Dying Kindness Essentials

Dying Kindness Essentials is a comprehensive live online course that will provide you with the tools, support, and accountability you need to finally check off that "I need to get this done" box! By working together as a cohort over several weeks, you'll be able to transform the mental blocks that keep you from making crucial decisions that will have lasting effects on those you love.

  • Accountability partners to help hold you to your decisions
  • Support and tools to get through hard emotions that can get you stuck
  • Frank conversation where you can ask the questions you've been wanting to ask
  • Practice sessions to learn how to have tough conversations (e.g., talking with your parents about their plans)
  • Alternating lecture and lab sessions because sometimes you need more information and other times you just need to set aside time to work on your stuff
  • Will include discussions often not covered by mainstream funeral planning: No kids, no partner, multiple partners, LGBTQIA+, family in multiple countries, etc.
  • Topics covered:
    • Death Literacy
    • Wills/Trusts
    • Final Disposition
    • Advance Directives
    • Techniques for raising difficult topics
    • ...and more

Schedule:

  • 2025
    • Weekday format, 12 sessions, 2 hours per session. Thursdays, 10am-12n PST; September 4 – November 13
  • 2026
    • Weekday format, 12 sessions, 2 hours per session. Thursdays, 9am-11a PST; February 6 – April 17
    • Weekend format, 6 sessions, 4 hours per session. Saturdays, 9am-1pm PST; February 7, February 21, March 7, March 28, April 18, May 2

Details and registration links coming soon

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Half-Day Workshops

Half-day workshops focus on a specific portion of the Dying Kindness essentials, perfect for someone who's done some of the work but needs more information or support to complete the rest.

Wills, Trusts, and Distributing What We Value
Saturday, September 20, 2025
9am-1pm PST
Online, via Zoom

Final Disposition: Deciding what we want done with our bodies
Saturday, October 25, 2025
9am-1pm PST
Online, via Zoom

Advance Directives
Saturday, November 15, 2025
9am-1pm PST
Online, via Zoom

Details and registration links coming soon

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CUSTOM COACHING AND PRIVATE WORKSHOPS

If you would like to do a customized supported work session or a private workshop together with your family and/or friends, please send me a message. These can be in-person or remote, for 2-25 people, depending on what you need.