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

Virtual Event

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 […]

$10
The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Free 12 Month Death and Dying Course

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

Virtual Event

Join us for The GOOD DEATH Live BOOK CLUB EXPERIENCE: 12 Month Death and Dying Course with Suzanne B. O’Brien RN, a unique monthly opportunity to explore the transformative topics of death and life in a supportive and compassionate space. This live event will be an ongoing book club and course inspired by Suzanne’s International Bestselling book, The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved Ones through the End of Life. This free community event is designed to empower and educate those curious about or involved in end-of-life care. We are creating THE GOOD DEATH GOOD LIFE MOVEMENT — […]

Free
The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course

The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 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: Death and Dying Course—a […]

Free
“It’s Complicated” Support Group

“It’s Complicated” Support Group

Virtual Event

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 […]

$5 – $20
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“It’s Complicated” – Support Group

Childfree By Choice & Grieving

Virtual Event

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. Our 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 […]

$5 – $20
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Death Craft

Working with your hands while talking about death, dying, and grief can help take some of the pressure off. Come to this virtual space prepared with your handicraft project, your stories or questions about death, dying, grief, end-of-life planning, and life after loss. This space is free to join, but tips are appreciated. The link to the meeting space will be sent in a reminder email prior to the event.

Free
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Art as a Mirror: Exploring Grief at the Met Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States

Throughout human history, art has played an important role in the ways that we memorialize loved ones in death and express our grief. Join us at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a meaningful exploration of how art can illuminate and validate our personal experiences with loss. Led by creative grief professional, Melanie Wilson, and arts educator, Deborah Chi, this intimate group gathering will invite participants to view and discuss several carefully selected works of art that speak to different aspects of the mourning process. Through reflective exercises and thoughtful conversation, participants will have the opportunity to explore their own […]

$55

Orlando Death Cafe

Orange County Library South Trail Branch 4600 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando, FL, United States

This group welcomes anyone who's interested in sharing thoughts and experiences on death and dying. We're just coming together to talk - it's as simple as that! As part of the nature of Death Cafes, there shouldn't be prompts/discussion guides, but if the group has trouble getting started, we can cheat with the Death Deck. ;) By law, every Death Cafe must have snacks (I'll bring cookies, mini cupcakes, etc.). To celebrate the first event, we'll have a raffle! Prizes are mainly pins and stickers. A few epitaph booklets & a tote as well. Please RSVP at Meetup.com/ODeathCollective and review […]

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Straight Talk About Death: Open Q&A with End-of-Life Pros

South Park Yoga & Wellness 2985 Beech St., San Diego, CA, United States

Let’s face it - talking about death and dying is still a bit taboo in our culture. But how can you make informed decisions about end-of-life when clear, honest information is so hard to come by? That’s where we come in. Join our panel of end-of-life professionals for a laid-back Q&A session where no question is too basic, or too taboo. We’re here to bring transparency to death care - one real conversation at a time. Our panel of end-of-life experts, includes a licensed funeral director, crematory operator and embalmer, death doulas, death educators, and guides who are passionate about […]

Free
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Death Over Drafts – San Diego CA

Novo Brazil Brewing 1640 Camino Del Rio North, #341, San Diego, CA, United States

Death Over Drafts: A Social Gathering on Life, Death & Everything In Between 💀🍻 At The Death Network, you know we’re passionate about lifting the taboo around talking about death. Over the past year, we’ve loved connecting with so many of you at our Death Cafes and discussion groups across San Diego. This time, we’re excited to switch things up with a more casual gathering - an evening to mix, mingle, and share a drink with folks who appreciate some good, honest conversation about death and dying. Grab a drink, and come hang out with us for an evening of […]

Free

Dialogue: Grotto Nights at the Library – To Live & Die in the United States: A Struggle for Agency, Dignity, and Grace

This month's Grotto Night features writers Amy Shea and Ariel Gore, and filmmaker, David Munro, who will speak on the theme: To Live & Die in the United States: A Struggle for Agency, Dignity, and Grace The event will include the screening of a short film, Stitch & Time, about a prison club that crochets comfort items for fellow inmates in hospice. Amy Shea is an essayist and the author of Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins (Rutgers University Press, to be released September 2025). Her work has appeared in The Missouri Review, Pangyrus, […]

Free

 

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