Death Cafe profile for Lauren Bear
Location: United States
About Lauren Bear:
Hi. I'm Lauren. I currently work in hospice; I also have experience teaching meditation and I enjoy teaching arts and crafts classes too. I'm not a fan of small talk, but getting into the big topics, the hard topics, is how I prefer to connect.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I've had evolving views around death. I think that the topic can be a big, vague, scary monster to people in our culture that avoids all thoughts of our inevitable end. I want to disrupt that and create spaces where people can come together to demystify death and dying. I would love to live in a world where we treat our elders with respect, and kindess, and approach death with clarity. I think this would help more people have good deaths.
What would you like your legacy to be?
That's a question I'm still contemplating.
Thoughts for sharing:
For me, the approach of death is not a time for more treatments, more tubes, and more clinicians. It's a reminder to create meaningful moments with the people you love. Then leaving this journey in the most peaceful way possible. To me, that's a good death.
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Lauren Bear's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Lauren Bear
Dec. 5, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Welcome to our new location at the Southglenn Library. We're in Study Room 3.
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to ...
With Mary Ozanic
Nov. 7, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
*NEW LOCATION-Southglenn Library
We are in Study Room 3.
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss death ...
With Lauren Bear
Oct. 3, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
*Location will change to the Southglenn Library starting November 7th.
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss ...
With Mary Ozanic
Sept. 5, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss death and the topics that arise due to their work ...
With Mary Ozanic
Aug. 1, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss death and the topics that arise due to their work ...
With Jane Anderson
May 2, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Jane Anderson, Lauren Bear Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss death and the topics that arise due to their ...
With Mary Ozanic
June 6, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Lauren Bear and Mary Ozanic came together to create this space to discuss death and the topics that arise due to their work ...
With Mary Ozanic
April 4, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Please bring a brown-bag lunch or snack.
Mary Ozanic, Jane Anderson and Lauren Bear came together to create this space to discuss death and the topics that arise due to ...