Death Cafe brings together members of our community over a cup of coffee or tea to have a conversation about death. It is a group directed to discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, themes, or expectations. Participation in the discussion is entirely optional. We know how hard it is to begin talking about death (We were there once too! And some days we still are...), so don't feel uncomfor
table if all you want to do is come and quietly listen what we are all about. While we welcome everyone to the discussion, it is important to remember that Death Cafe is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. We share up-front and uncensored information about our fears, dreams, questions, experiences, plans, concerns, stories, beliefs, and anything else we feel like sharing about death at our meetings. We don’t sell products or services and we don’t push a particular point of view. But we also laugh, reminisce, postulate, probe, demystify, and confront. Generally, after a couple of hours in an environment where we don't have to feel 'unusual' or 'morbid' for wanting to talk about life's most basic truth, we leave our meetings with a restoring feeling of a heavy burden we may not even have known we were carrying being lifted. In order to do this, we all need to be in a place where talking about death will not cause us undo anguish before attending the discussion. If you are in that place, we would be honored if you would join us. We meet the second Saturday of every month, except for April, August, and December, from 2:00-4:00pm in different locations around San Antonio (although we are always looking for a place to call home!). During the COVID pandemic, we sometimes meet via Zoom. The discussion online is never closed. We are all going to die. Someday. Why not make today the day we start talking about it? Because, despite the pervasive myth,...
Talking about it won't kill you.
