Barbara and Mel of @deathcafett explore death-related topics for this monthly Q&A series from Trinidad & Tobago. Leave a question or comment if you’d like to be part of the conversation.
S02 E02 Death, Grief & Workplace Culture: Ethical, Emotional and Practical Considerations with Dr. Daphene Francis
Grief doesn’t pause for work—but how do we cope when loss happens while we’re on the job?
In this episode, Dr. Daphene Francis explores the impact of loss in professional spaces.
Whether it’s losing a colleague, a loved one, or supporting others through their grief, this discussion centres around how we navigate loss while balancing work and life.
27 Jul 2025
🎂 2nd Anniversary: Mindful Breathing by Alyssa Rostant
Celebrating our second anniversary of Death Café TT with a Mindful Breathing Exercise by Alyssa Rostant.
Alyssa is a dear friend and supporter, and we're so grateful for this beautifully recorded gift that she gave to us.
We played it at the end of our anniversary death café session, and since those are not recorded, we decided to share this breathing exercise for those who couldn't make it to the live session.
Thank you for continuing to be part of this thriving community and we hope that you come back to this exercise any time you need it.
Alyssa also has a YouTube channel called Mindset Breath with a playlist of exercises.
https://www.youtube.com/@mindsetbreath
19 Mar 2025
S02 E01 Four Doulas Walked Into A Bar
Four end-of-life doulas have a virtual meet up to share their personal journeys into this work, the experiences that have shaped them, and their vision for the future of end-of-life care.
23 Feb 2025
013 Exploring Reincarnation with Margaret Hinkson
Margaret has been researching themes of reincarnation, near death experiences and the phenomena of child prodigies and is excited to share her findings. This was an open discussion held live on zoom which examined incredible stories shared by people around the world.
During the presentation, Margaret shared some clips from a few YouTube videos on the topic of reincarnation, along with some additional links for further research which we will share below.
Scientific study of very young children and their stories of previous lives by Ian Stevenson MD
Reincarnation, Part One: The Research of Ian Stevenson, with Walter Semkiw (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D3VvX3P69HX8%26t%3D238s&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053806812&usg=AOvVaw3COZ7b1Qs6mPCw4OJeLqf8)
A cultural, and religious practice of reincarnation - Tibetan Buddhism
Dalai Lama: The Soul Of Tibet | Full Documentary | Biography (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DCPKyPBuVZgE%26list%3DLL%26index%3D25&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053807336&usg=AOvVaw169bEbJ_KUzVK4urM7MKkn)
Experience of the moment at which the soul agrees to re enter life and be birthed
PRE-BIRTH EXPERIENCE, Why Life IS SO HARD & YOUR Life BEFORE Incarnation! | Christian Sundberg (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D8RMTk6-QpSc%26list%3DLL%26index%3D28&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053807952&usg=AOvVaw3sjLUQfvgFLUE3btSHrCcZ)
Existence and non existence - birth is coming into a specific form
Interesting REINCARNATION video you must watch!! (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DwdcGSk4x6cg%26t%3D536s&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053808454&usg=AOvVaw2xIvpdlCy7O3XBnPJzIXd1)
Eastern and western attitudes to children and reincarnation
BBC on Remembered Previous Lives (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DKDI3M9VB8BU%26t%3D253s&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053808893&usg=AOvVaw0SF4N-iYZdFwH5T5P-pomO)
Child prodigies
Mozart
Top 10 Child Prodigies (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DHSdFrWLyKbI&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053809841&usg=AOvVaw1GN5-lnZEFN7wmXbpVcalm)
Baby Dev does the math
GENIUS 2-Year-Old Baby Dev Is AGT's Youngest Mathematician! | Auditions | AGT 2024 (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DWP5-zKvjDoY&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053810300&usg=AOvVaw3XqGrzJfMK5KwkjVa0o6tt)
Elisey Mysin concert pianist
Astana Piano Passion, competition, Elisey Mysin, 6 years (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D9phP2rlGmiw&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053810757&usg=AOvVaw1VFrlKXg1LHc0DagaQf-G4)
2 year old Ukrainian geography whiz
2-летняя девочка Арина Шугалевич знает все столицы мира! - Україна має талант Дети - Кастинг в Киеве (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DdR4hP9TxqbA&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053811244&usg=AOvVaw0udBn_JszbIYyAbLxS1sHN)
Suggested links for further information
Explores reported experiences of persons who experienced NDEs - near death experiences - and other concepts/phenomenon of the afterlife both scientific explorations + spiritual thinkers.
10 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Afterlife (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DUClJy3fxOkg&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053812143&usg=AOvVaw03X0peu3aN7jB_yol_TUpe)
Celebrated story of terminally ill cancer patient on her deathbed who describes what happened.
