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SUMMARY:Grief Rest Stop - women led\, women invited
DESCRIPTION:Grief Rest Stop\, for women experiencing grief and bereavement \nApril 19th – a special night just for women (trans women are women)\n6PM-8PM\n$49 \n6 spots only\nRegister at: https://calendly.com/ladydeathdoula/griefreststopwomen\n257 Danforth Ave\, The Plant Mystic\nToronto M4K 1N2 \nEmail ladydeathdoula@gmail.com for any questions\, or help booking. \nGrief Rest Stop \nlay down your grief and rest a moment\, led by women and women invited. \nLet’s let the weight we hold for grief rest a while and have a grief rest stop. \nMeet with Adrianna\, aka Lady Death Doula\, a death doula and grief educator\, and Esné\, a clinical hypnotherapist and reiki practitioner\, both who want to share resources and tools for you to metabolize your grief and help find ways to shed some of the heaviness that comes with grief. \nBYOB (bring your own blanket or pillow if you like)\nElectric fireplace and lit by candlelight for extra coziness\nGentle grief release meditation with reiki\nHot cup of chocolate or tea (for grounding)\nWhat to expect: \n1st hour: build a blanket fort with your fellow grievers and go through the storytelling of your loss; share where you are at in your grief journey and what/who/where you are grieving. And an introduction into Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT) as a grief support tool led by Esné to ground into the space and the meditation. \n2nd hour: 40 minute guided meditation on releasing grief led by Adrianna; as Esné our reiki practitioner moves around the room while people relax and release sounds or movement they feel will help their grief release. \nLast 20 minutes: debrief\, ground with tea or hot chocolate \nemail ladydeathdoula@gmail.com for any questions \nYour facilitators:\nEsné is Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Somatic Practitioner who offers grounded\, practical sessions focused on revealing and healing the subconscious self – otherwise known as the ‘shadow’. Using modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)\, channeling and hypnosis\, she guides sensitive people to heal old patterns and traumas\, and embark on a new chapter of spiritual evolution. Esné is a twice-certified Master in traditional and modern Usui Reiki\, and practices shamanic energy work\, in combination with Master Plant dieta retreats in the Peruvian Amazon. Esné has ongoing training with the Amazonian jungle ‘Master Plants’ within the context of the Shipibo shamanic tradition. She facilitates Ayahuasca retreats within Peru and abroad. Additionally\, she is deepening her work with the subconscious at the Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy\, licensed by the Department of Education in the US\, as she is a recent graduate as a Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist program. Follow her for more events and service offerings: @Natural.Esne on Instagram\, Facebook \nAdrianna Prosser\, aka Lady Death Doula\, Death Doula and Grief Educator\nYou might have seen Adrianna on CTV’s The Social as a special guest talking about the Death Positive Movement\, or heard her on CBC Radio One across the country talking about grief and bereavement\, or in Canadian Business Magazine as a death industry disruptor\, or liked one of her TikTok videos sharing her journey as a Death Doula. Adrianna’s brother Andrew died by suicide in 2010 and his death catipulated her life into death work and mental health advocacy: she became a suicide awareness trainer and interventionist. She toured her one-woman show Everything But the Cat… for 10 years about suicide loss and bereavement\, utilizing her storytelling background to create inclusive space to open a dialogue around death and dying. In 2019 Adrianna’s coworker Roberta asked if she wanted to go to Disneyland and South Korea to celebrate getting off chemo for stage four breast cancer; Roberta had a year to live and wanted a companion to get through her bucketlist and of course Adrianna said yes and embraced being a Death Doula for her friend. Holding liminal space and being comfortable in the discomfort has led Adrianna to become a hospice volunteer and grief counselor. She is currently in a fast-tracked Bachelor’s of Social Work to become a grief therapist to complement all the training she has done as a death worker. Her practice is anti-oppressive\, radically feminist\, and magically authentic to ensure she centers her companions where they are at on their care journey. Join the death positive conversation with her: @LadyDeathDoula on TikTok\, Instagram\, SubStack
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/grief-rest-stop-women-led-women-invited/
LOCATION:The Plant Mystic\, ​257 Danforth Avenue\, Toronto\, ON\, M4K2L3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Grief Release,Peer-Led Grief Support
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SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning Day with a Death Doula
DESCRIPTION:It’s Advance Care Planning Day\, and today is a reminder that we need to make a plan for when we can’t speak up for ourselves. \nApril 16th\, 2026\n7PM – 8PM EST\n$10\nONLINE Virtual Admin Hangout with a Death Doula\nRegister your spot: https://calendly.com/ladydeathdoula/advance-care-planning-day \nYou know you should do it… but every time you sit down to do it\, you end up doom scrolling\, or even washing the dishes because ANYTHING is better than planning for a crisis. What is it with our brains shutting down and freaking out about planning for worst case scenarios? Talking about sex won’t make you pregnant – and talking about death and dying won’t make you dead. This is making sure our future self isn’t anxious: so that Future You is confident that things will work out the way I WANT them to. \nHaving a plan\, having meaningful conversations outside of crisis is hard and heavy work\, but Future You is so thankful already\, and so is your family who will know what you want when you can’t speak up for yourself. \nLet’s do this.\nLet’s have a virtual admin hang-out and get this sh*t done! Print off the PDF from Advance Care Planning Canada: https://advancecareplanningontario.ca/acp/acp-workbook/download-a-workbook and let’s fill it out\, together. \nI’m here to hold space and answer questions\, and if I don’t know the answer that’s ok I will do my best to find out – I’m not shy when it comes to talking about death and dying. \nGrab a tea\, have a snack\, and let’s make our future selves happy we did this today. \nFrom Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association \nAdvance Care Planning Day \n \nWho would you trust to make your healthcare decisions?\nPlanning for your future healthcare needs is important. What would happen if you couldn’t decide for yourself? Who would you trust to make those healthcare decisions for you? \nThink about who you would trust with making those important decisions for you. \nThink about what matters most in your life and how that might help guide someone in making the kinds of healthcare decisions you would want. \nThe best time to think about this is now when you can decide for yourself. We have useful guides to help you along the way. \nApril 16th is Advance Care Planning Day. So\, ask yourself: If not you\, who?
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/advance-care-planning-day-with-a-death-doula/
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SUMMARY:Grief Walks
DESCRIPTION:FREE TO ATTEND\nThursdays in October 2025\n6PM – 7PM\nRiverdale Park East – meet at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse\n450 Broadview Ave\, Toronto\, ON M4K 2N1\nClosest transit stop: Broadview Ave at Langley Ave-Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital \nJoin Death Doula & Soul Companion\, Adrianna Prosser aka Lady Death Doula\, for an hour long walk with grief\n*in partnership with InTO the Ravines – a Park People and City of Toronto supported event\nAutumn 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. \nOctober 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. \nOctober 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 \nOctober 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. \nOctober 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. \nOctober 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. \nThis 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. \nLook for new Griefy Giveaways each week to the first ten people who attend: \nWeek 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 \nWeek 2 + 3: First 10 people will RECEIVE an enamel “I am Grieving” pin by Canadian creator Margaux Wosk \nWeek 4: First 10 people will RECEIVE a mini 2×3 frame to start their home memorial to remember their decedent.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/grief-walks/
LOCATION:Riverdale Park East\, 450 Broadview Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4K2L3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Grief Group,Grief Release,Peer-Led Grief Support
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