“Befriending Mortality” 6-Week Series
What does Befriending Mortality mean to you? Join me to reflect on many facets of this time-honored question.
After getting an incredible reception for the pilot of this six-session series last fall, I’m offering a new round, this time with bonus sessions. Attend the whole series or only the session(s) of your choice.
WHAT: A series of six on-line classes held twice a month February–April 2024. Sessions are 75 minutes long, each centered on a specific topic, and include presentations, poetry, questions for reflection, and detailed follow-up materials. Recordings of sessions are available to registrants. See topics below.
“Honestly, this was one of the best workshop series I’ve ever been involved with. It was a perfect blend of facts and feelings. The beauty of the poems, songs, and films was essential for me. Holly is thorough and compassionate. It was a safe space for a subject that calls out for one.”
WHEN/ WHERE: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, February–April at 5–6:15pm pacific via Zoom
- Befriending Mortality – February 13, 2024
- Final Disposition – February 27, 2024
- Remembering Together – March 12, 2024
- The Dying Time – March 26, 2024
- From Death to Disposition – April 9, 2024
- Making a Death Plan – April 23, 2024
- + Befriending Mortality Death Cafés Feb. 20, March 19, April 30
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HOW MUCH: Sliding scale $25 – $45/ class; $120 – $270 for the series
BONUS SESSIONS!
- DEATH CAFE: Each month during the series, a no-cost conversation for Befriending Mortality participants to give voice to whatever is on your mind regarding death, dying, and grief, in the company of others.
- 1-1 CONSULT: Those registering for the full series also have the option of a complimentary one-hour session with Holly by phone or Zoom on the topic of your choice, to be completed by June, 2024.
Registration is closed; contact me for info on future classes.
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Befriending Mortality 6-Week Series
Last Updated: April 7, 2024 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
“Befriending Mortality” 6-Week Series
What does Befriending Mortality mean to you? Join me to reflect on many facets of this time-honored question.
After getting an incredible reception for the pilot of this six-session series last fall, I’m offering a new round, this time with bonus sessions. Attend the whole series or only the session(s) of your choice.
WHAT: A series of six on-line classes held twice a month February–April 2024. Sessions are 75 minutes long, each centered on a specific topic, and include presentations, poetry, questions for reflection, and detailed follow-up materials. Recordings of sessions are available to registrants. See topics below.
WHEN/ WHERE: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, February–April at 5–6:15pm pacific via Zoom
Scroll down for topic descriptions.
HOW MUCH: Sliding scale $25 – $45/ class; $120 – $270 for the series
BONUS SESSIONS!
Registration is closed; contact me for info on future classes.
Read MoreBefriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes
Last Updated: March 28, 2024 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
New Offering! Monthly “Befriending Mortality” classes via Zoom
WHAT: Attend the monthly classes of your choice. Sessions are 75 minutes long and include information, reflection, and group participation centered on a rotating topic. See topics below.
WHEN: The first Tuesday of each month at 5pm pacific (2nd Tuesday in January):
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WHERE: Via Zoom
HOW MUCH: Sliding scale $20 – $45/ class; $120 – $270 for the series
NEW ADDITION! MONTHLY DEATH CAFE: Between each Monthly Topic Class I will host an optional, no-cost, open-format conversation for class and cohort members to share with each other what’s up regarding befriending mortality. Dates and Zoom link will be sent to those registered for monthly classes.
Pre-registration for each monthly class is required via Eventbrite:
Befriending Mortality 6-Week Cohort
Last Updated: March 28, 2024 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
This fall I’m launching a series of Befriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes, along with the committed six-session cohort described here. Same content, two different formats – attend the monthly classes of your choice OR read on to consider participating with a small, supportive cohort in a biweekly series of sessions, culminating in the creation of an individualized written death plan.
Befriending Mortality Cohort Fall 2023
Six sessions held on Zoom every other Wednesday at 5pm pacific. Sessions are 90 minutes long and include information, reflection, and sharing within a small, supportive cohort. Self-paced worksheets enable you to continue reflection between sessions and end the series with a written plan, if desired. Enrollment capped at 12.
Inaugural Cohort Dates:
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Befriending Mortality Classes & Cohorts
Last Updated: January 24, 2024 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
This fall I’m launching a series of monthly Befriending Mortality classes, along with a committed six-session cohort. Same content, two different formats – attend the monthly classes of your choice OR participate with a small, supportive cohort in a biweekly series of sessions, culminating in the creation of an individualized written death plan.
Befriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes
Monthly sessions on Zoom the first Tuesday of each month at 5pm pacific. Sessions are 75 minutes long and include information, reflection, and group participation centered on a rotating topic. Pre-registration for each monthly class is required.
Click on topic to register for each Monthly Class:
Scroll down for more on content and pricing.
Befriending Mortality Cohort Fall 2023
Six sessions held on Zoom every other Wednesday at 5pm pacific. Sessions are 90 minutes long and include information, reflection, and sharing within a small, supportive cohort. Self-paced worksheets enable you to continue reflection between sessions and end the series with a written plan, if desired. Enrollment capped at 12.
Read MoreLast Updated: April 6, 2023 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
Washington Funeral Resources & Education
In Washington, as in most states, no one is required to purchase the services of a funeral director or funeral home when a death occurs. Many don’t know that families and community members may conduct most of the tasks commonly performed by a funeral home. This new non-commercial, pubic interest website aims to fill that information gap.
In addition to detailing death care law in the state, Washington Funeral Resources & Education walks readers through the practical “How Tos” of whichever aspects of after-death care they want to handle, and provides guidance in how consumers can get what they want from professionals they hire or authorities they encounter when a death occurs. The site features stories of how others have cared for their dead and concise, professionally-specific in-service training materials along with resources for use in community education.
The site has already expanded access for Washingtonians wanting to handle death certificate filing without hiring a funeral director. After our team initiated outreach to the Department of Health to highlight the discrepancy between Washingtonians’ rights under the law and the current practice of restricting filing to professionals with EDRS access, DOH published a clarification titled Families Acting as Funeral Directors. (Read more.) The sister website, Oregon Funeral Resources & Education, has spurred changes in hospital body release and family information policies.
It’s been my honor and privilege to work on this project with Jodie Buller at White Eagle Memorial Preserve; Lee Webster, who created the model and then built both the Oregon and Washington sites; the mourners and advocates who shared their stories; and the Washington organizations and individuals who provided research and review. (Read the full honor roll.)
The Death Talk Project
From 2016–2019 the Death Talk Project organized workshops, rituals, Death Cafés, a monthly movie night, and other events. This legacy site documents our approach to useful, honest conversation about how we die, how we mourn, and how we care for and remember our dead.
Non-Commercial Deathcare Info
Check out Oregon Funeral Resources & Education and The Funeral Partnership for other states.
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