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LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T125453Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling Grief
DESCRIPTION:Nurture your inner writer\, creative\, and keeper of stories. Immortalize the experiences that have shaped you. \nA 6-week class to help you preserve the stories you can’t (won’t) lose to time\, and cultivate a writing ritual that transforms memory into lasting legacy. Through dedicated writing practice\, relevant and expansive prompts\, group sharing\, and genuine feedback\, you’ll honor your creativity\, learn to trust your voice on the page\, and build community around the sacred work of story-keeping. \nTaught by Dr. Melissa Delizia\n(Writer\, Doctor of Social Work\, & Certified Professional Coach) \nMondays from October 20 – November 24\n10am – 12pm Mountain
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/storytelling-grief-4/2025-10-20/2/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Class,Education,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="La Mort":MAILTO:studio@lamort.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251020T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000353-1760981400-1760986800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION:It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%\, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice\, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate\, depressing\, and/or systemic reasons\, and I created this space where we can be with our truths\, and hurts\, around it all. \nOur monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to be a child-loss support group or infertility support group\, although if you have prior experience with infertility and/or pregnancy loss and have since decided to not have children (meaning you are now childfree by choice) feel free to join and see if it’s a good fit.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2025-10-20/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251015T151411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T161653Z
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SUMMARY:Return Home: An Inside Look at Terramation
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to meet death with love\, purpose\, and a deep respect for the earth? 💚 Join us on October 20th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT for a very special webinar to find out! We’re incredibly excited to introduce you to two of the hearts behind Return Home: Katey and Mandy. Together\, they bring decades of experience and a shared passion for transforming deathcare into a healing\, empowering\, and natural process. \nJoin Katey and Mandy as they dive deep into the beautiful\, natural process of terramation. They’ll answer all your questions and share how this choice can be a final\, meaningful act for you and our planet. \nA licensed funeral director from both Washington and England\, Katey found her way to Return Home after a decade in traditional funeral service. For her\, terramation is about stewardship—of the earth and of the families she serves. She builds true\, meaningful relationships over the 60-day process\, guiding families without the pressure of sales. Outside of work\, you can find her gardening with her dog Dixie Barbara or exploring the PNW with her nephews. Her mission? Equal and easy access for everyone in every walk of life to quality\, approachable deathcare and death education. Meanwhile\, with nearly 15 years as a licensed funeral director\, Mandy’s passion for compassionate care naturally grew into a dedication to green death care. Now\, as Return Home’s preneed coordinator\, she helps families plan for an eco-friendly and meaningful end-of-life journey from her family farm in Minnesota. \n📅 Date: October 20th\n⏰ Time: 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET\n💚 Cost: Sliding scale options available!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/return-home-an-inside-look-at-terramation/
CATEGORIES:Education,Virtual,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Home Funeral Alliance":MAILTO:​info@homefuneralalliance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250930T164436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T164436Z
UID:10001473-1761073200-1761078600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon
DESCRIPTION:Let’s gather and engage with our questions and feelings about: \nsex after the death of a loved one.\nthe disenfranchised grief of polyamorous and kinky relational loss.\nhow pleasure and erotic energy can support our mourning.\nchanges in desire as death approaches for ourselves or a loved one.\ncultural expectations of how a widow should act and our internalized stories about that.\nanything sex/pleasure and bereavement related. No question is too taboo. \nJess will invite folks to participate in embodiment exercises\, freewrite and consider the ways they want to be in relationship to their sexual expression within their (anticipatory) grief. \nJess DeVries is a queer somatic sex coach and grief worker. She primarily serves the queer/trans community supporting folks in reclaiming body autonomy and to inspire curiosity about pleasure and sexual expression\, guiding folks to define and pursue pleasure on their own terms. She is a grief advocate who regularly facilitates spaces for people to grieve\, inviting the wisdom of the body to guide the grief process. \nWithin the realms of grief\, she has trained with Being Here\, Human – as well as – Shauna Janz of Sacred Grief. Her grief work is held by connections to her ancestors\, mugwort\, hawthorne\, rose\, connection to her pussy\, and many many tears. Within the realms of pleasure and embodiment\, she has trained in Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork at the ISSSE – as well as – the Somatica Method with the Somatica Institute. Her pleasure work is held by delighting in sights\, smells\, and tastes\, a dirty imagination\, and sharing touch with human and non-human kin. \nJess provides 1:1 sessions online or by phone. She also facilitates workshops\, grief circles\, and rituals online for queer folks\, ex-Christians\, and Covid realist communities.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/sexual-bereavement-queer-death-salon/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Grief Group,LGBTQ,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251014T125515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T125515Z
