The Death Book Club convenes next month on Sunday, the 17th of May at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST / 7pm BST to discuss Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. Conversation runs for about an hour via Google Meet. Future titles and dates: 16 August: Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks 15 November: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: and Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty email ERIN: ambiant.truth@gmail.com to sign up
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. Our 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 […]
CROSSROADS TO CROSSWALKS, WE ARE HERE: Working to Preserve Hallowed Ground at the Intersection of Dignity and Unity Date, Time, and Location Thursday, May 21, 2026 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 22, 2026 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Reception to follow USFSP Student Centers & Events 200 6th Ave S. USC 173 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT This two-day event brings together people, families, community organizations, cemetery preservation advocates, researchers, artists, descendants, heritage practitioners, and anyone committed to learning about Black cemetery erasure and preservation efforts and advancing dignity for the dead. Through presentations, workshops, and community conversations, […]
Deathly Matters is a one-day community conference dedicated to doing death better, featuring 12 speakers exploring emerging perspectives on death, dying, grief, MAiD, death doulas, green burial, ritual, psychedelics, and more. In addition to learning and conversation, attendees can experience art, music, a community mandala, the Before I Die wall, and the Doing Death Different marketplace showcasing holistic, community-based approaches to end-of-life care.
Doing Death Different is a unique marketplace, exploring alternative approaches to end-of-life care, promoting a more conscious and holistic perspective.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE AND SHARE GRIEF TOGETHER THROUGH POETRY, FREE WRITING, SHARING, WITNESSING, AND SILENCE. EVERYTHING AS AN INVITATION. PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER WAY FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU. All grief welcome - past, present, and future. Death and non-death grief.
The Lotus Center Death Cafe is open to the public and typically consists of an agenda-free discussion of death . Our objective will be to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. Dinner will be served. All ages welcome. This is a safe, judgement-free, no-fixing zone. Every belief is welcome.
Meditations on Death and Dying is a monthly series of explorations and discussions devoted to honest, thoughtful engagement with death, dying, and grief as essential parts of the human experience. Meeting on the last Saturday of each month, this series offers a welcoming, reflective space to approach mortality not as something morbid or distant, but as something we live alongside every day. Each gathering features a guest with a unique relationship to death through lived experience, professional work, spiritual inquiry, or philosophical reflection. Together, we explore the physical, emotional, spiritual, metaphysical, and philosophical dimensions of death, as well as the […]
This is a monthly offering, happening on the second Tuesday of every month. This offering is designed to support somatically moving our shared and personal grief. We begin to build our container through brief sharing and connecting and then move into movement, vocalizing, wailing, praying, and drumming. We are building community through acknowledging and exploring the shared human experience of grief and loss.
Less Fear | More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning LGBTQ+ Centric Online Discussion Series 2nd Wednesdays | 1-2:30 pm ET | | January - June 2026 What does it mean to leave a legacy that’s as unapologetically queer as the life you lived? This thought-provoking and imaginative session centers on legacy-making and creative expression at the end of life. We’ll discuss art-making, memory work, and how grief itself can be a generative process. Participants will be invited to begin their own small legacy projects.
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: “I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.” Or: “The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” The truth is: We will all have a caregiving story. Let’s make sure yours is one filled with support, empowerment, and peace. That’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a […]
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 […]
