New Zealand's Coffin-Building Club Helps Seniors Approach Death Positively

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Most people are afraid of death. But members New Zealand’s Kiwi Coffin Club are facing it head on. Founded by Katie Williams, a former midwife and hospice nurse, members build and then decorate their own customized coffins as a way of celebrating their lives and highlighting their unique personalities. Beyond the coffin building itself, the club has built a strong, supportive community where people can have frank conversations and reflect on their future with Members think this healthier approach to death can help other people who might otherwise be lonely or afraid at the end of their lives.
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  • @freethink
    @freethink5 жыл бұрын

    Interested in starting your own coffin club? We did a followup interview with Katie as well as Kate & Kate, the founders of a coffin club in the UK to get their stories and advice. www.freethink.com/articles/i-want-to-build-my-own-coffin

  • @IvanSN
    @IvanSN6 жыл бұрын

    Morbidly beautiful

  • @autismcenteral7306

    @autismcenteral7306

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ivan not as morbidly beautiful as kzread.info/dash/bejne/lY6NsKN9f6vOhrw.html

  • @Gradendine
    @Gradendine5 жыл бұрын

    "Underground Furniture" This is the first bit of light-hearted morbid humor that I've ever laughed at with a genuine smile and no guilt. Thank you for the laugh. xD

  • @AngiePup
    @AngiePup6 жыл бұрын

    Elders are always so nice. I'd love to do this when I'm older! I'd love to do this now!

  • @dougcain2720
    @dougcain27205 жыл бұрын

    I'm a coffin maker here in Pa. USA, how wonderful and beautiful your video about your club is!!

  • @freethink

    @freethink

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it! Good luck with everything in Pa.!

  • @jonbilgutay2
    @jonbilgutay26 жыл бұрын

    I’m only 28, but now I want to make my own coffin for when I die. Not now of course.

  • @devbachu7072

    @devbachu7072

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree i want to make a cofin because to costly hwre

  • @OpViken

    @OpViken

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello! Goodbye

  • @rebeccayoung6344

    @rebeccayoung6344

    11 ай бұрын

    Me, too! I’m in Tennessee USA.

  • @CascadiaRat
    @CascadiaRat5 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant ! What wonderful people. There ARE Outstanding humans . Cheers ! Love ya !

  • @gerrie720
    @gerrie7205 жыл бұрын

    This is a great idea, these people have come to grips with transition from here to there. It does not have to be a fearful journey. I would love to participate in a club like this, absolutely mentally freeing.

  • @yugandali
    @yugandali5 жыл бұрын

    Old folks in the US used to build their own coffins, and sleep in them to make sure they fit comfortably.

  • @theemeraldfox7779

    @theemeraldfox7779

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stored them in the attic!

  • @MrPetrochelly

    @MrPetrochelly

    2 жыл бұрын

    And some people had their own little cemetery in the backyard!!!

  • @MrPetrochelly

    @MrPetrochelly

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theemeraldfox7779 good to the childs play to hide in it!!

  • @Cooltaha
    @Cooltaha6 жыл бұрын

    This is basically 'play this at my funeral' but instead it's 'show this at my funeral'.

  • @vicconstruction9126
    @vicconstruction91262 жыл бұрын

    Such a great idea on soooo many levels. Kindship from the group, creativity, you can show your personality, reduce costs, make a lasting impression / statement, the list goes on. Not to mention, what it must do to help your prepare mentally, being around a whole bunch of like minded people preparing the same way.

  • @TainoMoya
    @TainoMoya6 жыл бұрын

    wow this is awesome.

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton5 жыл бұрын

    that was superbly wholesome. Thank you!

  • @freethink

    @freethink

    5 жыл бұрын

    Our pleasure, glad you liked the video!

  • @MrJayPuff
    @MrJayPuff6 жыл бұрын

    A little sad but great video

  • @isaacrivera8442
    @isaacrivera84426 жыл бұрын

    We went from cheating death to building coffins

  • @albertardiscohn4900
    @albertardiscohn49006 жыл бұрын

    Bring it to AMERICA!!!!

  • @freethink

    @freethink

    5 жыл бұрын

    We interviewed them and got some advice for people interested in starting new clubs - check it out! www.freethink.com/articles/i-want-to-build-my-own-coffin

  • @gerrie720

    @gerrie720

    5 жыл бұрын

    Please bring it to America!!

  • @Omfgwhtavid
    @Omfgwhtavid6 жыл бұрын

    It's nice that they can find joy in the thought of death, I most certainly can't and I wish I could.