UID:10001483-1761984000-1762016400@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Samhain Circle
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the turn of the witches new year. Honoring death & rebirth. \nJoin us for this hour-long sacred circle to observe Samhain\, an ancient Celtic pagan festival to close the harvest season and open the dark days of the year. Bring your ancestors\, guides\, and goddesses closer. Set intentions. Release. Celebrate what comes next.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/samhain-circle-2/2025-11-01/1/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Grief Release,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Samhain-Circle.png
ORGANIZER;CN="La Mort":MAILTO:studio@lamort.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251101T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251101T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251014T125515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T125515Z
UID:10001484-1761993000-1761996600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Samhain Circle
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the turn of the witches new year. Honoring death & rebirth. \nJoin us for this hour-long sacred circle to observe Samhain\, an ancient Celtic pagan festival to close the harvest season and open the dark days of the year. Bring your ancestors\, guides\, and goddesses closer. Set intentions. Release. Celebrate what comes next.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/samhain-circle-2/2025-11-01/2/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Grief Release,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Samhain-Circle.png
ORGANIZER;CN="La Mort":MAILTO:studio@lamort.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001353-1763038800-1763042400@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION:According to a recent AARP study\, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day\, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a free\, live\, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen we return death to its place as a natural\, sacred transition\, we begin to reclaim peace\, presence\, and purpose in our lives and communities TODAY! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2025-11-13/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000698-1763055000-1763060400@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:"It's Complicated" Support Group
DESCRIPTION:A monthly peer-led Zoom group for people who had a strained relationship with someone who’s died. It can be tough to be in a group with other folks who were close with their parent\, sibling\, grandparent\, partner\, co-parent\, friend\, etc. As much as I like for there to be a range of experiences represented in grief groups\, so that we can hear diverse perspectives\, sometimes it is nice to be with people who “get it.” When addiction\, mental health challenges\, conflict\, estrangement\, abuse\, etc. were a part of the picture\, it can affect the grief journey in unique ways. This is a space for us.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/its-complicated-support-group-2/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251117T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000354-1763400600-1763406000@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION:It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%\, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice\, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate\, depressing\, and/or systemic reasons\, and I created this space where we can be with our truths\, and hurts\, around it all. \nOur monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to be a child-loss support group or infertility support group\, although if you have prior experience with infertility and/or pregnancy loss and have since decided to not have children (meaning you are now childfree by choice) feel free to join and see if it’s a good fit.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2025-11-17/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251108T152304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251108T152304Z
UID:10001496-1764788400-1764792000@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:A Gathering for Friend-loss Grievers
DESCRIPTION:In this online gathering\, we will share stories and have a facilitated discussion about friend-loss grief. \nThe session will be hosted and facilitated by Hannah Rumsey\, the Founder and Director of Friends Missing Friends — a community dedicated to providing support and guidance for people grieving friends. \nFriend-loss grief is widely ignored and dismissed by our society. Harold Ivan Smith\, the author of Grieving the Death of a Friend\, said it best: “The distraught close friend of someone who dies has virtually no legitimate\, public grief and mourning channels.” \nBecause of that\, friend-loss grievers have very few avenues to openly talk about their grief. In this discussion\, we are free to talk about it: the depth of our sadness\, the fears\, the anxieties\, the doubts\, the jealousies. Everything we are normally too scared to say. \nLet’s honor our friends\, make connections\, and have meaningful conversation.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/a-gathering-for-friend-loss-grievers/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Griefgroup-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001354-1765458000-1765461600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION:According to a recent AARP study\, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day\, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a free\, live\, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen we return death to its place as a natural\, sacred transition\, we begin to reclaim peace\, presence\, and purpose in our lives and communities TODAY! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2025-12-11/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000699-1765474200-1765479600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:"It's Complicated" Support Group
