Death Cafe profile for Lauren Terry
Location: United States
https://www.instagram.com/emotion.l.contagion/
About Lauren Terry:
About the Facilitator
Lauren is an empath, life coach, creative, and stoic, passionate about helping others step into self-actualization by honoring their unique qualities. As a facilitator of integrative self-healing, she creates spaces for authentic expression and vulnerable connection. Her work is rooted in intuition, lived experience, and a commitment to transformative growth.
With a multidisciplinary background in holistic health, mindfulness meditation, plant medicine, psychedelic integration, cognitive science, and pain management, Lauren is deeply committed to supporting Austin’s conscious, sober, and alcohol-alternative communities. Drawing on her intuitive gifts and extensive training, she facilitates healing spaces where individuals can explore, heal, and grow together.
Certifications
- Trauma-Informed Usui Reiki Master Practitioner – Transformative Reiki
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and mFLOW Programs – UCSD’s Center for Mindfulness
- Neuroscience of Mindfulness, Compassion, & Chronic Pain – Fadel Zeidan, PhD, Director of the Pain Health and Mindfulness Laboratory at UCSD
- Biofeedback Education – Kaiser Permanente’s Positive Choice Integrative Wellness Center
- Chronic Pain Management Education – Kaiser Permanente
- Trauma-Informed Education – Ardicare’s Community Self-Heal Demonstration Program
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I’m drawn to hosting Death Cafes because I deeply believe in creating spaces for authentic, vulnerable conversations. Death, while often feared or avoided, is a transformative and inevitable part of life, and I want to provide an environment where people can openly explore their thoughts and feelings around it. As someone passionate about self-actualization and holistic healing, I recognize the importance of addressing the emotions and uncertainties that surround death.
Through the lens of mindfulness, trauma-informed healing, and community building, I’ve learned how vital it is to have safe spaces for people to confront life’s most challenging experiences. Hosting Death Cafes allows me to offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space for individuals to connect, share, and ultimately find healing through open dialogue and shared reflection.
What would you like your legacy to be?
Mutual Compassion.
Thoughts for sharing:
"Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back." — Marcus Aurelius
"We do not fear death because we think of it as an end, but because we imagine that it is something that happens to us. If we think of it simply as a natural part of life, then it loses its power to frighten us." — Seneca
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think." — Marcus Aurelius
Contact Lauren Terry
Lauren Terry's posts on the Death Cafe website
Death Cafe write up: Austin Death Cafe: Conversations on Change, Loss, and Renewal
Posted by Lauren Terry on Dec. 14, 2024, 1:59 a.m.
Come together for an evening of open dialogue and reflection at SquareRüt Kava Bar, a safe third space where connection and understanding thrive. This Death Cafe invites you to explore universal themes of change, loss, grief, and renewal in a supportive and welcoming space.
This gathering is hosted by:
✨ @emotion.l.contagion (Lauren) – A Trauma-Informed Reiki Master Practitioner offering a grounded and compassionate perspective.
Death Cafe: Austin Death Cafe: Conversations on Change, Loss, and Renewal
Posted by Lauren Terry on Dec. 14, 2024, 1:56 a.m.
With Lauren Terry & Hayden DeAlmeida
Dec. 18, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Central Standard Time)
Accepts donations
Come together for an evening of open dialogue and reflection at SquareRüt Kava Bar, a safe third space where connection and understanding thrive. This Death Cafe invites you to ...