Let's talk about dying and start living | Sharon Young | TEDxKingstonUponThames

Despite advances in medical science, 100% of people still die. A cultural reluctance to discuss death and dying means that many people die unprepared and leave things unsaid. Death as a taboo topic has been contested on a number of levels and Kingston Borough Councillor Sharon Young will talk about the rise in popularity of Death Cafes and the role they play in shaping perceptions of death and dying. Sharon set up the first Death Cafe in Kingston Upon Thames, using real life examples taken from two years working as a facilitator to highlight the importance of discussion on end of life. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@daveehh3687]

it happened to me, about a minute and a half, and now I have no fear or concern of returning... it was beyond words and truly amazing

[@Restrictedeightteen]

I love this, more groups like this are needed, a safe space to talk

[@sathishare]

Sarah Fitch Mathers Same.....

[@uydudanbak]

Every man dies But not every man really lives. Braveheart

[@hiddennugget9413]

One of my favorite quotes.

[@artmaines5568]

This is excellent. We’re planning a Death Cafe at our church and this beautifully sets the tone for it. Thank you!

[@flouncymagoo9766]

Interesting, what's the idea?

[@artmaines5568]

Shiloh Leighon We want to reduce the fear and avoidance around the subject of death, with an emphasis on living fully in the present.

[@diliGentt]

@@artmaines5568 Brother we need to prepare souls for the kingdom! The present is nothing it's the Gift frm Christ that really matters please preach the Kingdom is at Hand! We need to stick to our Creator's infallible Word! Love Joy and Peace forevermore!

[@zain4019]

Thank God The present is very much something. Something very important. Imagine what a loving diety would think having given you the gift of life, and you let each moment pass without realizing the beauty and wonder that you have in your very hands?

[@diliGentt]

@@zain4019 You're right we are blessed past our realization! It is is a known fact though that past present and future are literally nothing. Our Creator is Eternal, there's another study I think it's based on the quantum level still looking into it but we are nothing but an image of the One True and Living Elohim. :)

[@coffeecashcraze]

Very important rational discussion on this reality subject! Thank you so much for this amidst corona virus frenzy it's nice to watch this!

[@MissTiffanyGalore]

I like this title. I am happy I clicked.

[@emreismetece]

I like it also because no one talks about dying and i think about it everyday

[@MissTiffanyGalore]

Aw shucks 😊 that felt like a warm hug 🤗 from the universe! Well said Sharon

[@FedJimSmith]

we have to do something more about physical suffering associated with death, and the fear in-anticipation of death

[@jdgang70]

There is one truth in life. If you take a first breath you will take a last breath and they can be the same breath.

[@Jojohumf]

i used to be so scared of dying. I wasn't scared of not existing or the afterlife, i was scared of the process of dying, would I feel like I'm suffocating, would it be like a nightmare.

[@sachinfulsunge9977]

Same

[@sachinfulsunge9977]

@@jjm2948 You didnt get what he meant

[@zihniacaryazici4565]

Whatever the cause of death, once a threshold is established, the senses will dampen down and expire.

[@hiddennugget9413]

Last time I checked , it hurts to be alive. Least with death. You are on your way out.

[@Explore168]

I am really love the way you did.🙏💕

[@Rayees_100]

Who like TEDx talk show like me..😊😊😊

[@Moosa-zt1kw]

Well said according to this gen Regarding the theories.... Inexplicable.

[@nordeenabdellah9371]

It is most realistic explanation about dying and death. It is enlightening.

[@kismargareta]

Thank you ❤

[@wildehesse8034]

You just touched my heart with this beautiful talk. Death has been around me since my childhood and have never had the opportunity to talk about it. Thank you for giving me hope...

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thank You 😊

[@SuperSaiyan2NahumKai]

Death totally sucks and if i could eliminate death itself i would. What's the point of us all having the gift life if it can someday be taken away especially in a brief instant? Since life can be taken away' then life is not a gift' it's more of a thing that we rent/borrow. I much rather die multiple times in a video game over the cruel reality of death. I know that our bodies have an expiration date unfortunately but i sure hope that we are more than just our flesh and bones. Hopefully our consciousness can exist outside our fragile human bodies. It's a good thing that nobody especially people who study medicine has all the answers nor everything figured out. Life being finite is the thing i hate most about life. If us being born to die after passing on our genes to the next generation is really all there is to life' then that itself is so lame. I would love to exist forever if i could but as some spirit/ghost/soul entity.