DESCRIPTION:A monthly peer-led Zoom group for people who had a strained relationship with someone who’s died. It can be tough to be in a group with other folks who were close with their parent\, sibling\, grandparent\, partner\, co-parent\, friend\, etc. As much as I like for there to be a range of experiences represented in grief groups\, so that we can hear diverse perspectives\, sometimes it is nice to be with people who “get it.” When addiction\, mental health challenges\, conflict\, estrangement\, abuse\, etc. were a part of the picture\, it can affect the grief journey in unique ways. This is a space for us.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/its-complicated-support-group-2/2025-12-11/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251213T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251121T175223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T175223Z
UID:10001504-1765634400-1765638000@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:TalkDeath Book Club | Achille Mbembe's Necropolitics
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Achille Mbembe’s Necropolitics with each other via Zoom on Saturday\, December 13th at 2pm ET/ 1pm CT/ 12pm MT/ 11am PT\nJoin TalkDeath’s Book Club as we discuss Achille Mbembe’s Necropolitics. \n“In Necropolitics Achille Mbembe\, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory\, theorizes the genealogy of the contemporary world\, a world plagued by ever-increasing inequality\, militarization\, enmity\, and terror as well as by a resurgence of racist\, fascist\, and nationalist forces determined to exclude and kill. He outlines how democracy has begun to embrace its dark side—what he calls its ‘nocturnal body’—which is based on the desires\, fears\, affects\, relations\, and violence that drove colonialism. This shift has hollowed out democracy\, thereby eroding the very values\, rights\, and freedoms liberal democracy routinely celebrates. As a result\, war has become the sacrament of our times in a conception of sovereignty that operates by annihilating all those considered enemies of the state. Despite his dire diagnosis\, Mbembe draws on post-Foucauldian debates on biopolitics\, war\, and race as well as Fanon’s notion of care as a shared vulnerability to explore how new conceptions of the human that transcend humanism might come to pass. These new conceptions would allow us to encounter the Other not as a thing to exclude but as a person with whom to build a more just world.” \nWhether you are a death care worker\, scholar\, or every day person trying to contemplate death\, dying\, and structures of power\, you are welcome. \nGuests are welcome to attend on or off camera\, to be on or off mute\, and to share as much or as little as they prefer. \nWe’ll be meeting to discuss the book with each other on Saturday\, December 13th’s we’ll meet virtually via Zoom. \nThis event is free but you must RSVP to receive the Zoom link. The Zoom link will be sent to guests 48 and 24 hours in advance\, kindly check your spam folder if you do not receive it.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/talkdeath-book-club-achille-mbembes-necropolitics/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="TalkDeath":MAILTO:rian@talkdeath.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000355-1765819800-1765825200@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION:It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%\, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice\, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate\, depressing\, and/or systemic reasons\, and I created this space where we can be with our truths\, and hurts\, around it all. \nOur monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to be a child-loss support group or infertility support group\, although if you have prior experience with infertility and/or pregnancy loss and have since decided to not have children (meaning you are now childfree by choice) feel free to join and see if it’s a good fit.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2025-12-15/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001355-1767877200-1767880800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION:According to a recent AARP study\, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day\, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a free\, live\, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen we return death to its place as a natural\, sacred transition\, we begin to reclaim peace\, presence\, and purpose in our lives and communities TODAY! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2026-01-08/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260108T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260108T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000700-1767893400-1767898800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:"It's Complicated" Support Group
