TalkDeath

Edge of Being: Immersion
2025-09-13 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | The Love Offensive, 60 Valley Street #3, Providence, 02909
In honor of the fall equinox, step into a sacred space between endings and beginnings.
Studio Mortem Presents: The Edge of Being
Through ritual, guided meditation, light restorative movement, and sensory experiences, release what no longer serves—and awaken to what’s next.
This is not a just a class, it’s a threshold.
Touch the edge of sensation.
Step into what you’ve always feared.
Remember why you’re here.
This is a full-immersion sensory experience.

Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital book club
2025-09-14 18:30 - 2026-01-25 20:00 (America/Toronto) | BC
Are you interested in how the existential fear of death shapes society? Do you wonder how we can address injustice? Join our weekly online reading group, Radical Mindfulness, to explore how mindfulness can serve as a powerful tool for political transformation. Together, we’ll build a supportive community of care and reflection. Whether you’re seeking connection, inspiration, or fresh perspectives, this space offers an opportunity to learn and grow in solidarity. We meet via Zoom on Sundays. Recordings will be shared after each gathering.
-Sundays 6:30 to 8pm ET beginning September 14th
-Free to attend
-Free PDF of the book from author, James Rowe
-Physical copy offered with a 30% discount from Routledge
This weekly reading and discussion of Radical Mindfulness will explore the causes of injustice and how to achieve social transformation. Drawing from scholarly literature, the author suggests the existential fear of death is at the root of oppression, and that meditation and ritual can be pathways to structural change.
This will be different from most book clubs. There is no homework; each week we pick up where we left off and read together. We will pause for questions, reflections, clarifications, as ways to engage the material. We look forward to creating a community of both practice and curiosity. (We estimate 6 months of reading together!)

Childfree By Choice & Grieving
2025-09-15 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | 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 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.

Sick & Tired: A Virtual Discussion on Chronic Illness and Grief
2025-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | BC
Sick and tired of being sick and tired?
Us too.
Join death doula Jamie Thrower, Lisa Pahl of The Death Deck, and Catherine of Death Project Manager for a discussion on chronic illness and grief.
This is the second event in our Sick and Tired series.
This time, we’re talking about caregiving while sick: what does it mean to give and receive care? How can you show up for others sicker than yourself, while making space for your own needs and grief? What does deathwork look like, when you’re chronically ill?
We’ll open with a grounding exercise, then create space for your thoughts on chronic illness, grief, burnout, and death / aging / mortality / the many ways our bodies can fail and surprise us.
Bring your grief, bring your rage, bring your messy humanity.
We’ll be there to meet you.
More information and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sick-tired-a-virtual-discussion-on-chronic-illness-and-grief-tickets-1588167404459

Book Launch - Oakland, CA - Too Poor to Die
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 La Salle Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94611, United States
Please join us on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM as we welcome author Amy Shea for a conversation about her new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
We will be selling the book at the event, or you can order a copy at https://ggpbooks.com/book/9781978843981.
We hope to see you there!
Description
Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal.
Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, a collection of closely connected essays, takes the reader on a journey into what happens to those who die while experiencing homelessness or who end up indigent or unclaimed at the end of life. Too Poor to Die bears witness to the disparities in death and dying faced by some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized and asks the reader to consider their own end-of-life and disposition plans within the larger context of how privilege and access plays a role in what we want versus what we get in death.

The Snail's Pace Picnic
2025-09-20 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90027, United States
Bring your blanket, your favorite slow snack, and your willingness to do absolutely nothing quickly. This is a gathering for the unhurried, the overstimulated, the nap-curious, and anyone who’s been craving a soft place to land.
We’ll spread out under the trees, graze on snacks, and enjoy simple, snail-approved activities like:
Snail mail station
Slowness journaling prompts
Soft-spoken, low-pressure conversation starters
Come when you can, leave when you feel like it; there’s no such thing as “late” here. You can bring food to share, a favorite tea, or just yourself.
What to bring:
Blanket or low chair
Your favorite snack or drink
Anything that helps you slow down (book, journal, knitting, etc.)
The vibe:
Cozy
Unhurried
Inclusive
Grounded in rest over productivity
Let’s gather, graze, and go slow together. Because sometimes the best way forward… is at a snail’s pace.