[@basheermuhammad7757]

Agreed. Thank you.

[@1stfacts542]

Perfect voice for Shawn the sheep

[@sammyspero3648]

Yes we will all die, no matter what happens,I been telling that to everyone, as the say we all live once, enjoy what it is worth...I have no fear to die today, tommorrow,next year or so.... What ever happens to me happens to me....what else can I say!!!!! But stress is what kills us most...... .

[@lorjdansalan9627]

Once you learn how to die,you learn how to live-Morrie

[@VakmanCA]

Supposedly the secret of happiness is dying before dying. The death of the ego that is.

[@cherylcaardillo1702]

Yes yes and definitely yes XOXO

[@Nishu-Jha]

It's time to think about dying and start living....

[@freelanceart1019]

The walking dead zombies

[@diliGentt]

Think about our Creator! Verily Jesus Christ please read the Bible ! Love Joy and peace forever more!

[@mayflowerlash11]

Accepting your own mortality is a sign of intellectual maturity. As we grow and learn about life, we humans understand we are mortal unlike most other animals which cannot. By accepting and facing our mortality we can enjoy to the maximum the life we are experiencing presently. Accept your mortality and enjoy the present .

[@EnglishVirgo]

I'm a Caitlin Doughty fan, so I'm death positive. Not that death excites me, no no, but I just see it as another step on the road of life.

[@sharonsue441]

EnglishStephanie .....you mean the end of the road of life.....

[@EnglishVirgo]

@@sharonsue441 No. I personally believe that there is something else after this. So it's just another step. I respect that others may not view it the same way as me and that's fine. It's all good.

[@skunkwaterbaytetak4733]

I love the title let's start talking about dying and start

[@mulukusimushi5659]

Sound message

[@jaxx-inspiregrowcreate2862]

*I hope I live long enough that they figure out immortality. I would never get bored of living.*

[@bevneesam7994]

My mum just come back from the brink and it looked awful but she was unconscious and has no recollection.

[@laurzkw3674]

When having buried your child, dying is no longer scary. 🦋

[@lisalebowicz3252]

I'm very sorry for your lost 😢! I know what you feel 😢😢😢 God bless your child soul and may Rest In Peace 🙏

[@ayuushahussain1403]

كل نفس ذائقة الموت Every soul will test death

[@emreismetece]

❤

[@Redlioness-gp9ci]

From the moment you're born, you're dying. Therefore it's all part and parcel of the cycle of life. My nan died laughing to the very end. This existence is temporary, so make it count. The afterlife is questionable, but I would be at peace with the physical death of my shell.

[@inancgumus4125]

No, you're not dying since you're born. You're growing. But, you're dying after a threshold, such as 35+ years old or so.

[@NewMommyOnTheBlock]

🙇‍♀️

[@soumyadeepghosh92]

Nes cafe has left the chat !

[@jairusfernandes6519]

Even I want to join ur death cafe😌

[@dennysmith7862]

Scientists & top physicians are baffled by aging process... In the book of Ecclesiastes 3 : 11 it talks of how Almighty God "put eternity put into the hearts" of mankind... a loving God wld never do this and then allow cells to die at a certain time... Hebrews 2 : 14 "...the one causing death and sorrow is Satan..." Jesus's words... Daniel Chapter 2 : Describes aptly the time we're in now... fascinating - in the feet & toes of that immense image of a man... The march of the world Empires...from Head of good Gold (Babylon/Egyptian); Chest of Silver (Assyrian/Medeo Persian); Torso of Bronze (Roman/Grecian); Legs of Iron (Anglo/American); Feet of Iron & Clay (Radical elements up&coming) partly strong (Iron) partly weak (Clay) - ISIS - uncontrollable masses of agitated mankind/Protestors/et al "May you live in interesting times"...Confuscious

[@diliGentt]

The wages of sin are death and Jesus has granted us eternal life verily we will all die unless we are here and righteous when He comes back! And that is soon you're correct we must preavh the Truth to the ends of the world please watch my "uhh guys" playlist and read the Bible earnestly everyday we have our Creator and the 3 Angels mission to preach the Gospel to the world !!!! We are all family!!!

[@laurenceion]

What happened to my comment? Is TEDx deleting comments that disagree with the video?