DESCRIPTION:A monthly peer-led Zoom group for people who had a strained relationship with someone who’s died. It can be tough to be in a group with other folks who were close with their parent\, sibling\, grandparent\, partner\, co-parent\, friend\, etc. As much as I like for there to be a range of experiences represented in grief groups\, so that we can hear diverse perspectives\, sometimes it is nice to be with people who “get it.” When addiction\, mental health challenges\, conflict\, estrangement\, abuse\, etc. were a part of the picture\, it can affect the grief journey in unique ways. This is a space for us.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/its-complicated-support-group-2/2026-01-08/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20251216T193704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T193704Z
UID:10001505-1768417200-1768420800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Becky Robison in conversation with Kaira Tucker
DESCRIPTION:Louisville! To celebrate the launch of my new book\, My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death\, join me at Carmichael’s on Frankfort for a discussion and book signing with everyone’s favorite local librarian\, cemetery enthusiast\, and certified goth\, Kaira Tucker.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/becky-robison-in-conversation-with-kaira-tucker/
LOCATION:Carmichael’s Bookstore\, 2720 Frankfort Avenue\, Louisville\, KY\, 40206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Community Meet Up,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="My Parents Are Dead%3A What Now&gt%3B?":MAILTO:hello@deadparentswhatnow.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T161500
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260107T200147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T222706Z
UID:10001581-1768491000-1768493700@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:When Grief Shows Up in the Body
DESCRIPTION:Join Camila Crews\, founder of Sorry For Your Loss (Cards)\, and Susan Koursaris\, founder of Wholly Heart Nutrition\, for a conversation on how grief shows up in the body and how movement and food can support healing. \nJanuary is Self Love Month\, making this a good time to talk about gentle ways to care for yourself without pressure or perfection. This conversation is not about fixing grief. It is about understanding your body and meeting yourself with compassion.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/when-grief-shows-up-in-the-body/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sorry For Your Loss (Cards)":MAILTO:camila@sorryforyourlosscards.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260107T150346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T150346Z
UID:10001585-1768564800-1768582800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Intro to the Gates of Grief
DESCRIPTION:Grab your lunch or favorite tea and join us for a session with Rebecca Churt\, Founder of The Grievery. \n​This 50-minute introductory session offers a guided walk through a framework that expands grief far beyond death — into the realms of identity\, longing\, lost opportunities\, and the quiet heartache we carry for a fractured world. \n​We’ll take a concise tour of Francis Weller’s Gates of Grief (from The Wild Edge of Sorrow) and explore how grief — when acknowledged rather than avoided — becomes a vital life skill: helping us stay connected to ourselves and what matters most. \n​This session is an invitation to explore grief with curiosity — not to fix anything or relive pain\, but to make room for what has long wanted to be named\, opening the door to greater clarity\, resilience\, and meaning.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/intro-to-the-gates-of-grief/
CATEGORIES:Class,Education,Grief Group,Training,Virtual,Webinar,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260119T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000356-1768843800-1768849200@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION:It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%\, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice\, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate\, depressing\, and/or systemic reasons\, and I created this space where we can be with our truths\, and hurts\, around it all. \nOur monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to be a child-loss support group or infertility support group\, although if you have prior experience with infertility and/or pregnancy loss and have since decided to not have children (meaning you are now childfree by choice) feel free to join and see if it’s a good fit.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2026-01-19/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260106T133617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T133617Z
UID:10001515-1769072400-1769169600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Life After Loss- Addressing Grief Aftermath: Coping\, Meaning Making\, and Healing In the Weeks\, Months\, and Years After Loss
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Center for Applied Research Solutions to create and engage in rich learning that focuses on grief work that we often miss: the long-term experiences\, processes\, and impacts of grief for young people\, and how we as providers\, systems leaders\, and culture builders can skill ourselves up to attend to the aftermath with as much attention as the acute. \nThanks to the generous support of the New York Life Foundation (New York Life Insurance Company) and the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, we are offering this event to help you build the skills to navigate the long-term impacts of grief. \n🗓️ WHEN: Thursday\, January 22 & Friday\, January 23\, 2026\n💻 WHERE: Virtual (join from anywhere!)\n💸 COST: FREE \nWhat you’ll gain:\n– Strategies to address trauma\, memorialization\, and commemoration.\n– Skills to interrupt isolation and support long-term healing.