Name: Death Café Oshawa:
Start: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Zen Shop

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Death Café Oshawa: A safe space for open conversations on life, death, and grief.
🕯️ The Zen Shop is honoured to host Death Café Oshawa, part of the international Death Café movement that has spread to communities worldwide. These gatherings provide a unique opportunity for people to come together and talk openly about death and dying — topics that are often avoided in daily life. The purpose is not to be morbid, but to create a warm, welcoming environment where sharing helps bring peace, support, perspective, and even healing.
✨ Our Death Café Oshawa is facilitated by Stephanie Byfield-Duchesne and Reverend Karyn Williams, both certified End-of-Life Doulas. Sometimes called “Death Doulas,” End-of-Life Doulas are trained to offer guidance, comfort, and practical support during life’s final chapter. Stephanie brings her focus on emotional and spiritual healing, while Karyn provides compassionate wisdom about the practical and legal aspects of end-of-life planning. Together, they create balance — offering both heart-centered presence and grounded knowledge.
🦋 At Death Café Oshawa, you’ll find:
❤️ Support – a gentle space to share, listen, or simply be present
❤️ Connection – a chance to meet others walking similar paths of grief, loss, or curiosity
❤️ Understanding – an opportunity to explore perspectives on life, death, and what it means to live fully
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Gather. Share. Heal.
🌸 Each Death Café is unique because it is shaped by the people who attend. There is no set agenda, no counselling, and no attempt to lead anyone toward specific beliefs. Instead, it is about conversation, community, and compassion. You may find comfort in hearing others’ experiences, or you may discover insight by voicing your own.
👉 This event is free of charge and open to all. Spaces are limited, so please reserve your seat in advance. Come with an open heart, a curious mind, and the willingness to sit in community as we gently explore one of life’s most meaningful topics.
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