Death Cafe write-ups
Death Cafe Iowa Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Oct. 24, 2017, 3:18 p.m.
Our October Death Café was a bittersweet one to say the least. Carrie Bauer, Buffy Peters and Carmen Elliott (members of the Young Bereavement Professionals Group) are the facilitators for the group and this was the last Death Café in Iowa for Carrie as she has accepted a position in Colorado. Hopefully she can find Death Café people out there but the Iowa Death Café people had to say our goodbyes to Carrie.
After catching up during this Death Café we started talking about cremation jewelry. One participant recently had a dog die and brought some of the cremation jewelry she purchased online. That spurred an interesting conversation ...
We were delighted to see 20 people turn out for the death café. We talked about a range of subjects relating to two broad topics: ways in which one can commemorate a life, and taboos around talking about death.
There were discussions around different types of funeral service, including ‘do it yourself’ versions and green burials, and we were grateful to those participants from the funeral directors present who helped to dispel some common myths. One participant had a creative idea about how the dead can give advice to the living, and another suggested watching the comedy film ‘What we did on our holiday’ for alternative ideas. We ...
Talk & Treats Death Cafe Write up
Posted by FriendsofHospice on Oct. 23, 2017, 3:10 p.m.
Five people gathered on a windy and rainy Saturday for Talk & Treats Death Café. The conversation flowed easily and hearts and minds were open to each other. One attendee stated, "We are so lucky to be here (alive). Like winning the lottery 30 million times! We are just weirdly lucky to be here!" All agreed. Another person left with this note of gratitude: "Thank you sooooooo very much for this afternoon's incredible crack-open experience. What a gift it was.
Watch our website: www.friendsofhospice.net, our facebook page: www.facebook.com/friendsofhospice, and here on deathcafe.com for our next Talk & Treats Death Café.
Death Cafe Bristol Write up
Posted by MaryTutaev on Oct. 22, 2017, 3:51 a.m. 1 comment
A rainy Autumnal evening was brightened up by our first meeting with new hosts and a wonderful group of people.
We are lucky to have such a supportive cafe Cox and Baloneys Tearoom who fully understand what we are trying to do. We had a cosy room,tea and cake (of course!).
A quick introduction led into fascinating ideas,experiences, hopes and wishes towards life and death. Animated conversations sprang up and I was impressed with the groups sensitivity towards topics and each other. Conversations became profound, exploratory and there was also laughter....in fact time went so quickly we all felt we could have talked and shared ...
We met at a new location, the Heartland Unitarian Universalist Church, and 8 of us gathered for a spirited conversation over coffee, tea and an autumn cake. Topics included suicide, loss of our parents and society's fear of talking about death.
We will meet at this location for the final cafe of the year to be held on Sunday December 17 from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Death Cafe West End Write up
Posted by CanTeen QLD on Oct. 18, 2017, 11:37 p.m.
We were very pleased with this death cafe session and shared wonderful conversations with a beautiful group of insightful women.
Some great feedback was gathered by the group and included comments such as:
" The Death Cafe experience was open, enlightening and empowering"
" The structure of the discussion had a beautoful organic flow"
"The event affected my feelings about death with me now having less fear and have a more open mind"
When asked what they would tell people who were interested in attending a future Death Cafe the participants said:
"I would recommend it. I would encourage it"
" Make an effort... give it a go"
"Do it!!!"
"Go!!!"
Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe XII Write up
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on Oct. 16, 2017, 7:38 p.m.
Great conversation and grave brownies.
Death Cafe Newcastle Australia Write up
Posted by Ruth Boydell on Oct. 16, 2017, 10:21 a.m.
30th September 2017
We had 10 women arrive for this cafe. The conversation was lively and passionate regarding preparation for end of life - what is our list of 'to-dos'; what are some worthwhile films to watch; why we are all at this gathering and can we have more. The time seemed to fly.
Our conversations went on over time and there seemed to be great interest in further cafes.
Looks like we might try a regular cafe.
Golden Feather Death Cafe' Write up
Posted by TeaAndCake on Oct. 14, 2017, 11:54 p.m.
I want to thank everyone who showed up to the Death Cafe' today. We had a good sharing about experiences, insights, and lessons about death and dying. Some of the ideas shared included a recommendation to watch a movie "Departures", suggestions to read a magazine called Lion's Roar - The November issue has an article called "Death: The Greatest Teacher", a discussion about hospital care, palliative care, re-suscitation, or allowing a patient to have a natural death. Also mentioned was dying as a relief of suffering. We also shared poems, cakes, tea and cider.
Today's participants were a mixture of medical students from the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th year. We talked about our own experiences of death, both medical and personal, in a care free manner with occasional laughter.
A few topics that arose in the discussion were the lack of knowledge about the palliative care profession and also lack of a good salary in Japan. Yet most of the participants expressed an interest in working in palliative care with psychiatry as a subinterest. One participant remarked that she could not work in a more popular profession such as pediatrics as it's so bright and cheerful that could see ...
Death Cafe @ North London Hospice Write up
Posted by northlondonhospice on Oct. 10, 2017, 6:05 a.m.
Our 2nd Death Cafe was a small intimate group - half of which had not attended one before.
Monmouth County Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Beth Almerini on Oct. 7, 2017, 10:22 a.m.
As always, each meeting is different, and this one was very special. It was a small group of previous attendees and new ones and the conversation ranged from the philosophical to the downright funny. In fact, this gathering disproved the idea that talking about death is somehow morbid and depressing. We're all looking forward to October's session.
LGBTQ+ Death Cafe Write up
Posted by nickbaggio on Oct. 3, 2017, 11:45 a.m.
20 participants plus lots of cake,tea and coffee,
On 9 September, Death Cafe Taunton held their second meeting at the Creative Innovation Centre in Taunton, hosted by Nicole Stanfield Caile. The event was well-attended by about thirty people. Conversation went on long after the original ending time for the event. People were eager to share their experiences and talk on a variety of topics. Wallace Stuart Funeral Directors brought a beautiful Ashes into Glass display, and attendees could also view the progress on Nicole's embroidered shroud.
As always, the venue was perfect and great conversation and cake was had by all. The next Death Cafe Taunton event will be planned for January.
Death Cafe Tampa Write up
Posted by Cat Martin on Oct. 1, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
Another Death Cafe Tampa meeting.
Lovely to see Anna and Dee again. And to meet Chase and Ali.
Not happy with the cake. I really need to get better cake.
Thanks to Roberto torres at The Blind Tiger Cafe in Ybor, Tampa.