\n– A deeper understanding of how grief can encompass both joy and deep sadness. \nDay 1: Main Summit — Jan 22\n⏰ 9:00am–2:00pm PT / 12:00–5:00pm ET \nDay 2: Providers’ Processing Space — Jan 23\n⏰ 9:00am–12:00pm PT / 12:00–3:00pm ET \nDay 1 – Thursday\, January 22nd – topics will focus on the aftermath: the weeks\, months\, and years after big events and how grief can be both experiences of joy and celebration and isolation and deep sadness. Day 1 of the summit includes talks from/with Teddy McGlynn-Wright\, workshops with Carla Fernandez\, Tina Rocha\, Samira Moosavi and our team\, two panels of educators\, behavioral health providers\, and leaders (Taj Jensen\, Amy Castellanos\, Shefa Obaid\, Desralynn Cole\, CPPM\, Meghan Graham\, LCSW\, Scott Lindstrom\, Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo\,PhD\, and more) sharing how they navigate grief aftermath leadership post wildfire\, hurricane\, state violence\, substance use\, and social media harm. That amazing day closes with Dr. Zelana Montminy\, whose words of reflection on focus and griefscape will move us all. \nImportantly\, Day 2 – Friday\, January 23rd – focuses on provider processing: often\, providers (whether clinical providers\, systems leaders\, or educators) hold their own grief metabolization on pause while they support children and youth in acute need\, featuring an opening talk by Candice Rose Valenzuela\, a discussion with Ebony Sinnamon-Johnson\, Jerica Coffey\, and Jesus Solorio\, LMFT\, a somatic workshop with Sue Kuyper\, and a closing art practice with Oriana Ides. \nThrough meaningful workshops\, panels\, keynotes\, and discussion forums that focus on grief aftermath\, we will support professionals who work with young people to feel efficacious\, empowered\, and energized with strategies and skills that support young people in navigating all that comes with aftermath coping and healing: addressing trauma and grief activation\, memorialization and commemoration\, interrupting isolation and disenfranchised grief\, structural strategies to ensure ongoing\, responsive care. \nRegister\, see the full agenda and faculty bios here! https://www.cars-rp.org/life-after-loss
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/life-after-loss-addressing-grief-aftermath-coping-meaning-making-and-healing-in-the-weeks-months-and-years-after-loss/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260126T160813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T160813Z
UID:10001674-1769713200-1769718600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:What Will Become of Us? Burial\, Cremation\, and Other Forms of Disposition
DESCRIPTION:What will become of us? Join a free online webinar to explore burial\, cremation & natural burial options. Register for link + recording.\nLearn about burial\, cremation\, and other end-of-life options in the National Capital Region. \nConservation Burial Ottawa invites you to a Zoom call on January 29 at 7:00 pm to explore the choices available for the care of physical remains after death. Understanding these options can help us plan a meaningful farewell and make decisions that align with our values. \nYou’ll also learn why Conservation Burial Ottawa advocates for conservation burial! This webinar is fee to attend. \nPlease pre-register to receive the Zoom link and the event recording. Some information will be specific to the Ottawa region\, but all are welcome. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/APEsBtEARrSNlgIoCTcQ6A \nPhoto credit to Ramsey Creek Preserve in South Carolina.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/what-will-become-of-us-burial-cremation-and-other-forms-of-disposition/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Community Deathcare Ottawa":MAILTO:deathcareottawa@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001356-1770901200-1770904800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION:According to a recent AARP study\, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day\, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a free\, live\, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen we return death to its place as a natural\, sacred transition\, we begin to reclaim peace\, presence\, and purpose in our lives and communities TODAY! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2026-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000701-1770917400-1770922800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:"It's Complicated" Support Group
DESCRIPTION:A monthly peer-led Zoom group for people who had a strained relationship with someone who’s died. It can be tough to be in a group with other folks who were close with their parent\, sibling\, grandparent\, partner\, co-parent\, friend\, etc. As much as I like for there to be a range of experiences represented in grief groups\, so that we can hear diverse perspectives\, sometimes it is nice to be with people who “get it.” When addiction\, mental health challenges\, conflict\, estrangement\, abuse\, etc. were a part of the picture\, it can affect the grief journey in unique ways. This is a space for us.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/its-complicated-support-group-2/2026-02-12/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260216T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000357-1771263000-1771268400@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION:It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%\, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice\, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate\, depressing\, and/or systemic reasons\, and I created this space where we can be with our truths\, and hurts\, around it all. \nOur monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to be a child-loss support group or infertility support group\, although if you have prior experience with infertility and/or pregnancy loss and have since decided to not have children (meaning you are now childfree by choice) feel free to join and see if it’s a good fit.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2026-02-16/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260109T141430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T141430Z
UID:10001595-1771354800-1771360200@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Teeth Become Weapons: Trans Grief and Rage
