References for Central Houston's October 2024 Death Cafe
A write up of Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - October 2024
Central Houston's October 2024 Death Cafe
We had about 20 people attend this month's high energy discussion!
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:
Local events and groups:
- Houston Zen Center: Preparing for Your Own Death class: https://houstonzen.org/classes/preparing-for-your-own-death-1
- Bo's Place: https://www.bosplace.org/en/
- The Jung Center: https://junghouston.org/
- Community for Conscious Aging: https://www.communityforconsciousaging.org/
- Free West University Aging Solo workshop (this is offered several time throughout the year):
https://www.amazingplacehouston.org/community-education/aging-solo/
Books
- 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying: How to Nurture What Really Matters by Karen M. Wyatt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53922989-7-lessons-for-living-from-the-dying
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61214136-the-collected-regrets-of-clover
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56769575-stiff?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=y2mq0EL51m&rank=2
- Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality by Judith L. Lief
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/658716.Making_Friends_with_Death?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25
- Gone from My Sight: The Dying Experience by Barbara Karnes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4979168-gone-from-my-sight
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297297-the-gentle-art-of-swedish-death-cleaning?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=s6RR5UPx7w&rank=1
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23992445-the-wild-edge-of-sorrow
- At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life by Samuel Harrington
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35397756-at-peace
- How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61142207-how-we-live-is-how-we-die
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25899336-when-breath-becomes-air
- Ecclesiastes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes
- "Morphine" by Heinrich Heine
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8522783-Morphine-by-Heinrich-Heine
- Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99574.Finding_Meaning_in_the_Second_Half_of_Life
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
Film & TV:
- The Good Place:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642/
Misc:
- Death Doulas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife
- Podcast: A Lovely Death:
https://muckrack.com/podcast/a-lovely-death/episodes/
- Podcast: Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life:
https://petermcgraw.org/podcasts/solo/
- Francis Weller (grief):
https://www.francisweller.net/
- Antinatalism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism
- Jungian Psychology classes from James Hollis:
https://jungplatform.com/teacher/james-hollis
- Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking:
https://compassionandchoices.org/our-issues/vsed/
- Texas MOST form (Medical Order for Scope of Treatment):
https://dffw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MOST-form.pdf
- Last Will and Testament forms via Mama Bear/Dave Ramsey
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/retirement/will?srsltid=AfmBOoq-8U1wEUQc994SgpLWQdiKHzywkTttdFhRe2syD766MaNxe4tr
https://mamabearlegalforms.com/
- Estate Planning tool: Family Love Letter:
https://familyloveletter.com/store
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie