Death Cafe profile for Carmel OBeirne
Location: Australia
About Carmel OBeirne :
I am grateful to have lived over 60 years and raised two daughters who are both unique and conscious humans.
I have had a long career in Education working with children and youth as well as young adults coaching and mentoring.
Over the last 12 years or so I have found myself living an examined life ...noticing and pausing, slowing and reflecting and hopefully becoming a better human with heart open .
I am growing into elderhood with an open heart and learning so much as I go .
So much gratitude for this life now .
What brings you to Death Cafe?
As we live life and be present in all the ups and downs we grow and deepen into our true selves .
I found my way into the Death Cafe movement through a growing interest in mortality and a desire to wonder about having a very different end of life to the ones I had witnessed around me .
Death Cafes offer a safe space to share all things End of Life and Death .The conversations seem to immediately go deep and to the heart of what really matters.
What would you like your legacy to be?
That I experienced life with love and was loving in all relationships ...from heartfelt encounters with strangers to the deepest love and connection with friends and family.
Love is all there is .
Thoughts for sharing:
Death Cafe conversations have supported me to live my best life now.
Awareness of cultural differences in the end of life experience allow us to open to possibilities we perhaps hadn't considered .
To live life with grace and dignity is key to a good death ...gracefully accepting that we all die and being present with all that end if life and death brings .
Contact Carmel OBeirne
Carmel OBeirne 's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Carmel OBeirne
Nov. 19, 2023, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (AEST )
Free
Attending our Death Cafe will provide you with the opportunity to listen and talk about anything connected to end of life and death . We open an inclusive and confidential space ...
Death Cafe write up: Melbourne Death Cafe
Posted by Carmel OBeirne on June 7, 2023, 1:48 a.m.
Thankyou to the group of women this time who gathered on a cold and wet Melbourne Sunday morning and opened their hearts to share all things death and dying.
Most agreed that these gatherings are so valuable and that in our day to day lives and communities it isnt always easy to find people to talk with about death and dying and end of life generally . They really are taboo subjects for many and we are happy to be breaking this barrier and talking more openly about what is true to us in living and dying .
Thanks to Paula for supporting me again with the facilitating and to ...
With Carmel OBeirne and Paula Saltalamacchia
May 28, 2023, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time )
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Clifton Hill
Posted by Carmel OBeirne on Aug. 6, 2022, 3:57 a.m.
We gathered in Clifton Hill today to mark Dying to Know Day 2022. Nine of us shared our thoughts and listened to each other speak from the heart about all things End of Life and Death.
Grieving our loved humans and pets was a common theme today ...Stories about the challenges and the beauty in being with the dying. Staying grounded and open while the emotions of others around you are roller coasting.
A huge takeaway for me was the understanding of how life is made up of many deaths ..as we experience the cycles of life and move through the decades we grieve losses and embrace new ...
With Carmel and Paula
Aug. 6, 2022, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time Zone )
Free
This is a no cost event although it would be expected that participants buy a coffee or tea or have something to eat from the delicious menu to support the ...
Death Cafe write up: Roseneath Death Cafe
Posted by Carmel OBeirne on Nov. 23, 2019, 11:03 p.m.
This morning we hosted our 3rd Death Cafe at Roseneath Community Room in Clifton Hill Melbourne .There were 7 of us, all women and the conversation was free flowing and informative with everyone contributing and holding space for each other. Today we went global and made interesting connections and links to climate change, capitalism and the death of systems as we know them .
Thanks to all who attended and connected .
With Carmel and Paula
Oct. 20, 2019, 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time )
Free
We provide a welcoming space and delicious muffins as an enticement for those attending . People from all age groups and walks of life are welcome.
With Carmel OBeirne and Paula Saltalamacchia
Aug. 18, 2019, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time )
Free
I have attended 3 Death Cafes now in Melbourne and feel excited about running one myself . My friend Paula has agreed to support me to host our first Death Cafe ...