Dying to be me! Anita Moorjani at TEDxBayArea (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DrhcJNJbRJ6U&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053812717&usg=AOvVaw2lXrpL1ctG55Oz6QfdGIL6)
An NDE neurosurgeon skeptic experienced fatal illness, 7 day coma returns with NDE recall
This Video Will Give You Goosebumps - Dr. Eben Alexander On Afterlife (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DaSntDuGkfKg&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053813142&usg=AOvVaw3b_4YC1E-sseCDPEUAXST9)
Eben Alexander: A Neurosurgeon's Journey through the Afterlife (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dqbkgj5J91hE%26t%3D4405s&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053813542&usg=AOvVaw0rFSrcCzJAF52g_0AkEnQQ)
Christian Sundberg's Book 'A Walk in the Physical'
https://awalkinthephysical.com/book/ (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://awalkinthephysical.com/book/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053813870&usg=AOvVaw09KfYcRlWqn7eMFP3fOxUX)
Entire book available on Google Books (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/DIEzEAAAQBAJ?hl%3Den%26gbpv%3D0&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1736970053814091&usg=AOvVaw1DKXeLiVei9demTyMAJK1k) (Free!)
25 Nov 2024
Back To The Future with Tracy Assing
Tracy Assing shares how indigenous perspectives on time and decay can inspire a deeper understanding of life's cycles and the power of transformation.
11 Nov 2024
011 Fear of the dead - bonus convo
The house party is over, and a couple people stop in just as it's wrapping up. You're all huddled together in the kitchen, talking over some left overs, and it ends up being the best part of the night.
Imagine you hit record. Here's how it went.
31 Oct 2024
011 Fear of the dead ft. Barbara King
Are you afraid of dead people?
Have you ever encountered a person you know to be deceased?
How did we come to believe the dead are to be feared?
These are some of the questions we will explore in this episode - just in time for spooky season!
20 Sept 2024
010 Life & Death in the LGBTQ+ Community ft. Cyrus Sylvester
Cyrus is a peer navigator at Mt. Hope, giving psycho/social, non-medical support for persons receiving an HIV positive diagnosis. An advocate and member of the LGBTQ+ community, Cyrus traces the history of the community from the 80s to present day.
22 Aug 2024
🎂 1 year anniversary of Death Café
July 27th marks one year of death café tt!
We can't thank our community enough for trying something different and trusting the process.
For this death café session, we decided to record which is not something we usually do, and we're so glad we did. There were some beautiful conversations that happened quite naturally, and we're so grateful for the way this community shows up and finds strength in vulnerability.
Music credits: Praises by Issa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__mChXD12us
13 Aug 2024
009 Buddhist Philosophies & Rituals Around Death ft. Tamara Tam-Cruickshank
Tamara is part of the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Chapter, which was officially established in Trinidad in the early 1990s. It is a Japanese Buddhism that dates back to the 12th century when Nichiren Daishonin first chanted the words "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo" (Devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect).
6 Aug 2024
008 Life & Breath ft. Alyssa Rostant
Life - the space between two breaths.
Our guest host is Alyssa Rostant of @mind.set.breath who will be facilitating a 90-minute workshop on creating an intentional breathing practice.
25 Jun 2024
007 Indigenous Perspectives On Death ft. Lucia Ellis
Lucia Ellis is the owner of NUMASA Wellness Resource Center in Belize.
Lucia is an author and educator and is an active member of the Garafuna community.
27 May 2024
006 Estate Planning ft. Melissa A. Hanomansingh
You’re never too young to think about creating a will. Listen to this practising attorney-at-law discuss the ins and outs of writing a will, selecting beneficiaries and the necessity of estate planning.
24 Mar 2024
005 Alchemizing Grief Through Writing ft. Arielle John
Arielle takes us on an inward adventure through guided meditation, writing prompts and sharing stories about grief. Grab a journal and cup of tea and write your own story.
27 Feb 2024
004 The Funeral Industry in Trinidad & Tobago ft. Reynold Porter Lee of Elite Funeral Homes
Growing up in the funeral family business, Reynold shares his knowledge, experience and answers some great questions from the DCTT community.
18 Dec 2023
003 Alchemizing Grief ft. Mel from Death Café TT
Understanding grief: tools to unpack, communicate and transform.
Warning - this episode contains personal accounts of the deaths of loved ones as shared by our live audience.
19 Nov 2023
002 Palliative Care ft. Dr. Cox and Nurse Karen Frank
Answering questions on death and dying from the perspective of two palliative care professionals in Trinidad and Tobago.
23 Oct 2023
001 Palliative Care Research in Trinidad & Tobago ft. Dr. Nicholas Jennings
Welcome to our monthly death talks hosted by Barbara and Mel of @deathcafett.
Our first guest is Dr. Nicholas Jennings who has conducted extensive research on palliative and end-of-life care in Trinidad and Tobago.
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