Death Cafe Press Clippings
Stamford's first Death Cafe opens with a message
Posted by Jools Barsky on Sept. 20, 2019, 10:35 a.m.
Stamford’s first Death Cafe has opened up serving a message that we should make the most of our “finite” lives...
Glasgow director Kally Lloyd-Jones on life and death
Posted by Jools Barsky on Sept. 20, 2019, 10:33 a.m.
A PIECE of dance theatre about dying – accompanied by an after-show Death Café – comes to Glasgow tomorrow...
McGill's death café 'a safe space' to talk about life and death
Posted by Death Cafe's @ McGill on Sept. 13, 2019, 9:17 a.m.
These 5 ‘wellness cafes’ will help you become more community conscious
Posted by Jools Barsky on Aug. 30, 2019, 1:59 p.m.
Talking about death is a tricky topic for many of us reserved Brits. But Death Cafe is on a mission to break this stigma. Far from being creepy and morbid...
Death cafe sparks conversations about dying to help people overcome fears
Posted by Jools Barsky on July 13, 2019, 12:48 p.m.
A pop-up death cafe has been held in Adelaide to spark conversations and help people overcome their fear of dying.
Conversations about life and death might not be common over coffee and cake, but almost 30 people gathered at church in Walkerville, in Adelaide's north-east, to chat about wakes, wills and last wishes...
Cambridge university hospitals NHS trust hosted a Death Cafe by the DeathCafeCambridge movement.
It was brought about by Dying Matters week in the UK in May and whilst the momentum of Death Cafe is picking up speed, the host felt the need to bring these conversations to the staff in the acute teaching hospital in Cambridge, UK.
It was a first for the hospital and plans are in place to make Death Cafe CUH a regular event to give staff a safe place to talk about issues around death and dying. I am pleased that it was welcomed and reviewed so positively. Patients and visitors were also welcome to attend.
On April 30, 2019, CBC Radio 1's Adrienne Pan, host of Radio Active, explored the Death Cafe and death positive movement in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The article in the newspaper and online was the same - but with a different headline.
Thank-you to Adrienne Pan, host of Radio Active for engaging in a conversation about Edmonton's new Death Cafe.
"Death Cafe is not a place, it's a global movement."
This segment of the program aired on CBC Radio April 30, 2019 at 3PM MST. It is ~7 minutes long.
Cake, Coffee, and Mortality: Conversations About Death and Dying Come Alive at Edmonton Death Cafe
Posted by Gina Vliet on April 29, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
"A group of Edmontonians meets every month to discuss death positiviyt, preparing fro death, and getting over the taboo of the "D words" - death, dying, deceased. Death Cafes are a growing, global movement, and the Edmonton chapter opened in November 2018."
We did in fact hold our first meeting on the Day of the Dead!
Much gratitude to Omar Mosleh for such a thoughtful article on death positivity and our new Death Cafe.
This article details how the Death Cafe came about but also about the goings on of the Ithaca Death Cafe. I wrote this article after finding out about the Death Cafe movement. It was a pleasure to write and gave me some insight into a great community.
Each year, the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) identifies new trends that will have a meaningful impact on the $4.2 trillion wellness industry. Significantly, this is the only wellness forecast that draws from the insights of the 600+ executives who were delegates and presenters at the 2018 Global Wellness Summit. In addition, the GWS Trends incorporate the perspectives of renowned economists, medical and wellness professionals, academics and leaders across all sectors of the wellness industry.
Each of the eight trends speaks to topics that push the health and wellness envelope in unprecedented ways. We predict that these very new directions in wellness will grow worldwide and become big business in the years ahead.
This year, we take a close look at what the medical profession is prescribing—and while you might think that would be complicated to understand, it’s actually a walk in the park. With overtourism to the same old places being the #1 issue facing the travel industry today—unwell for both locals and tourists—will wellness tourism be an antidote, pulling people to less trafficked, healthier destinations? Will “choosing undertourism” become the new eco-tourism and ethical consumer wave? (So the Mona Lisa can keep smiling.) Get ready to have a new respect for your nose and what your olfactory sense can do in conjunction with your brain, such as take you back to happier times. Say goodbye forever to one-size-fits-all diets and hello to personalized nutrition—your DNA will lead the way and help you find the foods that work for you.
It’s time to rethink fashion, not only personally but also societally. From the supply chain to the chain stores, what we wear and what it means is taking on (and off) a life of its own. And speaking of a life of its own, we are looking at China—it’s extraordinary growth and wealth and what that means for wellness in the world. We’ve gone deep into the depths and looked at how dying is finally becoming part of the wellness conversation and how everything around death is suddenly getting rethought: from what a healthy end-of-life looks like to a surge in eco-friendly and creative burial options. But, whatever you do, don’t stress: There are going to be so many more options for meditation than ever before, and hard science will confirm the benefits of different types for different goals...
Mancos library hopes to normalize conversations about death
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:33 p.m. 2 comments
Mancos has joined thousands of other cities around the world as it begins hosting a regular event known as a Death Cafe.
The event is hosted by the Mancos Public Library and facilitated by the library’s manager of development and adult programming, Shari Dunn.
They come because the philosophical notion of mortality intrigues them. Or because they are death doulas, end of life therapists, palliative care nurses, or someone else who works with the dying.
Maybe they’ve got a loved one who is sick. Perhaps they, themselves, suffer from a terminal disease. Maybe, as long as they can remember, they’ve been haunted by death’s terrifying void...
Chatting with strangers about suicide: My night at a Twin Cities Death Cafe
Posted by Jools Barsky on Dec. 27, 2018, 5:25 p.m.
One Sunday evening this September, I stepped into a northeast Minneapolis art gallery, signed my name next to a human skull, and poured myself a glass of red wine. Then I joined a group seated in a circle, and we started talking about taking our own lives...