The Death Cafe

Talking about death and dying with people you care about is difficult particularly when it is your death you want to discuss. It is human nature to assume that bad things, death included is something that happens to other people. It is also human nature to want to plan, organise and have a certain amount of control over our own lives. These two impulses come head-to-head as we get older, and we find that we want a certain amount of understanding and say over our own death, but discussions around dying are often a taboo subject. This feeling that one can’t discuss their own death is very common. But when we don’t have honest conversations about this it can increase feelings of distress, confusion, loneliness and grief. At HACA we are working to build a more open and accepting society that encourages conversations about the reality of life’s journey.