Death Cafe write-ups
Online Death Cafe Iowa CST Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Feb. 23, 2021, 12:55 p.m.
For our February Death Café Iowa we met on Zoom. Buffy Peters and Hannah Moldovan, our intern, from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. There were 13 individuals who attended the Death Café and participants were from everywhere including Massachusetts, California, and Canada.
The first topic we talked about was Death Doulas. A few participants were either practicing Death Doulas or on the path to becoming Death Doulas. Death Doulas are non-medical aids to individuals towards the end of their death to make sure that what they want to happen is carried out. Doulas keep their clients comfortable during the last stages of death and are there ...
Online Upminster Death Cafe GMT Write up
Posted by MortuaryGem on Feb. 10, 2021, 7:55 a.m.
We had a lovely gathering of new and familiar faces alike. It was refreshing to not largely discuss COVID but cover some new topics too including end of life care and facing your own mortality. We continue to see new faces from all around the world and we encourage anyone from any time zone to take part if they would like and are able to.
Virtual Death Cafe EST Windsor Essex County Write up
Posted by suemannell on Feb. 4, 2021, 8:04 p.m.
18 dedicated individuals from across Canada, the USA and England stuck with us as we facilitated our first zoom event. Technical difficulties were had and overcome and almost 2 hours of conversation were shared. What a joy!
So many different perspectives on life and death, on our traditions and rituals being unavailable to use as we support those dying and express our mourning for those who died during the last 10 months of the pandemic.
We will be holding monthly cafes and look with anticipation to our next international gathering.
The November 1 Death Café Oxnard had three attendees. The main topic of discussion was death by overdose, as two of the attendees had recent losses of this sort. It was a very uplifting Café as one of the attendees was getting back the loved one's ashes later that day and shared ideas for celebrating the loved ones life.
Death Cafe At Home on Zoom GMT Write up
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Feb. 2, 2021, 11:57 a.m.
“I experienced many emotions during Death Cafe this evening. Listening to others gave me the confidence to open up and share my thoughts and feelings in a safe space.”
“I found it a very interesting experience and there's something so supportive about sharing thoughts on a 'difficult' subject with others. I look forward to the next one.”
Sahara's Online Death Cafe EST Write up
Posted by shoshi1261 on Jan. 29, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
I was looking forward to joining this Cafe but did not get any reply from the host or details on how to join virtually.
'Death Cafe' Tunbridge Wells Online GMT Write up
Posted by carmeldunmall on Jan. 29, 2021, 7:53 a.m.
9 of us attended the evening Death Cafe. The conversation was very supportive as one member described his exprience of being in hospital with covid. How he felt as he thought death was approaching. Another person spoke tenderly of her brother which was very moving and this was echoed by others with their own family bereavements.
Hello fellow mortals! Thank you to those who delved and dipped into our death discussions during the first-of-2021 Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) Zoom call! Welcome to the five new folx! Zoom offers a different dynamic from meeting in person and allows people to participate from long distances (NC mountains, GA and CA this time). We are grateful for UMC allowing us to use their Zoom account. If you have not yet sent a few dollars to say thanks for Wednesday’s get together, here is their website: uniongroveumc.org and mailing address: United Methodist Church, Rev. Rich Greenway, 6407 Union Grove Church Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Thank you ...
11 of us came together for our November meeting of the CWDC, with participants dialling in from London, Essex and Edinburgh, California, Florida, New England and New Jersey.
Our discussion opened with an appreciation of silence, and the value of coming together to create and hold space for one another’s reflections. Later in our conversation, we reflected further on our own, differing, relationships with silence. Silence was likened to marmite – some people love it, whilst others loathe it. We also thought about the acclimatising that silence sometimes requires – gradual exposure and positive experiences supporting a greater tolerance (a comparison was made with chilli peppers). We also thought ...
Death Cafe Whangarei No. #12 Write up
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 6:02 p.m.
We met a t Dickens Inn, the separate room was occupied so we met in the main area of the cafe. Meeting at cafes always brings the issue of noise and difficulty of hearing. There were a group of 9 of us a couple of new people and regular attendees. A range of topics were discussed including end of life choice bill (which was voted in in the 2020 Government election) advance life planning, personal experiences of the death of a loved one and beliefs about after death. It was a lively discussion with most people getting a chance to contribute. 2 hours goes so quickly.
Death Cafe Whangarei No.11 Write up
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 5:49 p.m.
This DeathCafe did not happen due to covid restrictions
Death Cafe Whangarei Write up
Posted by Jo Moselen on Jan. 3, 2021, 5:46 p.m.
A lively cafe with 13 people attending.
6 of us met for our last meeting of 2020. Two people were attending their first Death Café. Our discussion moved in different directions, and themes included the news of the Covid-19 vaccine and anniversaries at this time of year.
Are we emerging from the pandemic? We discussed our own thinking around the vaccine beginning to become available, and the theme of personal responsibility as we wait for it to be rolled out.
Learning of a tragic bereavement at a time when loved ones cannot be together was another experience about which someone shared.
We talked about the experience of a parent losing their child, and the devastation ...
Online Death Cafe (October)
Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 6 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 10 attendees
Our October Death Cafe combined both the continued attention on death related to Covid-19 that has been such a big part of 2020 as well as its timing so close to Samhain, Halloween, Day of the Dead and All Souls Day to name some of those markers of this time of year. They signify the changing season towards winter, a season of death and renewal as well as other celebrations that connect in some way to death.
This was our eighth Death Cafe (our fifth time doing it online using Zoom). Similar numbers to ...
Death Cafe Iowa Online CST Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Dec. 22, 2020, 1:09 p.m.
For our December Death Café Iowa we met on Zoom. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. In total there were 7 people in attendance, 2 men and 5 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions. We had individuals join from Iowa and California. Several interesting topics were brought forward for discussion.
A few topics included:
How talking about the end of life brings people together. Especially right now a lot of people seem to be realizing that they have a knowledge gap when it comes to death and dying. How we have seen death in our lives is how we ...