Death Cafe write-ups
Death Cafe - Visalia Write up
Posted by l_burkart@yahoo.com on Sept. 2, 2019, 9:20 p.m.
Sorry for the late review.
Our August cafe was interesting as always with a small group.
Our conversation veered towards animals and our love for them. Sometimes people grieve their animals more than their relatives. We looked at that and why that would be the case.
As we tried to answer this question again it was initiated with our first death experience as a child where the children were not allowed at the funeral, and the grown ups didn't address the issue of death with the young children in the family.
I am grateful for the time we shared together and look forward to another cafe 9 ...
Ibiza Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Ibiza Death Cafe on Aug. 28, 2019, 9:32 a.m.
The second Ibiza Death Cafe done! A wonderful mixture of nationaliies which made for insightful discussions. We look forward to the next event!
Death Cafe Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 9 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 10 attendees
Tusk Baltic very kindly hosted our Death Cafe here in Liverpool. This had been advertised through Facebook and through sign ups of people interested over quite a long period of time. There were nine participants, although a number who wanted to attend were unable to, and some of those who initially had booked, did not come along. This might have been due to the fact that the weather was absolutely beautiful!
Jamie Fearn was the facilitator, and brings her experience of bereavement counselling, volunteering for Samaritans and non-religious pastoral support work to the role. Although this ...
Death Cafe Iowa Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Aug. 22, 2019, 11:50 a.m.
For Augusts Death Café Iowa we met at Palmers Deli & Market on Ingersoll. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky (member of the Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had 8 people in attendance, 3 men and 5 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions.
Members brought several interesting topics to the group this month.
Several group members brought things to discuss such how religion influences our feelings about death, leaving a legacy, and ceremonial traditions after someone has died. Another group member brought up the book “Finishing Strong” by Barbara Coombs Lee which sparked a lot of conversation about the organization “Compassionate Choices” and member’s opinions ...
Five of us attended the June meeting of CWDC including two people who had not joined us before. We shared a Coffee and Walnut cake.
Themes to emerge from our discussion:
How well, or badly, do we deal with death?
Different cultural perspectives and practices.
How do we prepare for death, and how might this influence or affect how we grieve?
How do we mark our relationships with the dead? Visiting a loved one's grave.
How do we start these conversations? Setting an example perhaps more effective in certain situations. Getting our own houses in order. Where are we with our own preparation?
What does an executor ...
Three of us met and began our discussion exploring where each of us find ourselves in relation to death and dying, and what it is that we have been thinking about.
Death Cafe Albany hosted by Kate Write up
Posted by DeathCafeAlbany on Aug. 21, 2019, 5:56 p.m.
We had such a beautiful location- This chapel is full of Tiffany Windows!The woodworking and all the touches were exquisite. It was a cool-ish day, but we satt farthest from the open door. We wanted that huge wood door to be open to welcome any late comers.
We ended up just making one small discussion group of 5. It was nice to be so intimate as we had Jen Ward, the librarian from Bach Branch for Albany, who would start hosting her own Death Cafes. So Carla and Kate (the current co-hosts) could answer her concerns of what a host does and doesn’t do. We also ...
Death Cafe Albany Write up
Posted by DeathCafeAlbany on Aug. 21, 2019, 5:44 p.m.
We had a nice group of 13 folks gathered in Guilderland Library's largest room. As usual, we sat in groups of 4. People were so involved in their group talks we could hardly break away to share with the others some of what each group discussed. We had people volunteer to scout locations, help host the next one. We even have a couple that professionally designed our flyer for our next one on Monday evening - September 23rd Death Cafe!
Upminster Death Cafe Write up
Posted by MortuaryGem on Aug. 14, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
The August 2019 Upminster Death Cafe was a surprise success as I feared due to the summer holidays people might have been away or not come. I was pleasantly surprised by the fab turnout and that we had a few new attendees too. A great range of topics discussed but a particular highlight was the topic raised by one attendee of the idea of a ‘death day’ each year. Very interesting!
King George Hospital Death Cafe Ilford Write up
Posted by MortuaryGem on Aug. 14, 2019, 4:42 p.m.
What a great event we had! I had hoped for a great turnout and there really was. We discussed a huge range of topics but i felt it largely focused on the purpose and ideaology behind death cafe and the death positivity movement which I think really helped me feel these events are worthwhile.
For anyone who struggles to locate the event, I will be better with signposting in the future.
Death Cafe' of Central Arkansas Write up
Posted by Jamie Boshears & Simone Brock on Aug. 8, 2019, 6:47 p.m.
Death Cafe Wien Write up
Posted by Alexandra Masetti on Aug. 7, 2019, 4:02 a.m.
Drei Teilnehmerinnen, 34°C im Schatten und eine ruhiger Tisch im Cafe der Spanischen Hofreitschule auf dem schon gefüllte Wassergläser mit Eiswürfeln auf uns warteten - so begann das Death Cafe seine Jubiläumsedition. Death Cafe Wien hatte seinen 3. Geburtstag. Ein persönlicher und berührenden Austausch über Bestattungswünsche, Bestattungsvorsorge und wie lebensverkürzende Krankheiten die Einstellung zum Leben verändern waren unter Anderem zentrale Themen bei unserem Austausch. Zwei Stunden vergingen im Nu. Wieder einmal wurde der Wunsch nach monatlichen Treffen geäußert und wieder einmal habe ich die Teilnehmerinnen angeregt selbst ein Death Cafe zu veranstalten. Der Leitfadens auf der Website ...
8 Aug 2019 On our national Dying2Know Day we had a total of 11 attend our August South-East Brisbane Death Cafe (8/8/19) . Once again it was a very diverse group of both curious and interested people wanting to talk about all things death and dying... The feedback from participants continues to be positive as we strive to deliver a Death Cafe that would make founder (the late) Jon Underwood proud of. So what did we talk about?
- advance care planning and family discussions (exploring with not just ageing parents but also with our adult children as we age)
- DonateLife - organ and tissue transplantation and donation of ...