Planning is a kindness.

Dying Kindness provides education, tools, and support to help you make end-of-life decisions — before they become urgent.

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You can ease their grief
by making it less complicated

When we die, we leave behind a complex mix of emotions, memories, assets, debts, and physical stuff. Sorting through all of that can be stressful and overwhelming, particularly when grieving. All this gets worse if big decisions need to be made and it’s not clear how to decide or whose responsibility it is.

We can make things easier for those we love by making key decisions ahead of time so they don’t have to.

That’s a Dying Kindness.

We’re here to help, however works best for you

Resources to learn on your own

Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you listen.

Advance Directive Terminology explainer videos plus more on YouTube.

Get books I’ve read and recommend on Bookshop.org.

Free Guide & Newsletter

Sign up for the Dying Kindness newsletter and I’ll send you a free Death Binder Essentials Guide. It’ll help you know what you need to do first in order to support your loved ones.

Take a workshop

There are two main types of workshops:

  • Single-session workshops that focus on a specific topic such as completing an Advance Directive, getting comfortable with talking about death, planning a funeral

  • Death Binder Essentials is a multi-week small-group program designed to give you all the tools and support you need to complete the most essential portions of your Death Binder.

Check the Workshops page for what’s coming up.

Talk one-on-one

Do you want some help thinking through a particularly complex situation?

Do you want to talk confidentially about something?

Do you just want help figuring out what kind of death planning you need to do?

Book a one-on-one call.

Get private individual or group support

If you work best one-on-one, or have a small group that wants to do their death planning together (e.g., family, polycule, friend circle), contact me to talk about designing something that fits your needs.

Email about getting customized support.

Book a workshop for your group

If your workplace, support group, book club, or other organization has a need for customized workshops, get in touch!

Past workshops have been tailored to address:

  • LBGTQIA+ concerns

  • Solo aging

  • Practical end-of-life planning following a terminal diagnosis

  • Emotional barriers to end-of-life decisions

  • Environmental options for end-of-life

  • Handling the decision to age-in-place vs moving

Contact Cianna to learn more.

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I’m going to die someday.

Spoiler alert: You will, too.

I’m Cianna Stewart. I’ve had a lot of death in my life and I know what it feels like when someone dies unprepared. It’s not good.

I don’t want to do that to the ones I love, and I don’t want you to, either. That’s why I’ve dedicated myself to encouraging everyone to talk openly about death and to make plans before they’re needed.

Grief is hard enough. Let’s be kinder about it.