Orlanodo, The ODC Presents: Meet a Death Doula
2025-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Orange County Library South Trail Branch, 4600 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando, FL, United States
What the heck is a death doula? You’ll have to attend this next event to find out!! (Or you could Google it, but wouldn’t that ruin the fun?)
For this next event, I’ve invited a few death doulas to meet the ODC and tell us about what they do, who they serve, and what makes a death doula unique in the world of deathcare.
Once I can confirm which doulas are showing up, I will post a few days before the event.
So, please RSVP, bring your questions, and let’s have another good session!

"Mist Me With That" - DIY Energy Cleansing Spray Workshop and Sound Bath
2025-09-21 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oxygen Tango, 713 E Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA, 90302, United States
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own custom energy-cleansing mist using essential oils, herbs, and intention-setting. Whether you want to refresh your home, your work desk, or your own energy field, you’ll leave with a personalized spray that’s equal parts practical and magical.
Once we’ve crafted our blends, we’ll settle into a restorative sound bath, a deeply immersive experience with crystal singing bowls, chimes, and gentle guidance to help you release, recharge, and realign.
You’ll get:
All supplies + instruction to make your custom cleansing spray
Tips for using scent and ritual in your daily life
Guided intention-setting practice
A 30-minute crystal bowl sound bath to seal it all in
What to bring:
Comfortable clothes
Yoga mat or blanket for the sound bath
A small object to charge with your mist (optional)
The vibe:
Slow + sensory
Playful but grounded
Community care meets self-care
Come for the scent play, stay for the sound waves, and leave feeling lighter than you came.

Queer + Trans Grieve in the Eve
2025-09-21 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | BC
Grieve in the Eve is an in person monthly gathering to be together in community with our various forms of grief – this month’s is being held for queer + trans people specifically. Because these gatherings are peer-support format, they are currently for attendees age 18 and up.
Bring your care, your grief, and anything that helps you feel comfortable. Masks encouraged and provided – verbal participation not required.

Embracing the Shadow
2025-09-22 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom, Cornelius, NC, 28031
Embracing the Shadow gathering returns this Fall and Winter. On Monday, September 22nd at 5:30p PT/8:30p ET, we’ll embark on a virtual grief journey to navigate all the forms, layers, and shapes that grief takes.
Together we’ll tend to our grief through holistic and creative practices, the medicine of nature, and the presence of a caring community. With the support of Shadow, our flower essence grief potion, we’re invited to soften and expand as we practice letting go.
Our journey begins with a somatic release meditation, expressing our insights, storytelling, and closing with a baci blessing ritual. The grief potion is not required to attend, however if you’d like to receive a discounted potion in time for this gathering, please RSVP by September 15!

Why California Needs a Conservation Cemetery
2025-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
🌿 Our Bodies Are Designed to Return to the Earth 🌿
Join our Zoom to learn what a Conservation Cemetery is… permanently protected natural land where burials restore habitat. We’ll take a deep dive into how a conservation cemetery differs from modern burial practices, and how it compares to green burial.
Here in California, we’re a community that thrives outdoors! From beaches to deserts to mountains, yet when it comes to our final rest, our options are far removed from the natural rhythms that reflect our lifestyle. Modern burial practices – concrete vaults, metal caskets, and toxic embalming chemicals – lock our bodies away from the very process we were designed for: to decompose naturally and nourish the earth. Instead of restoring the land, these practices harm it.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
A Conservation Cemetery is more than green burial. It’s a way of restoring land, protecting wildlife, and ensuring our final act on earth is one of renewal, not depletion.
Join us for this community gathering to:
Learn how conservation cemeteries differ from standard and green cemeteries.
Explore how our end-of-life choices can heal the planet.
Be part of the growing movement urging California lawmakers to cut the red tape and make these options available here at home.
Let’s be honest… there isn’t a lot of transparency within our current funeral industry, we want to change that! Join us for real conversation about our common burial practices and gain an understanding about how harmful they are not only to our bodies, but to the planet – and learn about greener options that may impact your end-of-life decision making.
Questions? hello@dodeathdifferent.com
Instagram @thedeathnetwork
Website www.TheDeathNetwork.com
We can’t wait to see you!

The Grief Well Drop In Virtual Grief Gathering
2025-09-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual Event
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE AND SHARE GRIEF TOGETHER THROUGH POETRY, FREE WRITING, SHARING, WITNESSING, AND SILENCE.
EVERYTHING AS AN INVITATION.
PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER WAY FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU.
All grief welcome – past, present, and future. Death and non-death grief.

Death Cafe
2025-09-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | The Lotus Center, 4376 South 700 East #200, Millcreek, UT, 84124, United States
The Lotus Center Death Cafe is open to the public and typically consists of an agenda-free discussion of death . Our objective will be to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. Dinner will be served.
All ages welcome. This is a safe, judgement-free, no-fixing zone. Every belief is welcome.

Crying with Clay
2025-09-24 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Carter & Rose, 3601 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Whether you are a long-time griever or new to the experience, join us for an evening of creative clay work. You will have the chance to connect with others who are navigating their own grief as well. In this workshop we will create ceramic grief jars, or grief urns. Colleen from “Death Doula Does,” will guide grievers in building a personal grief self-care ritual, and teach them how to hold space for their journey with grief.
Two evenings are available: September 24th, 6-9pm and October 22nd, 6-9pm
All clay materials and firing are included, and all participants will receive a grief care zine from Death Doula Does.
Completed grief jars will be ready for pick up approximately 2 weeks after completion.
Masks are required for this class and will be provided. No cloth masks please.

Death over Drafts (zoom) with special guest The Dementia Deck!
2025-09-25 16:30 - 17:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, Cornelius, NC, 28031
Cheers! Please join me, Stefanie Elkins, Death over Drafts Founder, as well as Family Caregiver Consultant and EOL Doula with Be Present Care, along with Lisa Pahl, LCSW, The Death Deck and Jamie Thrower, The Queer Grief Club, as we are buzzed to be offering this quarterly Death over Drafts via Zoom in addition to our physical locations. This DoD Zoom’s special guest along with Lisa and Jamie is the introduction of The Dementia Deck!!!
Death over Drafts are community gatherings where end-of-life conversations are being “tapped” at breweries nationwide and in Canada. These events are hosted by Crafters aka Hosts who welcome those curious and serve in the end-of-life space to connect, reflect, share, and have fun. Please bring your beverage of choice to our Death over Drafts!
Overview of Death over Drafts Zoom
Collective Cheers, Welcome & Participant Check-In
2-4 Prompts with Lisa and Jamie in discussing the creation of the Deck.
Lets play The Dementia Deck!!!
Reflection and Closing
We look forward to being able to gather all across the country together for this Zoom! Bring your beverage of Choice!
Join Us Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82388504728
FYI:
All are welcome!
You can still come if you don’t love beer 😉
This is a super supportive community, yet we are not a support group.
In this communal environment, we remind you to be responsible for your own engagement.
Death over Drafts Happy Hour started with a brewing vision to bring people together and create meaningful connections by combining two passions—craft beer and conversations on end-of-life.
If you are interested in being a Death over Drafts Crafter ask Host in your community and be part of a network of like-minded individuals who like to welcome conversations on end-of-life. Click Her

Art as a Mirror: Exploring Grief at the Met Museum
2025-09-27 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10028, 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 grief and feelings around dying, using art as a catalyst for deeper understanding. This engaging experience encourages processing and dialogue as we reflect on how these artistic expressions might resonate with our own journeys through grief, creating space for both individual contemplation and shared understanding.
Please note: This is an interactive experience where participants are invited to share thoughts and feelings. We understand that some people prefer to process quietly while others find healing through verbal expression—both approaches are welcome and honored in our group.
This tour is available in English only, and will require some mobility as we will be touring across two floors of the museum.
Group is limited to 15 people. Ticket purchase includes the tour and general admission to the museum.
This event is presented by Life and Soul as part of our Death of the Party event series.

Grief in the Workplace
2025-09-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom, Cornelius, NC, 28031
In this webinar, hosted by The Grief Hub, Grief and Bereavement Educator and Researcher , Dr. Kimberly Rich, will share ways that grief may show up in the workplace and will share resources to help participants meet organizational expectations in the face of grief. Dr. Rich will also provide guidance on how participants can advocate for themselves when returning to work while grieving, and help participants support their coworkers when they are grieving.

Too Poor to Die: A reading & conversation with author, Amy Shea
2025-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Ararat Armenian Cemetery, 1925 West Belmont Avenue - Memorial Mausoleum, Fresno, CA, 93728, United States
Join author Amy Shea at Memorial Mausoleum at Ararat Armenian Cemetery for the launch of her debut book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Through intimate essays and fieldwork, Shea brings to light the stories of those who pass unnoticed, unhoused, unclaimed, and underserved. The afternoon will include a reading, conversation, and book signing with the author, accompanied by a live bagpiper, a brief memorial honoring those buried in the county cemetery, and a reception with baked goods alongside coffee and tea.
Books sold by Judging by the Cover bookstore.
In the spirit of collective care, we will also be accepting donations of new/packaged socks for Fresno Mission, a local organization providing services to individuals experiencing homelessness.
We also ask folks to please bring flowers for the ceremony portion of the event!

Eating Our Feelings: A Book Club for Readers and Grievers
2025-09-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | BC
Love reading? Love eating? Morbidly curious, or curiously morbid?Join us for the launch of Eating Our Feelings, a book club for readers and grievers. We will meet on Sunday, September 28 at Mr Cookbop in New Haven CT from 1 – 2:30PM.
Here’s how it works: we all read the same book, then share food based on what we read. We will chat for two hours and eat our feelings.
This month, we are reading Crying in H Mart. This bestselling memoir is about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR).
Things you can bring: quotes that resonated with you; questions for the group. You don’t need to have finished the book, but we would love for you to come ready to share food and thoughts.
We will bring: a spirit of kind inquiry and light facilitation.
Please note that most dishes at this restaurant aren’t vegetarian or vegan – make sure to check the menu online before RSVP’ing.
Donation of $5 will go towards organizing future events.
The organizers are Becca and Kate of Connecticut Death Collective and Catherine of Death Project Manager – deathworkers who enjoy hosting events centering spaces to discuss the taboo in community.
More info and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eating-our-feelings-a-book-club-for-readers-and-grievers-tickets-1578199560369

Local Author Panel: What is a Good Death?
2025-09-29 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
What makes a good death? Join us at the Mill Valley Public Library for a special conversation between three accomplished local authors whose recent works explore the profound theme of death and dying from unique and powerful perspectives, including choosing when to die, managing parents’ deaths, and disparities in end-of-life and death care for unhoused and unclaimed people. Featuring authors Katy Butler, Mark Dowie, and Amy Shea, and moderated by Dr. Dawn Gross.

Author Conversation: Too Poor to Die
2025-09-30 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Please join us on Tuesday, Sep 30th, 2025 at 4:00pm PDT for a conversation between author, Amy Shea and death doula and educator, Lauren Seeley to discuss of Amy’s new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins.
Too Poor to Die bears witness to the disparities in death and dying faced by some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized and asks the reader to consider their own end-of-life and disposition plans within the larger context of how privilege and access plays a role in what we want versus what we get in death.

NHFA September 2025 Webinar: Creating Meaningful Rituals for Families After Cremation
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | BC
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 northwestern Pennsylvania, where they live with their two teenage children.
Participants will leave with practical tools, inspiring examples, and resources to help families move beyond cremation toward meaningful acts of remembrance.

A Living Funeral Ceremony
2025-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Scribble, 5541 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90042, United States
A community offering at the close of eclipse season. Join us for a Living Funeral Ceremony: a ritual space to release what no longer serves and step into what’s next.
A Living Funeral Ceremony is an immersive meditative experience that encourages participants to face their own mortality. Through engaging in ritual and guidance through a death visualization–contemplating your own memorial as you imagine letting go of your earthly self–participants are invited to “die before you die, to live while you’re alive.”

Grief Walks
2025-10-03 18:00 - 2025-10-31 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Riverdale Park East, 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M4K2L3, Canada
FREE TO ATTEND
Thursdays in October 2025
6PM – 7PM
Riverdale Park East – meet at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse
450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2N1
Closest transit stop: Broadview Ave at Langley Ave-Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital
Join Death Doula & Soul Companion, Adrianna Prosser aka Lady Death Doula, for an hour long walk with grief
*in partnership with InTO the Ravines – a Park People and City of Toronto supported event
Autumn is a season when we embrace death and dying as we watch the leaves turn and the weather change, and Mother Nature shows us how to die with grace. Each week learn about metabolizing your grief and how sound, movement, community, and storytelling can alleviate symptoms and build capacity for holding your grief. In the final week we will learn about legacy and build a pop-up community memorial together. Come to share your grief aloud, or come to be quiet and listen to the trees and be with others who understand where you are at in your grief journey.
October 2nd: Storytelling – You are invited to bring a picture of the person, place, pet, or anything that you are grieving. As we walk let’s share who or what they were to us.
October 9: Movement – You are invited to walk in silence, walk’n’talk, listen to your earphones… as we walk together holding space for us and allow the trees help us metabolize our grief through shinrin yoku or “forest bathing”. Special guest James Johnson of Reiki with James
October 16: Sound – You are invited to share a song that reminds you of your person, place, pet or anything that you are grieving. If you bring a bluetooth capable device to share it with, a speaker will be made available for us all to hear your song.
October 23: Community – As we walk through our grief, you are invited to share who or what you have lost and find others in our group to walk with. Walk together even if you walk in silence, walk’n’talk, or walk with the trees holding space for your grief. Community helps us reflect and integrate our grief so we do not feel so alone within it.
October 30: Legacy – As we walk through our grief, you are invited to share how your grief metabolizes into acts of mourning, ritual, or legacy projects – things you do now as an act of love for your person, place, pet, or anything you are grieving now. We will create a communal pop-up memorial together.
This is a peer-led community walk in public space. Please dress appropriately for the weather, bring water, and participate at your own comfort and risk.
Look for new Griefy Giveaways each week to the first ten people who attend:
Week 1: First 10 people will RECEIVE a paperback copy of Aly Bird’s “Grief Ally” an empowering guide gives you solid step-by-step advice on how to support the grief journey
Week 2 + 3: First 10 people will RECEIVE an enamel “I am Grieving” pin by Canadian creator Margaux Wosk
Week 4: First 10 people will RECEIVE a mini 2×3 frame to start their home memorial to remember their decedent.

The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
2025-10-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | BC
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, live, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life.
What It Is:
Each month, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together.
You’ll receive:
-A live End of life teaching course with me, Suzanne B. O’Brien, RN
-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide
-A group discussion and experiential exercise
-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free
Who It’s For:
-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )
-Death Doulas, aspiring Death Doulas, medical professionals
-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support
-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death, aging, and life itself
Why It Matters:
Death is 100% guaranteed—and yet, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it.
This lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear, trauma, and prolonged suffering and grief.
But death is not the enemy.
It is our greatest teacher about how to truly live.
When 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!
What You Can Do:
Join The Experience and Share with Your Friends!

"It's Complicated" Support Group
2025-10-09 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | 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 is a space for us.

