Death Cafe profile for Joseph Winters
Location: United States
https://www.facebook.com/deathcafeybor
About Joseph Winters:
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I’m Joseph Winters, a death-care professional and community advocate who believes that honest conversations about death help us live more intentionally. Through my work at Rose Hill Memorial Park and by hosting Death Café gatherings, I create welcoming, judgment-free spaces where people can talk openly—without pressure, sales, or expectations.
My goal is simple: to help people feel less alone with big questions, more confident in their understanding, and supported through connection, compassion, and community.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
IWhat brings me to hosting a Death Café is a deep belief that avoiding conversations about death often causes more fear, confusion, and pain than the topic itself. I’ve seen firsthand how clarity, openness, and planning can ease emotional and practical burdens on families.
Death Café allows me to offer something different—a quiet, human space with no agenda, no selling, and no judgment. It’s about listening, sharing, and reconnecting with what matters most. These conversations don’t center on dying; they center on living more intentionally, together.
What would you like your legacy to be?
I’d like my legacy to be that I helped people feel less afraid—of death, of grief, and of the conversations we tend to avoid. That I created space for honesty, compassion, and connection when it mattered most.
If people remember anything about my work, I hope it’s that I encouraged them to talk sooner, love deeper, and leave less weight behind for the people they care about.
Thoughts for sharing:
A few thoughts I come back to often:
Death doesn’t give life meaning by being frightening—it gives life meaning by being finite. When we acknowledge that truth, we tend to love more honestly, forgive more quickly, and choose more intentionally.
One quote I carry with me is:
“To be alive is to be willing to die over and over again.” — Pema Chödrön
And another:
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius
My opinion is simple: talking about death doesn’t invite it in—it softens its power. When we give ourselves permission to speak about the inevitable, we often find more peace, clarity, and appreciation for the life we’re living right now.
Contact Joseph Winters
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With Joseph Winters
Feb. 22, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST)
Accepts donations
What brings me to hosting a Death Café is a deep belief that avoiding conversations about death often causes more fear, confusion, and pain than the topic itself. I’ve ...
With Rebecca (Betty) Genesis
Nov. 2, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)
Accepts donations
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