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SUMMARY:Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital book club
DESCRIPTION: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. \n-Sundays 6:30 to 8pm ET beginning September 14th\n-Free to attend\n-Free PDF of the book from author\, James Rowe\n-Physical copy offered with a 30% discount from Routledge \nThis 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. \nThis 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!)
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/radical-mindfulness-why-transforming-fear-of-death-is-politically-vital-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T140000
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SUMMARY:The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course
DESCRIPTION: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:\n“I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.”\nOr:\n“The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” \nThe truth is:\nWe will all have a caregiving story. \nLet’s make sure yours is one filled with support\, empowerment\, and peace. \nThat’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. \nWhat It Is:\nEach month\, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together. \nYou’ll receive:\n-A live End of life teaching course with me\, Suzanne B. O’Brien\, RN\n-A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide\n-A group discussion and experiential exercise\n-A full 12 month Death and Dying Course for free \nWho It’s For: \n-Current and future caregivers ( all of us )\n-Death Doulas\, aspiring Death Doulas\, medical professionals\n-Individuals seeking grief healing and emotional support\n-Anyone who wants spiritual inspiration and empowerment around death\, aging\, and life itself \nWhy It Matters:\nDeath is 100% guaranteed—and yet\, our modern culture has stripped away the education and sacredness that used to surround it. \nThis lack of awareness is contributing to unnecessary fear\, trauma\, and prolonged suffering and grief. \nBut death is not the enemy. \nIt is our greatest teacher about how to truly live. \nWhen 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! \nWhat You Can Do:\nJoin The Experience and Share with Your Friends!
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/the-good-death-book-club-experience-free-12-month-death-and-dying-course-2-2/2026-01-08/
CATEGORIES:Community Meet Up,Education,Grief Release,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Doulagivers Institute":MAILTO:support@doulagivers.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260108T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260108T190000
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SUMMARY:"It's Complicated" Support Group
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/its-complicated-support-group-2/2026-01-08/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260114T200000
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CREATED:20251216T193704Z
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SUMMARY:Becky Robison in conversation with Kaira Tucker
DESCRIPTION:Louisville! To celebrate the launch of my new book\, My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death\, join me at Carmichael’s on Frankfort for a discussion and book signing with everyone’s favorite local librarian\, cemetery enthusiast\, and certified goth\, Kaira Tucker.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/becky-robison-in-conversation-with-kaira-tucker/
LOCATION:Carmichael’s Bookstore\, 2720 Frankfort Avenue\, Louisville\, KY\, 40206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Community Meet Up,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="My Parents Are Dead%3A What Now&gt%3B?":MAILTO:hello@deadparentswhatnow.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T161500
DTSTAMP:20260422T133159
CREATED:20260107T200147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T222706Z
UID:10001581-1768491000-1768493700@www.talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:When Grief Shows Up in the Body
DESCRIPTION:Join Camila Crews\, founder of Sorry For Your Loss (Cards)\, and Susan Koursaris\, founder of Wholly Heart Nutrition\, for a conversation on how grief shows up in the body and how movement and food can support healing. \nJanuary is Self Love Month\, making this a good time to talk about gentle ways to care for yourself without pressure or perfection. This conversation is not about fixing grief. It is about understanding your body and meeting yourself with compassion.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/when-grief-shows-up-in-the-body/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sorry For Your Loss (Cards)":MAILTO:camila@sorryforyourlosscards.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260116T170000
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CREATED:20260107T150346Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to the Gates of Grief
DESCRIPTION:Grab your lunch or favorite tea and join us for a session with Rebecca Churt\, Founder of The Grievery. \n​This 50-minute introductory session offers a guided walk through a framework that expands grief far beyond death — into the realms of identity\, longing\, lost opportunities\, and the quiet heartache we carry for a fractured world. \n​We’ll take a concise tour of Francis Weller’s Gates of Grief (from The Wild Edge of Sorrow) and explore how grief — when acknowledged rather than avoided — becomes a vital life skill: helping us stay connected to ourselves and what matters most. \n​This session is an invitation to explore grief with curiosity — not to fix anything or relive pain\, but to make room for what has long wanted to be named\, opening the door to greater clarity\, resilience\, and meaning.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/intro-to-the-gates-of-grief/