National End of Life Doula Alliance Presents: Doulapalooza
2025-10-10 - 2025-10-13 | The Higgins-New Orleans, 1000 Magazine St, New Orleans,, LA, 70130, United States
We are thrilled to share that Doulapalooza 2025 is set to be our biggest and most impactful event yet – and for the first time, it will be held in person! This year’s event will be at The Higgins in New Orleans, LA from October 10-12.
As the flagship conference of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA), Doulapalooza is a one-of-a-kind gathering where doulas, healthcare providers, educators, and advocates come together to share knowledge, forge connections, and inspire new possibilities in the field of deathcare.
You do not need to be an end-of-life doula or NEDA member to attend. We welcome anyone working in or interested in the end-of-life field to join us for this inspiring and educational weekend.

Virtual Silent Book Club of Death
2025-10-10 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | BC
Death Project Manager, Silent Book Club of Death, Silent Book Club of Death NYC, Silent Book Club of Death MTL, and TalkDeath’s Book Club are thrilled to invite you to a Virtual Silent Book Club of Death meeting!
This virtual gathering will be on Friday, October 10th at 5pm ET/ 4pm CT/ 3pm MT/ 2pm PT.
Silent Book Club of Death meetings are structured like any Silent Book Club gathering: you meet up with friendly, like-minded readers, and then politely ignore them while reading a book of your own choosing. Members are encouraged to bring books related to the theme of death, dying, grief, aging, or mortality, but anyone who wants to just read quietly in a death-conscious space is welcome to join.
Folks are welcome to be on or off camera. We’ll play some relaxing music. After the designated reading time, folks are welcome to stay on and share a bit about what they’re reading and connect.
A loose agenda for the evening is as follows:
5PM – 5:15PM: readers join; introductions of hosts and guests
5:15 – 5:45PM: silent reading time while music plays
5:45 – 6:15PM: share out about what you’ve read and lightly facilitated group discussion
6:15 – 6:30PM: goodbyes and wrap up
This virtual event will be held via Zoom. Closed captions will be enabled. If we can do anything to provide accessibility, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Guests who RSVP will be emailed the Zoom link.
We hope you can join us!
Learn more and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-silent-book-club-of-death-tickets-1671597245359?aff=oddtdtcreator

Journal Club and Death With Lex present: A Moment With Grief
2025-10-11 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Dockweiler Beach, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, CA, 90293, United States
Journal Club is excited to announce a Moment with Grief, a special edition meeting all about grief!
We will be joined by the incredible Alexis from Death with Lex to guide us and welcome us to the world of grief. This meeting will follow our usual format of journaling, mindfulness, somatic practices but will have a focus on grief and all the things related to it. Remember that grief is NOT only about death, so we will be exploring many different expressions of it.
Where will we be?
This month we are meeting around the fire at Dockweiler, there is parking!! Parking is not free so I suggest carpooling…drop your neighborhood in the comments and see who you can link up with.
What to bring?
Please bring a journal, something to sit on, water, sunscreen and a writing utensil. We also highly encourage you to bring any comfort items such as a stuffy, crystals, whatever makes you feel safe : )
Who is Alexis?
Alexis Hart, a Los Angeles native, is a seasoned death care professional with over a decade of experience across various facets of end-of-life and death care. Her extensive
background spans mortuary and cemetery services, medical examiner, hospice, and forensic pathology, establishing her as a guiding light during families’ darkest moments.
Passionate about nature, Alexis seamlessly integrates its healing power into her work, enhancing the support she provides to those in need. She blends ritual, creativity, and compassion to craft meaningful, inclusive spaces where grief is honored as both personal and collective, sacred and transformative.
With a deep commitment to inclusivity and healing justice, she helps shape spaces where all stories are honored, and grief becomes a portal for connection, meaning, and transformation. Alexis is deeply honored to educate and serve grieving families as well as communities, offering compassion and expertise throughout their journey.

Friends Missing Friends: A Gathering for Friend-Loss Grievers
2025-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Are you grieving the death of a friend? Do you want to meet and gather with people who GET it? Friend-loss grief is isolating because it’s disenfranchised, and there are very few resources available. We shouldn’t have to do this alone. Let’s honor our friends, talk about our grief, and find comfort in community.
