:27 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Oct. 26, 2021, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

Please email us via the contact form for Zoom link to join us. Online group is capped at 15-20 participants.



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe - Dear Departures

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 28, 2021, 10:26 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Sept. 28, 2021, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

Please email us via the contact form for Zoom link to join us. Online group is capped at 15 participants.



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe - Dear Departures

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Nov. 18, 2019, 9:02 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

March 31, 2020, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

Please email us via the contact form for Zoom link.  Online group is capped at 15 participants. 



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Nov. 18, 2019, 9:02 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Feb. 25, 2020, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Nov. 18, 2019, 9:01 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Jan. 28, 2020, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Aug. 19, 2019, 2:43 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Nov. 26, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Aug. 19, 2019, 2:43 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Oct. 29, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Aug. 19, 2019, 2:42 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Sept. 24, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Aug. 19, 2019, 2:41 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Aug. 27, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Glendale (Formerly Aurora)

Posted by Tawnya Musser on July 8, 2019, 3:26 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

July 30, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended.  As a facilitator I will strive to keep our forum as open and free flowing as possible.  I accept ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on March 18, 2019, 11:32 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

June 25, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on March 18, 2019, 11:32 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

May 28, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on March 18, 2019, 11:31 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

April 30, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Dec. 17, 2018, 3:59 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

March 26, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Dec. 17, 2018, 3:59 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Feb. 26, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Dec. 17, 2018, 3:55 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Jan. 29, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 6, 2018, 11:34 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Dec. 27, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 6, 2018, 11:34 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Nov. 29, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 6, 2018, 11:34 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Oct. 25, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on Sept. 6, 2018, 11:31 a.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Sept. 27, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Aurora

Posted by Tawnya Musser on July 24, 2018, 1:25 p.m.



With Tawnya Musser

Aug. 30, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

I’ve found value in every Death Café I’ve attended in other cities.  It is important to me to help bring Death Café into my own community, closer to ...





Contact Tawnya Musser

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