Resources from the April Death Cafe

Here are the links from tonight's Death Cafe.


*Reminder that we're just pulling these links without knowing much about them.

Death Cafes do not promote any services or products.


Media

Six Feet Under
https://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under

Ologies podcast with Alie Ward
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/gorillaology?rq=thantology
(Thanatology, the study of death)

Books

How to Live When a Loved One Dies by Thich Nhat Hahn
https://www.parallax.org/product/how-to-live-when-a-loved-one-dies/

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
https://caitlindoughty.com/books/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
https://caitlindoughty.com/books/

Stiff by Mary Roach
https://www.sciencethrillers.com/roach-stiff/

It's ok that you're not ok
https://refugeingrief.com/book/

This Party’s Dead
https://unbound.com/books/this-partys-dead/

Philosophy

Death Positive Movement
https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/death-positive-movement/

What is Death Cafe?
https://deathcafe.com/what/

https://www.self.com/story/things-you-should-never-say-to-someone-grieving

https://brightonhospice.com/death-denying-culture/

“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.“ - Kazuo Ishiguro

Miscellaneous

American College of Thanatology
https://americanthanatology.com/

(Please note: this article has pictures of dead bodies)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/oct/13/cleaning-the-dead-the-afterlife-rituals-of-the-torajan-people

https://lotusmagus.com/calla-lily-flower-meaning-bulbs/

https://orphanwisdom.com/shop/die-wise/