Death Cafe profile for Richard Cyster
Location: United Kingdom
About Richard Cyster:
For the 10 years since my retirement I have vounteered as a Bereavement Counsellor. I also teach a course within my local u3a on preparing for old age and afterwards. Finally, I have just started training to work as an End-of-Life Doula.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
A concern that within much of Western society death has become a taboo word within normal conversation and has been replaced by a multitude of euphemisms. We need to reclaim it and persuade people to face up to the inevitable
Thoughts for sharing:
‘The great thing about your last journey is that you don’t have to pack!’ Tony Benn
Contact Richard Cyster
Richard Cyster's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Richard Cyster
Jan. 27, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (London GMT)
Free
This Death Cafe owes its origins to a group of like-minded people coming together to talk about death and death-related issues. We have no fixed agenda. Just bring yourself and ...
Death Cafe write up: Knaresborough Death Cafe
Posted by Richard Cyster on Dec. 3, 2024, 3:27 a.m.
This is the first Death Cafe I've organoised so I was a little nervous. However, I needn't have worried. Seven people turned up, including two who'd seen it advertised on the Death Cafe website. We had a wide-ranging conversation over tea/coffee (and cake!) which encompassed a range of subjects including visits to Dignitas, funerals, cremation or burial and the possibility of donating your body to medical science. We will meet again at the end of January 2025.
New Blog post: Delay in Posting
Posted by Richard Cyster on Nov. 25, 2024, 3:47 p.m.
I posted details of my death cafe three weeks ago and still it's listed as 'awaiting moderation'. Why so long?
With Richard Cyster
Dec. 2, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (London GMT)
Free
This Death Cafe owes its origins to a group of like-minded people coming together to talk about death and death-related issues. We have no fixed agenda. Just bring yourself and ...