  • @londra5458
    @londra54585 жыл бұрын

    What lovely people

  • @theemeraldfox7779

    @theemeraldfox7779

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely luv

  • @kenlee5509
    @kenlee55095 жыл бұрын

    Glorious!

  • @raracharista
    @raracharista Жыл бұрын

    This video, for me, is unique. It's amazing how these people seem to have such kind, warm, and calm hearts. it somehow gives me joy and courage. these people seem to have a good life.

  • @aussiecoastie72
    @aussiecoastie723 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful ! Peace be with you all 🙏🏻

  • @NicholasMaietta
    @NicholasMaietta5 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome.

  • @fishmut
    @fishmut4 жыл бұрын

    This is brilliant, love and happyness all round accepting reality and being prepared for final hurrahs. Thank you for sharing , for now here’s to living it up .👍

  • @loubowen8082
    @loubowen80822 жыл бұрын

    We need to get this going everywhere, we all have to die and not let people that don't know us make a decision for us. Thanks for the Underground furniture .

  • @zachwilcock6199
    @zachwilcock61996 жыл бұрын

    If you like this series, you might also like ‘in a nutshell’. I like it more because they’re really good at making complicated things easy to understand. As well as telling you about solutions to big problems. And predicting the future with the power of science.

  • @AM-ni3sz
    @AM-ni3sz5 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @oceanwonders
    @oceanwonders Жыл бұрын

    My god, that was beautiful. Reminds me of videos by The Dodo. Same vibe.

  • @elliottvoran8375
    @elliottvoran83756 жыл бұрын

    I’m too young to die now, but i’m down to make my coffin. Gotta die one day

  • @crankyunicorn4423
    @crankyunicorn44236 жыл бұрын

    coffin break!

  • @malishpsih
    @malishpsih7 ай бұрын

    такие живые и красивые старички. Очень душевно.

  • @MrPetrochelly
    @MrPetrochelly2 жыл бұрын

    I would like to be a member. I like to work with wood, and to learn about the olders knowledge about.

  • @johnsweeney6072
    @johnsweeney60725 жыл бұрын

    I’m a chirpy chippy and I’m making my own and it’s going to be airbrushed with slayer decals and im going to put my iPod on repeat with every slayer song with speakers and a battery backup and a solar panel on my headstone. My family have my two songs to be played for my service the first is god hates us all and second is south of heaven may even have time for post-mortem at the end but this is what I’ve requested and if it’s not respected I’ll be back each night to wake them ⚰️🇦🇺👍hopefully when / if anyone visits they can still here the guys banging away

  • @jeremylakenes6859
    @jeremylakenes68592 жыл бұрын

    If someone throws a bunch of cough drops into the Kiwi Clubhouse... will it stop the coffin?

  • @rebeccayoung6344
    @rebeccayoung634411 ай бұрын

    My son is a carpenter!

  • @juliawitts7270
    @juliawitts72702 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @bigredc222
    @bigredc2222 жыл бұрын

    You know the one guy is a traditional old carpenter, he's missing a finger on one hand, and two on the other. When I was a kid in the 60s-70s, old men missing fingers were a common sight.

  • @rebeccayoung6344
    @rebeccayoung634411 ай бұрын

    I’m in Tennessee USA How can I build my own coffin?

  • @gerrie720
    @gerrie7205 жыл бұрын

    What about green burial, preparing the body in a( casket) for lack of a better word to come once again a part of the soil from whince it came.

  • @joserodriguez5503
    @joserodriguez5503 Жыл бұрын

    No tshirts club?

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu70723 жыл бұрын

    Hiw easy to make a cofin frim start to scatch toi codtly hwre

  • @DavidBatson
    @DavidBatson5 жыл бұрын

    I see nothing wrong with this at all. Even seems healthy. But man, that is too much Elvis.

  • @pavitranmandal1463
    @pavitranmandal14633 ай бұрын

    I'm a coffin maker from India can you give me job and visa well I come here thank you

  • @iphonegaming9766
    @iphonegaming97665 жыл бұрын

    Why is this 6min but videos about biotechnology is like 2:35m

  • @awdrifter3394
    @awdrifter33945 жыл бұрын

    I would put a giant F button on my coffin so friends and family can pay respects.

  • @amyjojinkerson6745
    @amyjojinkerson67452 жыл бұрын

    they make the lining so cheap no mattress and cheap made

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