References for Central Houston's July 2024 Death Cafe
A write up of Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - July 2024
Central Houston's July 2024 Death Cafe
We had a wonderful discussion with a group of 12. The meeting also featured an unexpected spider rescue, and the first rain from Hurricane Beryl hit just as we were leaving the library.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:
Local events:
- West University Aging Solo workshop (this is offered several time throughout the year)
https://www.amazingplacehouston.org/community-education/aging-solo/
- Jung Center book study group - Walking Each Other Home
https://junghouston.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/junghouston/event.jsp?event=10935
Books:
- The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2761.The_Denial_of_Death
- Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying by Ram Dass
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39346786-walking-each-other-home?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23
- Be Here Now by Ram Dass
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41580312-be-here-now
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hararithe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens
- The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6968772-the-master-and-his-emissary
- The Saturated Self: Dilemmas Of Identity In Contemporary Life by Kenneth J. Gergen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/479822.The_Saturated_Self
- You are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths by Russ Kick (Editor)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22448.You_are_Being_Lied_To
Film & TV:
- Griefwalker (2008): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4611920/
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3145026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32065103/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- The Century of the Self (2002): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Misc:
- Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (a place to share about a death experience): https://nderf.org/
- End of Life University podcast:: https://eolupodcast.com/
- Humane Prison Hospice Project: https://humaneprisonhospiceproject.org/
- 23andMe Genetic testing: https://www.23andme.com/
- Death Doulas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife
- Carl Jung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
- Albert Camus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
- Robert Sapolsky (specifically his research into free will): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sapolsky
- Postoperative cognitive dysfunction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_cognitive_dysfunction
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie