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TalkDeath 2024 Halloween Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
The TalkDeath Cemetery Scavenger Hunt encourages people to appreciate and learn about local cemeteries and their histories. It invites community members to visit ...
Grief Support & Resources
Books for Teenagers Navigating Death and Grief
Navigating life as a teenager is especially difficult, without adding death and grief into the mix. We’ve discussed talking to toddlers and young ...
Culture & Politics
Authenticity and Creativity in a University Death and Dying Course
I reflect on my experiences and showcase some of the creative work produced by my students during the Spring 2024 semester.
Culture & Politics
The Twelve Steps of Grief and Sobriety
Sobriety, like death, is filled with mourning. Here are the twelve steps of grief and sobriety.
Death Care
Designing Grief Work: An Interview with Grief Doula, Meg Wade
Meg Wade is the Grief Doula at Larkspur Conservation, Tennessee’s first nature preserve for natural burial.
More Death Positive Artists You Should Know
In 2018 we showcased some incredible death positive artists. Since then, we’ve discovered more amazing artists whose work inspires us. We hope that ...
Death Care
How to Hold an Inexpensive Funeral, Part 2
Memorial services can be inexpensive and creative. Find out more in part two of our How to Hold an Inexpensive Funeral series.
Culture & Politics
Picnics with the Dead: The Cemetery as a Third Place
Can cemeteries act as third places to address the disconnection caused by alienating social structures?
Culture & Politics
Coming Out as Trans After the Death of a Parent or Loved One
What do we do when our grief includes the way we’ve changed after someone we love has died?
Death Care
How to Hold an Inexpensive Funeral, Part 1
Part one of our series on funerary costs including body disposition, funeral providers, memorialization, and more.