January Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA PST
A write up of Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST
Genevieve and Jim have been co hosting since 2022. The January 2025 Virtual Death Cafe welcomed 9 women and men for this Virtual Death Cafe. We live in USA West, South, South East, North East, Midwest, Canada and London. After intros, conversations flow including laughter, tears, deep sharing and listening. Thoughts, feelings and experiences of responses toward others who are unwell or dying, loving the dying and dead, grief, and our own dying. Discussion about our legacy, grieving, finding a grave, death of a child, Book and movie titles shared. Death Cafe offers the opportunity to meet in a confidential, safe and caring environment to discuss living, death and dying. Thoughts, feelings and experiences are all relevant. All people are welcome. The Death Cafe model, followed all over the world, is always free with no pre-formulated agenda. Lightly facilitated. No planned questions, themes or wish to steer anyone in a particular direction.This is not a counseling or grief support group. Although grief may be discussed. Many report Death Cafe participation has reduced their anxiety about death and dying (their own or their loved ones') and can enhance the way we live in the present. Most people leave a Death Cafe feeling connected and uplifted.