{"id":140049,"date":"2020-04-13T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/04\/13\/death-cafes-report-surge-of-interest-since-covid-19-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:24:12","slug":"death-cafes-report-surge-of-interest-since-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=140049","title":{"rendered":"Death cafes report surge of interest since Covid-19 outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global movement encourages honest and open conversation online about mortalityCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHosts of \u201cdeath cafes\u201d are reporting a global surge in demand for honest conversation about \u201cthe nitty-gritty of dying\u201d, and say the coronavirus pandemic has made frank discussion about our mortality more necessary than ever.\u201cIn these difficult times, as death comes closer, it\u2019s very important to have a forum to talk about our fears and anxieties,\u201d says Sue Barsky Reid, a psychotherapist who chaired the UK\u2019s first death cafe in 2011 and now coordinates, with her daughter Jools, the international movement that has established more than 10,000 similar meetings in 70 countries over the past decade. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/apr\/13\/death-cafes-see-surge-of-interest-in-online-events\" target=\"_blank\">Death cafes report surge of interest since Covid-19 outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global movement encourages honest and open conversation online about mortalityCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHosts of \u201cdeath cafes\u201d are reporting a global surge in demand for honest conversation about \u201cthe nitty-gritty of dying\u201d, and say the coronavirus pandemic has made frank discussion about our mortality more necessary than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}