References for Central Houston's July 2024 Death Cafe





Central Houston's July 2024 Death Cafe

We had a wonderful discussion with a group of 12. The meeting also featured an unexpected spider rescue, and the first rain from Hurricane Beryl hit just as we were leaving the library. 

Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:

 

Local events:

- West University Aging Solo workshop (this is offered several time throughout the year)

https://www.amazingplacehouston.org/community-education/aging-solo/

 

- Jung Center book study group - Walking Each Other Home 

https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/event.jsp?event=10935 

 

 

Books:

- The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2761.The_Denial_of_Death

 

- Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying by Ram Dass

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39346786-walking-each-other-home?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23

 

- Be Here Now by Ram Dass

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41580312-be-here-now

 

- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hararithe

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens

 

- The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6968772-the-master-and-his-emissary

 

- The Saturated Self: Dilemmas Of Identity In Contemporary Life by Kenneth J. Gergen

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/479822.The_Saturated_Self

 

- You are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths by Russ Kick (Editor)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22448.You_are_Being_Lied_To

 

Film & TV:

- Griefwalker (2008): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4611920/

 

- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3145026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

- Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32065103/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

- The Century of the Self (2002): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Misc:

- Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (a place to share about a death experience): https://nderf.org/

 

- End of Life University podcast:: https://eolupodcast.com/

 

- Humane Prison Hospice Project: https://humaneprisonhospiceproject.org/

 

- 23andMe Genetic testing: https://www.23andme.com/

 

- Death Doulas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife

 

- Carl Jung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

 

- Albert Camus:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus

 

- Robert Sapolsky (specifically his research into free will): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sapolsky

 

- Postoperative cognitive dysfunction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_cognitive_dysfunction

 

Looking forward to the next time, 

Stephanie


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