CATEGORIES:Class,Education,Grief Group,Training,Virtual,Webinar,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260119T190000
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UID:10000356-1768843800-1768849200@www.talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Childfree By Choice & Grieving
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur 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.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/childfree-by-choice-grieving/2026-01-19/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Grief Group,Peer-Led Grief Support,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dear Departures":MAILTO:tawnya@deardepartures.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T133159
CREATED:20260106T133617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T133617Z
UID:10001515-1769072400-1769169600@www.talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:Life After Loss- Addressing Grief Aftermath: Coping\, Meaning Making\, and Healing In the Weeks\, Months\, and Years After Loss
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Center for Applied Research Solutions to create and engage in rich learning that focuses on grief work that we often miss: the long-term experiences\, processes\, and impacts of grief for young people\, and how we as providers\, systems leaders\, and culture builders can skill ourselves up to attend to the aftermath with as much attention as the acute. \nThanks to the generous support of the New York Life Foundation (New York Life Insurance Company) and the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, we are offering this event to help you build the skills to navigate the long-term impacts of grief. \n🗓️ WHEN: Thursday\, January 22 & Friday\, January 23\, 2026\n💻 WHERE: Virtual (join from anywhere!)\n💸 COST: FREE \nWhat you’ll gain:\n– Strategies to address trauma\, memorialization\, and commemoration.\n– Skills to interrupt isolation and support long-term healing.\n– A deeper understanding of how grief can encompass both joy and deep sadness. \nDay 1: Main Summit — Jan 22\n⏰ 9:00am–2:00pm PT / 12:00–5:00pm ET \nDay 2: Providers’ Processing Space — Jan 23\n⏰ 9:00am–12:00pm PT / 12:00–3:00pm ET \nDay 1 – Thursday\, January 22nd – topics will focus on the aftermath: the weeks\, months\, and years after big events and how grief can be both experiences of joy and celebration and isolation and deep sadness. Day 1 of the summit includes talks from/with Teddy McGlynn-Wright\, workshops with Carla Fernandez\, Tina Rocha\, Samira Moosavi and our team\, two panels of educators\, behavioral health providers\, and leaders (Taj Jensen\, Amy Castellanos\, Shefa Obaid\, Desralynn Cole\, CPPM\, Meghan Graham\, LCSW\, Scott Lindstrom\, Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo\,PhD\, and more) sharing how they navigate grief aftermath leadership post wildfire\, hurricane\, state violence\, substance use\, and social media harm. That amazing day closes with Dr. Zelana Montminy\, whose words of reflection on focus and griefscape will move us all. \nImportantly\, Day 2 – Friday\, January 23rd – focuses on provider processing: often\, providers (whether clinical providers\, systems leaders\, or educators) hold their own grief metabolization on pause while they support children and youth in acute need\, featuring an opening talk by Candice Rose Valenzuela\, a discussion with Ebony Sinnamon-Johnson\, Jerica Coffey\, and Jesus Solorio\, LMFT\, a somatic workshop with Sue Kuyper\, and a closing art practice with Oriana Ides. \nThrough meaningful workshops\, panels\, keynotes\, and discussion forums that focus on grief aftermath\, we will support professionals who work with young people to feel efficacious\, empowered\, and energized with strategies and skills that support young people in navigating all that comes with aftermath coping and healing: addressing trauma and grief activation\, memorialization and commemoration\, interrupting isolation and disenfranchised grief\, structural strategies to ensure ongoing\, responsive care. \nRegister\, see the full agenda and faculty bios here! https://www.cars-rp.org/life-after-loss
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/life-after-loss-addressing-grief-aftermath-coping-meaning-making-and-healing-in-the-weeks-months-and-years-after-loss/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T133159
CREATED:20260126T160813Z
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UID:10001674-1769713200-1769718600@www.talkdeath.com
SUMMARY:What Will Become of Us? Burial\, Cremation\, and Other Forms of Disposition
DESCRIPTION:What will become of us? Join a free online webinar to explore burial\, cremation & natural burial options. Register for link + recording.\nLearn about burial\, cremation\, and other end-of-life options in the National Capital Region. \nConservation Burial Ottawa invites you to a Zoom call on January 29 at 7:00 pm to explore the choices available for the care of physical remains after death. Understanding these options can help us plan a meaningful farewell and make decisions that align with our values. \nYou’ll also learn why Conservation Burial Ottawa advocates for conservation burial! This webinar is fee to attend. \nPlease pre-register to receive the Zoom link and the event recording. Some information will be specific to the Ottawa region\, but all are welcome. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/APEsBtEARrSNlgIoCTcQ6A \nPhoto credit to Ramsey Creek Preserve in South Carolina.
URL:https://www.talkdeath.com/event/what-will-become-of-us-burial-cremation-and-other-forms-of-disposition/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Community Deathcare Ottawa":MAILTO:deathcareottawa@gmail.com
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