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Death Cafe write up: East Kent Death Cafe Pop Up
Posted by EastKentPopUp on Feb. 7, 2019, 12:20 p.m.
There were eight of us this evening and everybody contributed to the conversation in some way. We talked about:
- not being able to discuss the fact that we're dying with our friends and family and wanting to be heard, how important it is for people to be comfortable when we want to talk and how it feels to be shut down;
- someone dying in the family and no one talking about it;
- different funerals from around the world and how different cultures deal with death and whether or not that makes them more at peace with death;
- how the Victorians used to almost celebrate death and that ...
With Susan Clinch, Deborah Nash & Rebekah Lamplough
Jan. 29, 2019, 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (United Kingdom)
Free
The East Kent Death Cafe Pop-Up hosts friendly and informal discussions on topics that are a natural part of the lifecycle - death, dying, bereavement and grief, some of our biggest ...
Death Cafe write up: East Kent Death Cafe Pop Up
Posted by EastKentPopUp on Oct. 17, 2018, 10:17 a.m.
A lively discussion between 14 attendees at our first event. We talked about assisted dying; talking to children about death and the importance of clarity in the language we use; having a terminal illness and the comfort of having a friend who you can be really open with and talk to; we talked about the connection strangers can have after they've experienced a shared trauma; we talked about dying of a broken heart when couples die very quickly one after the other; we talked about the grieving experience after losing a parent and how it can change you as a person.
Some attendees said they were skeptical ...
With Susan Clinch, Deborah Nash & Rebekah Lamplough
Oct. 16, 2018, 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (United Kingdom)
Free
The East Kent Death Cafe Pop-Up hosts friendly and informal discussions on topics that are a natural part of the lifecycle - death, dying, bereavement and grief, some of our biggest ...