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  • The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience 12-Month Death and Dying Course

    The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience 12-Month Death and Dying Course

    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: “I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.” Or: “The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” The truth is: We will all have a caregiving story. Let’s make sure yours is one filled with support, empowerment, and peace. That’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience—a free, live, 12-month educational […]

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    NHFA Webinar – Sacred Connections: Designing Home Funerals as Ritual Acts

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    What if death wasn’t an ending—but a sacred transition woven with ritual, love, and ancestral wisdom? Join us for a transformative community deathcare webinar where we’ll explore how to create meaningful home funerals rooted in ancestral wisdom, natural magick, and spiritual direction! This session will explore the importance of including hands-on elements like ritual washing, altar building, storytelling circles, as well as incorporating continuing bonds in memorial rituals. A practicing witch and Pagan for over 40 years, Silent is an end-of-life doula trained through INELDA and a Spiritual Director at Cherry Hill Seminary. He provides deep listening, reflective questions, and […]

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    NHFA September 2025 Webinar: Creating Meaningful Rituals for Families After Cremation

    Join us on September 30th at 8 pm ET for an informative webinar that explores how end-of-life professionals can guide families in creating meaningful post-cremation rituals that honor both memory and place. We’ll discuss cultural and historical approaches to scattering, practical considerations for helping families choose the right setting, and creative ways to weave ritual into everyday landscapes. As a case study, we’ll look at Farmstead Scattering Garden—a fourth-generation working farm that has become a sacred space for scattering cremains by mail. Amy Bridger co-founded Farmstead Scattering Garden with her husband, John, on his family’s fourth-generation working cattle farm in […]

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    Why is Grief A Lonely Experience? An Exploration of the Systems That Create Isolation in Grief

    Grief is often framed as a solitary emotional experience, yet its course is decisively charted by larger, systemic forces. In this compelling presentation, Dr. Elreacy Dock will examine the often-invisible social, cultural, economic, and political factors that influence how we experience and process loss. Grounding the discussion in the conceptual framework of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), this session will methodically analyze how societal structures create vastly different landscapes for grief and mourning. We will deconstruct how these systems can either validate and support grief or marginalize and complicate it.

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    Return Home: An Inside Look at Terramation

    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. Join 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 […]

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  • ObitWorkshopFeature November25

    Write your own obituary! An online workshop

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    Why should the dead have all the fun? During this 2-hour, in-person workshop, you’ll not only learn the conventions of writing an obituary, but you’ll also get to: Tell your own story Hype yourself up Learn what’s most important to you Come prepared to write! And if you’re willing, I’d love to hear you read your obituary aloud… After purchase, you’ll receive an additional email with workshop login information. Please allow five business days for this email to arrive. Questions? Contact hello@deadparentswhatnow.com

    $15

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    Intro to the Gates of Grief

    Grab your lunch or favorite tea and join us for a session with Rebecca Churt, Founder of The Grievery. ​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. ​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. ​This session […]

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    Teeth Become Weapons: Trans Grief and Rage

    Zoom Cornelius, NC

    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. Our bodies, lives, and very beings are increasingly politicized. Our stories and histories are flattened, made palatable for the sake of survival. Our unique grief becomes increasingly buried and unheard, unshared. What makes it unique? What do we grieve? How does that grief affect us? What prevents us from […]

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    Thinking About Becoming a Death Doula? Q&A with The Death Network

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    💻 Death Doula Community Conversations Are you curious about becoming a death doula - or navigating the early stages of building your practice? Whether you’re just starting out or looking for guidance as you grow, this monthly gathering is for you. The Death Network Collective invites you to join us for an open, supportive conversation about the realities of death doula work: the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Each month we’ll dive into common questions like: How do I connect with my community as a new death doula? Do I need a website or social media presence? Who/what/where/why […]

    $5
  • Laughing in Face of Death March 2026

    Laughing in the Face of Death

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    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. Register on Morbid Anatomy’s website.

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    Shiva Guide Essentials Workshop

    Have you comforted a friend or family member after a death, but wished you could do more? Join an online Shiva Guide Essentials Workshop and learn how Jewish tradition is designed to hold us in our grief, together. By the end of this 90-minute interactive workshop, participants will be able to: - Identify ways to provide practical support for friends and family after a death - Understand the rituals of Jewish mourning and why they matter - Share with friends and family the importance of showing up for mourners - Know how to utilize Shiva Circle’s resources to create supportive […]

    $36

  • DeathandTaxes April26

    Death & Taxes: An Overview for Those Still Living

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    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.

    $10

 

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