DESCRIPTION:Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \nOur bodies\, lives\, and very beings are increasingly politicized.\nOur stories and histories are flattened\, made palatable for the sake of survival.\nOur unique grief becomes increasingly buried and unheard\, unshared.\nWhat makes it unique?\nWhat do we grieve?\nHow does that grief affect us?\nWhat prevents us from engaging with that grief?\nHow does our grief connect us and bring us together?\nFacilitator Imogen Reid is the last of the feral trans women\, a proud dirtbag\, degenerate\, and fuck up. She is a harm reduction advocate and educator\, a former founding member of Communities Organizing for Harm Reduction\, one of the first organized groups in Ottawa doing harm reduction before there were any safe sites. Imogen is a recovering drug addict\, survivor\, fighter\, activist\, shoplifter\, parent\, story teller\, and the holder of the memories of her dead. \nQueer Death Salon takes place over Zoom\, in English\, with Automatic Closed Captioning
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/teeth-become-weapons-trans-grief-and-rage/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,LGBTQ,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual,Webinar,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260225T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260108T145330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T145627Z
UID:10001586-1772049600-1772055000@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Book Club Author Kelly Cervantes discusses her book The Luckiest with Befriending Death
DESCRIPTION:The Luckiest by Kelly Cervantes (with the author) on Wednesday February 25th 5:00 – 6:30 PM (PT) 8-9:30 (ET)\nWe are so looking forward to the return of Kelly who spoke to our book club last year with Normal Broken\, describing her journey raising and losing her daughter to a neurodegenerative disorder and epilepsy. \nHere’s a description of The Luckiest:\nWhen moving from a conservative Midwestern suburb to New York City to pursue an acting career\, Kelly Cervantes never could have imagined what life had in store for her—or how much she would fundamentally change along the way. The Luckiest is her emotional journey through the pain of unrealized dreams\, navigating her husband’s Broadway spotlight\, fighting for her child’s life\, finding purpose after loss\, and rebuilding her life and marriage. \nInspired by author and poet Maggie Smith’s quote\, “We are all nesting dolls\, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside\,” Kelly shares the many layers that have shaped who she is today. But how many of those layers were shaped through the control she desperately sought versus the luck she struggled to accept? Are we lucky if we escape life with soft skin and minimal layers? Or are we lucky to have the battle scars that show a life of survival—of fullness and meaning? \nThe Luckiest is a tale of motherhood in all its heartbreak\, joy\, fits\, and false starts. It follows Kelly’s wildly unpredictable journey and the role luck has played in her life\, both good and bad. It is one woman’s beautiful\, complicated\, and ongoing quest for self-discovery.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/book-club-author-kelly-cervantes-discusses-her-book-the-luckiest-with-befriending-death/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Class,Community Meet Up,Education,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/The-Luckiest-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20260223T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T195032Z
UID:10001685-1772132400-1772139600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Grief Visions - Intuitive Collage Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Vision board + grief + collage = Grief\nVisions! Join That Good Night for an evening of meditation\, visualization\, and making your own unique grief vision board. We will have gentle conversations about our grief\, time to visualize our grief\, and engage in the healing activity of collage.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/grief-visions-intuitive-collage-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="That Good Night":MAILTO:thatgoodnightdoula@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
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SUMMARY:Yoga for Grief
DESCRIPTION:Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \nJoin Yoga Therapist in training\, Des for a trauma-informed yoga practice.\nExplore yogic practices\, such as pranayama/breath work\, asana/physical shapes\, and pratyahara/tuning inward to aid in processing grief.\nDes (they/them) is a Yoga Guide and Grief Doula who lives\, breathes\, and plays on Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg territory\, Treaty 20\, and the Williams Treaties in Nogojiwanong\, what is colonially know as “Peterborough\, ON” in so-called “Canada.” Nogojiwanong means “the place at the end of the rapids” in Ojibwe.\nQueer Death Salon takes place over Zoom\, in English\, with Automatic Closed Captioning
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/yoga-for-grief/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,LGBTQ,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T134925
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
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SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION:According to a recent AARP study\, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day\, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a free\, live\, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen we return death to its place as a natural\, sacred transition\, we begin to reclaim peace\, presence\, and purpose in our lives and communities TODAY! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2026-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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