Community Conversations across the Table - Talking About Death: Life’s Change Agent

Talking About Death: Life’s Change Agent

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share…”– Steve Jobs

Wednesday

6:50 pm arrival for a 7:00 pm sharp start
Finish 8:30 pm (AEDT)
Online — Zoom link provided on registration

About this Event

Death Cafe is a gathering space to talk openly about death, dying and maybe a little of grief and loss — in order to live more fully, love more deeply, and connect more courageously.

We invite you to join us for a gentle, open, and deeply human conversation about one of life’s great certainties: death.
In a world that often avoids the topic, this webinar is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our personal and collective relationships with death — not as a morbid fixation, but as a doorway to greater appreciation for life, connection, and meaning.
Drawing on Steve Jobs' reflection that "Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent," we’ll explore:

1. How our understanding of death shapes the way we live
2. Cultural and personal stories that influence our fear, acceptance, or peace with dying
3. Ways to hold space for conversations about death — with ourselves and with others
4. What opens up when we make peace with our own impermanence
   
   This is not a lecture — it’s a conversation. A space to listen, to share if
   you feel moved, and to connect with others who are curious, uncertain,
   grieving, or simply human
   
   

What to Expect

We’ve invited Ben James, founder of LifeRites — a holistic funeral guide and death doula — to open this session.

Ben will share reflections from years of walking alongside people in death and dying — and patterns he’s noticed in how men and women experience and navigate these moments differently.

After this short introduction (15-20 mins), we’ll break into small groups (4-5 men) for conversation and reflection around three questions:

Our Conversation Prompts:

What is your lived experience of death and dying so far in your life?

What is your relationship with your own death and dying?

How do you orient yourself toward others who are dying or grieving?

A Few Things to Know

There is no right or wrong way to do this.

1. Bring your story, your feelings, your reflections — as much or as little as you’re comfortable with.

2. We’re more interested in your heart story than a big back story.

3. Listening deeply is as valuable as speaking

This conversation is for men who want to show up more fully — for themselves, for those they love, and for their Men’s Table.

Men who have already walked this path in their own Tables — we would love you to join us and share your experience.

By the end of the evening, we hope you’ll feel more ready to support yourself — and your Table — to engage with death conversations with care, courage, and compassion.

1. Cost: We’re asking for a small commitment fee — refunded on attendance — as a way of valuing your time and intention to show up.

2. “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” — Haruki Murakami