References for Central Houston's February 2026 Death Cafe
A write up of Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - February 2026
References for Central Houston's February 2026 Death Cafe
We had 33 people attend this month's dialogue; an honest, impassioned, and vulnerable conversation ensued. Thanks to every one of you for your presence and contribution to our shared space.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue.
If there is something missing from my list you'd like to add and easily share with the group, just leave a public comment in the box at the bottom of this page.
Local groups & resources
- Bo's Place
https://www.bosplace.org/en/
- Death Collaborative
https://deathcollaborative.org/
- Empty Bowls Houston
https://www.houstonfoodbank.org/take-action/specialgroups/empty-bowls-houston/
- Texas MOST form (Medical Order for Scope of Treatment)
https://dffw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MOST-form.pdf
Books
- 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
- Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity by Christopher Ryan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28596619-civilized-to-death?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1ayCz2OD54&rank=1
- On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33941.On_Grief_and_Grieving
- The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55120630-the-comfort-crisis
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11084145-steve-jobs
- Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G.I. Gurdjieff
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/547608.Beelzebub_s_Tales_to_His_Grandson
- Scythe series by Neal Shusterman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe
Films
- Last Flight Home (2022)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16377430/
- The Room Next Door (2024)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29439114/?ref_=fn_t_1
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
Misc
- WeCroak app - inspired by a Bhutanese folk saying: to be a happy person, one must contemplate death five times daily
https://www.wecroak.com/
- Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) Buddhist meditation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara%E1%B9%87asati
- Samaritans
https://www.samaritans.org/
- Jack Kevorkian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian
- Daniel Kahneman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_K%C3%BCbler-Ross
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie