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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260119T173000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260123T120000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T203000
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CREATED:20260126T160813Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED: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-2-2/2026-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260216T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260225T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260108T145330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T145627Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260223T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T195032Z
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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:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260114T212320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T212320Z
UID:10001663-1773169200-1773174600@talkdeath.com
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001357-1773320400-1773324000@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-2-2/2026-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260312T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000702-1773336600-1773342000@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-2/2026-03-12/
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/New_York:20260313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T233000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260310T150336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T160259Z
UID:10001831-1773428400-1773617400@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:The Friday the 13th Summit: Life\, After Life\, and the Bridge Between
DESCRIPTION:While Friday the 13th is often depicted as an ominous day of bad luck\, we’re here to appreciate the occasion with some inquisitive and thoughtful fun. Join us as we discuss\, discover\, uncover\, and connect the known with the unknown\, the seen with the unseen\, and the felt with the body\, mind\, and heart. We’ll explore the depth and width of life\, after life\, and the bridge between and turn this into an auspicious date we look forward to!\nEnjoy a non-spooky Friday the 13th of death positivity – let’s talk about an inevitable part of life.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/the-friday-the-13th-summit-life-after-life-and-the-bridge-between/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Let's Create Summits":MAILTO:Contact@letscreatesummits.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260316T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260316T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000358-1773682200-1773687600@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/2026-03-16/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260316T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260223T150540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T150842Z
UID:10001692-1773687600-1773691200@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Laughing in the Face of Death
DESCRIPTION:Why so serious? From gallows humor to the joy of celebrating a life well-lived\, Becky Robison—author of the new book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death—will offer fun\, silly\, and passionate pathways into the inevitability of death and dying to make necessary preparations less intimidating. \nRegister on Morbid Anatomy’s website.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/laughing-in-the-face-of-death/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education,Virtual,Webinar,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Laughing-in-Face-of-Death-March-2026.png
ORGANIZER;CN="My Parents Are Dead%3A What Now&gt%3B?":MAILTO:hello@deadparentswhatnow.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260304T155848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T160858Z
UID:10001826-1774555200-1774558800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:'Stitch & Time' Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of ‘Stitch & Time\,’ followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on Thursday\, March 26 at 8pm ET | 7pm CT | 6pm MT | 5pm PT. \nThe docu-short ‘Stitch & Time’ portrays how Billy Ray Worth and Clay Turner\, two incarcerated men serving life sentences\, forge an extraordinary friendship through an unexpected act of compassion: starting a crochet group to make warm items for fellow inmates in hospice care. \nTogether\, they lead a community of men who defy stereotypes about life behind bars\, finding purpose and connection through caregiving and creativity. As the group collaborates on a special project—a crochet wall hanging for the hospice unit—their story becomes one of redemption\, transformation\, and the enduring power of human connection. \nAfter the screening\, there will be a panel discussion with the co-directors and producers of Stitch & Time and team members of the Humane Prison Hospice Project. \nFollowing\, there will be an opportunity for a Q&A with guests\, before attendees are invited to a special opportunity to submit prompts for grief journals for incarcerated people. \n-You must RSVP \n-This event will be held via Zoom \n-This event will NOT be recorded \n-Closed captions will be provided. Guests are welcome to attend on or off camera. If there is anything we can do to make this event more accessible\, don’t hesitate to email rian@talkdeath.com \nWe hope you can join us for this special event. \nDavid Munro\, Producer\, Co-Director\, Story Editor \nDavid Munro is a Bay Area-based writer and film director/producer. His feature documentary Stand Up Planet profiles a new generation of global comedians sparking social change through humor. Hosted by Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show) and featuring Nate Bargatze and Michelle Buteau\, the film was funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for broadcast on PBS. David’s indie comedy Full Grown Men won the Sundance Channel Audience Award and was a critic’s pick in New York Magazine\, LA Weekly\, and the San Francisco Chronicle. His short films have screened from Sundance to Berlin\, leading Filmmaker Magazine to name him one of their “25 New Indie Faces.” \nV. Scott Balcerek\, Producer\, Co-Director\, Editor\nV. Scott Balcerek is a feature film editor turned director. His latest work\, the award-winning feature documentary Satan & Adam\, was produced by Frank Marshall and purchased by Netflix. Scott edited More Than A Game\, a feature documentary about LeBron James\, which was released by Lionsgate and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He directed RePlay\, a doc series for Gatorade that received a Gold Lion at Cannes and was nominated for a Sports Emmy. Prior to directing\, Scott was the Senior Visual Effects Editor for George Lucas’ Star Wars films\, Episodes I and II\, as well as Ang Lee’s The Hulk and Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm. Scott attended the American Film Institute while editing a short documentary\, Street Songs\, which received a Student Academy Award. \nDr. Michele DiTomas\, Consulting Producer \nMichele DiTomas\, MD\, MS has worked for the California Correctional Healthcare Services since 2007. She earned her MD from the University of California\, San Francisco (UCSF)\, and is board-certified in both family medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. She is currently the statewide Assistant Deputy Medical Executive over Palliative Care which strives to provide high quality care to older adults and those with serious\, life-limiting illness. As Hospice Medical Director she works with the hospice team at the California Medical Facility to create an environment where patients can live their final days with dignity\, respect and comfort despite their incarceration. \nLaura Musselman\, Director of Development & Communications\, Humane Prison Hospice Project \nLaura Musselman (Director of Development & Communications) is an end-of-life doula\, writer\, and former philosophy instructor with a background in trauma support. She brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her role at Humane Prison Hospice Project\, where she oversees development\, communications\, and strategic initiatives that advance the organization’s mission. Her work focuses on translating the goals of prison-based palliative care into clear\, compelling messaging for diverse audiences while ensuring incarcerated peer caregivers have the training and resources to provide compassionate end-of-life care—advancing a model that fosters dignity\, connection\, and equity within correctional health care systems. \nCamila Ryder\, Communications Manager\, Humane Prison Hospice Project \nCamila Ryder (Communications Manager) was first drawn to this work after caregiving for her family for many years. Learning firsthand about end-of-life care\, she became deeply driven towards expanding awareness and support for dignified care as people age and die well. She is equally passionate about sharing the stories and experiences of incarcerated folks. A seasoned communications expert\, Camila has worked in nonprofits\, corporate firms\, and education. Her focus is to reveal the stories that connect with and transcend generations through holistic\, authentic communications. \nLauren Seeley \nLauren Seeley is a death and grief doula for pets & humans. She is a death educator and facilitator of the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC\, as well as the Ahhsweetdeath Book Club that hosts monthly author talks. She is a curator for funerals\, altars\, memorial spaces\, designer\, illustrator\, reiki practitioner\, and creative grief artist. She hosts regular grief & death discussions with musicians \, artist’s\, photographers\, film directors\, and authors. Lauren has partnered with institutions such as Historic Green-Wood Cemetery\, The Met Cloisters\, Morbid Anatomy\, and more. She resides in Brooklyn\, NY and works with a funeral practice in Brooklyn as well. \nTalkDeath \nTalkDeath encourages generative conversations around death and dying. We are the hub for death-conscious education\, advocacy\, and community. From death care history and cultural practices\, to sustainable disposition\, funeral law\, and grief resources\, TalkDeath enables you to make informed end-of-life choices and bridges the gap between death care providers and the general public. Through our online forums and community events\, we create spaces that connect individuals and encourage them to participate in community care.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/stitch-time-screening-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Promo-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="TalkDeath":MAILTO:rian@talkdeath.com
LOCATION:https://talkdeath.com/event/stitch-time-screening-and-discussion/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260316T144551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T144551Z
UID:10001835-1775070000-1775073600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Death & Taxes: An Overview for Those Still Living
DESCRIPTION:It’s officially tax season—and that goes for corpses\, too! In this hourlong online talk\, I’ll provide an (ideally funny) overview of how to pay a dead person’s state and federal taxes\, as well as the estate and inheritance taxes you might encounter after a loss.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/death-taxes-an-overview-for-those-still-living/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education,Virtual,Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DeathandTaxes-April26.png
ORGANIZER;CN="My Parents Are Dead%3A What Now&gt%3B?":MAILTO:hello@deadparentswhatnow.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260401T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260401T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20260107T211042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T145652Z
UID:10001587-1775073600-1775077200@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Book Club: What The Dead Know by Barbara Butcher
DESCRIPTION:What The Dead Know by Barbara Butcher Wednesday April 1st 5:00 – 6:00 PM (PT) 8-9 PM (ET) \nAbout the book:\nA “remarkably candid and sensitive” (The Wall Street Journal) true crime memoir from Barbara Butcher\, a trailblazing New York City death investigator\, who reveals the untold stories behind more than 5\,500 death scenes\, including the nation’s most horrific tragedy: the 9/11 attacks. \nWhen Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism\, she found an unexpected lifeline in a job at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in NYC. As only the second woman ever hired for the role—and the first to last more than three months—she became a vital force in the world of forensic science and criminal investigations. \nOver the next two decades\, Butcher worked thousands of cases: gruesome homicides\, suspicious suicides\, heartbreaking scenes involving underage victims\, and complex mass casualty investigations. In her unforgettable account\, she invites readers into the gritty\, high-stakes world of crime-scene investigation\, from the autopsy room and morgue to tense moments at active crime scenes. Along the way\, she uncovered how confronting death every day gave her a new perspective on life—and ultimately saved her from becoming a statistic herself. \nIn vivid\, darkly humorous prose\, Butcher recounts how she narrowly avoided a boobytrapped suicide scene\, and how\, during 9/11\, she and her colleagues worked tirelessly to identify victims using scraps of clothing\, DNA\, and the memories of grieving loved ones. Her honesty\, resilience\, and sharp wit make this a standout in the genre of first responder memoirs and women in law enforcement.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/book-club-what-the-dead-know-by-barbara-butcher/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Class,Community Meet Up,Education,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/what-the-dead-know-scaled.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001358-1775739600-1775743200@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-2-2/2026-04-09/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260409T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000703-1775755800-1775761200@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-2/2026-04-09/
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:20260420T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000359-1776706200-1776711600@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/2026-04-20/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164629
CREATED:20251113T142009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T142009Z
UID:10001497-1778677200-1778682600@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Grief Beyond Graves: Queer Mourning & Collective Healing
DESCRIPTION:Less Fear | More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning\nLGBTQ+ Centric Online Discussion Series\n2nd Wednesdays | 1-2:30 pm ET | | January – June 2026 \nWhat would collective healing look like if we made space for every kind of queer loss—not just the ones with headstones? \nGrief isn’t only about death. Queer and trans people often carry grief from non-death losses—family estrangement\, identity erasure\, loss of community\, housing\, or health. \nThis session explores disenfranchised grief and collective mourning\, offering space to name\, witness\, and begin to heal these often-invisible losses. \nWe’ll also touch on grief in response to social and political violence\, and how we can create rituals for communal mourning and resilience.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/grief-beyond-graves-queer-mourning-collective-healing/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Education,Grief Group,Grief Release,LGBTQ,Virtual,Webinar,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/5.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Stonewall Village NYC &amp%3B La Vida Pride":MAILTO:connect@lavidapride.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001359-1778763600-1778767200@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-2-2/2026-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260514T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260514T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000704-1778779800-1778785200@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-2/2026-05-14/
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:20260518T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260518T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T143945Z
UID:10000360-1779125400-1779130800@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/2026-05-18/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20251113T142028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T144958Z
UID:10001498-1781096400-1781101800@talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Canvas of the Heart: Creating Queer Legacies
DESCRIPTION:Less Fear | More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning\nLGBTQ+ Centric Online Discussion Series\n2nd Wednesdays | 1-2:30 pm ET | | January – June 2026 \nWhat does it mean to leave a legacy that’s as unapologetically queer as the life you lived? \nThis thought-provoking and imaginative session centers on legacy-making and creative expression at the end of life. \nWe’ll discuss art-making\, memory work\, and how grief itself can be a generative process. Participants will be invited to begin their own small legacy projects.
URL:https://talkdeath.com/event/canvas-of-the-heart-creating-queer-legacies/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Cornelius\, NC\, 28031
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Grief Release,LGBTQ,Virtual,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://talkdeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/6.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Stonewall Village NYC &amp%3B La Vida Pride":MAILTO:connect@lavidapride.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250709T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T145844Z
UID:10001360-1781182800-1781186400@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-2-2/2026-06-11/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260611T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260611T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250605T200631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T200631Z
UID:10000705-1781199000-1781204400@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-2/2026-06-11/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
CREATED:20250507T143945Z
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UID:10000361-1781544600-1781550000@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/2026-06-15/
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:20260709T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T164630
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-2-2/2026-07-09/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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