Nov 26, 2024

How Death Cafes Celebrate Life

“Grief is this wild animal that is not predictable, but as humans we like to feel control and have approaches and ways to do things, but working with death and grief is all about being in the moment, not trying to put a fixed process on anything,” said Anthea Grimason, an end-of-life doula and Death Cafe host.

Death cafes, thought to have begun in East London nearly 15 years ago, give people who are grieving a space to share and listen to one another's questions and experiences around death. Today, it is estimated there are approximately 19,000 death cafes around the world. 

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