[@rajivshishirnagarpublicspeaker]

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

[@dangell8984]

As hard as my life has been, I don't want to die. I love living! I love being in love, just being here. I don't want to go. I'm so afraid. I saw what my family members went through at death and the indignities of it all. No, I want too my crafts, watch my adventures and be with my boyfriend. Have my coffee daily. To work in the job I love. Photographing life. Why in this day is there not cure for it?

[@marianneellman480]

As a support worker and working with people that are dying...it is sad how many people do not feel comfortable at best embarrassed on our dying...l feel they are robbed of so much! There is a real and urgent need for people to speak and be heard when they are at there most vulnerable... I agree,We need to start talking about dying and death so as a society we can all start LIVING...

[@juanmanuelacevedo3849]

Traducciones al español 😁

[@mach533x]

NO. Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition!!

[@zain4019]

C H Or better yet, find balance. Find your balance.

[@cynthiasmitherman397]

Well I'm in the 7 percent.

[@Zim-en7oy]

In Islam, death is the begin of the next life, is it happiness or sadness? Actually, it is depend on how we were live in the world before...

[@anthonymicele8897]

I think about death every waking moment. That's why I take pharmaceuticals and isolate.

[@skuzapo9365]

Hi, I’m from Kingston Upon Thames. Wanna meet up for a constructive argument? 😈🥰😂

[@frankieoceansxiv8192]

There is no you, the thing you think you are is not a real thing at all. The ty you identify with or the thing you think people talk about when you are not around is not a real thing now the next life or the next life or the next. We are not a summation of happenings, or our morals or our personalities or our marital status, living conditions, or the quality of our moments. We are the same thing that was just dividing cells from the moment of conception. No morals, no name, not even a heartbeat but 200,% identifiable, fertilized egg. Why be afraid of death it is a rebirth but there is only one universe and this is it.

[@madao7865]

Out of respect, I will refrain from meming about 8:12.

[@diliGentt]

There is eternal life through Jesus Christ, you think we were created such sophisticate beings to justperish and never have any original purpose, have we asked our selves where have we come from why are we here and where are we going! We all recognize this day we ignorantly call "Christmas" but do we read the Bible and understand who Jesus Christ actually is? Why He came here? And where is He now? Good news, He got crucified for us and is alive. Sounds rather alarming and sad but He did it for us which is why we need to be grateful and understand the magnitude of His sacrafice ! Eternal life is verily real and sorrow is not to be an accomplice in our life. Verily He is God, and our Creator, a simple observation of the quality of the Bible and it's infallibility in being the Word from God Himself will bring us to the nourhsing facts of eternal life which was ordained for us from the begining through Truth and justice! There are a lot of deceitful people in this world who try to mingle the truth with lies to water down the Truth but the Truth will always come to light ! I pray we will all understand the magnitude and the sovreignity of Jesus Christ. The entire Bible is interlocked and is compossed by 40+ authors containing 66 divers yet fully connected book written over the span of 2000+ years!! if you tell me and your selves a lie that the relevance all these books together is just of a coincidence then we are all jus a conincidence and the perfect construct of our brains, the trees, the solar system of our world is made by nobody than woe unto us for then we'd have no pupose. Rather we do and that is what our Creator made us for! Let's go back to the original plan he had for us to live in perfect harmony without sin, The archaeological studies the documentary discoveries and simple comptent analyses will reveal our Creator has sent this message to us as the intellectual design of this blessed book is from the outside of the dimension of time!! The structure it self mentioned above literally foretells of information on what's going to happen thousands of years later and before it does! I urge you to check out my playlists and ope the Bible yourselves for the taste of the TRUTH THIS world tries to hide! I love you all my family ! Love Joy and Peace forevermore.

[@erikkrabbenbos4347]

Carpe Diem, Memento Mori.

[@sarahsmith3016]

I thought there would be some kind of epiphany that would help my anxiety with living. The whole speech was just kind of depressing and things I’ve heard before no offense

[@claudiozanella256]

This talk just missed the mark: dying is a tragedy. It's like people being in a falling plane: you expect that they should behave normally and laugh, enjoying the fall...

[@horacioperez-henao8536]

Very few people die in that way...so, your comment is not relevant

[@lol-vj8lu]

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[@emreismetece]

Lets smoke some dmt then we know more

[@sachinfulsunge9977]

Bruh

[@ijasikku1706]

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[@margievandelden4960]

I know it should not matter but it does...if you cannot dress appropriately for your talk than dont give it. It is just distracting.