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Tag Archives: Death Cafes
How Has Hospice Social Work Changed Over the Years?
An interview with Susan M. Weisberg, a hospice social worker with 45 years of experience, Part Two
Susan M. Weisberg is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works as a hospice social worker in the South Bay area near San Francisco. In addition to her education and Social Work License, Susan received specialized training in end-of-life care at … Continue reading
What Are Death Cafés?
An interview with Lizzy Miles, host of the first Death Cafe in the United States, Part One
Today SevenPonds speaks with Lizzy Miles. Lizzy works at a hospice center in Columbus, Ohio, and was the first person to host a Death Café in the United States in 2012. The Death Café movement was originally championed by Jon … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cafe, Cake, Columbus, Death Cafe, Death Cafes, Lizzy Miles, Ohio, Professional Advice, talking about death, talking about dying, tea
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Jon Underwood, Founder of the Website Death Cafe, Has Died
Underwood leaves two children and an important legacy behind
Jon Underwood, the founder of the website Death Cafe, died suddenly from acute promyelocytic leukemia on June 27, 2017, at the age of 44. The father of two was an influential figure in the end-of-life arena, carrying on the work … Continue reading
How Can Yoga Help Us Confront Death? An Interview with Camella Nair
A yoga teacher and swami discusses impermanence
Today SevenPonds speaks with Camella Nair, a yoga teacher and swami born in England and based in California, about her spiritual journey through yoga over the past 30 years. Camella is certified in death midwifery and certified as an Ayurvedic … Continue reading
Breaking the Taboo of Death
A long journey from the grim reaper to current Death Cafes
If a person searches the word ‘death’, artists’ renditions of the Grim Reaper appear on the screen—each one depicting a similar figure of a haunting, skeleton figure, enshrouded in a black cloak, drawing us forward with his scythe. These images … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Black Plague, Day of the Dead, Death, Death Cafe, Death Cafes, Grim Reaper, taboo of Death
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Women in Business Building a Startup
I’ve learned a lot along my short path thus far
Last month I was at a Death Cafe in Marin, surrounded by mostly Baby Boomers talking about death (if you are unfamiliar with Death Cafes, check out this past post). Yup, we were all just talking about death – imagine … Continue reading
