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:
- Befriending Mortality – October 3, 2023
- Final Disposition – November 7, 2023
- Remembering Together – December 5, 2023
- The Dying Time – January 9 (2nd Tuesday), 2024
- From Death to Disposition – February 6, 2024
- Making a Death Plan – March 5, 2024
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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.
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Remembering Together: Dec. 5 Monthly Topic Class
Posted: November 22, 2023 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
Ceremonies of Bereavement & Remembrance
Ten years after my father’s death I wrote the eulogy he’d never had.
How do we honor, and strengthen, the continuity of relationships across the veil of life and death?
Join me December 5th for the third of my new Befriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes. Along with remembering, together, those we are missing, we’ll share inspiring examples of creative ceremonies of bereavement and remembrance, including:
NEW ADDITION! MONTHLY DEATH CAFE: January–March I will host an optional, no-cost, open-format conversation for class participants to share with each other what’s up regarding befriending mortality. Dates and Zoom link will be sent to those registered for monthly classes.
Read MoreBefriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes
Last Updated: November 13, 2023 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:
Final Disposition: Nov. 7 Monthly Topic Class
Last Updated: November 13, 2023 by hollyjpruett Leave a Comment
Final Disposition
Meet my friend Mark, seen here shrouded in the back of the ‘62 Suburban that served as his hearse. Mark died in his sleep five months shy of turning 50. He’d often told his beloved wife Phyllis, “If I die, pack me on ice and take me to our family’s pioneer cemetery.” As Phyllis says, “It turns out it’s more complicated than that.” But with the help of friends, she made it happen.
Learning death, before our own — what will happen to your body once you die? How will your death certificate be filled out when it comes to your final disposition?
Join me November 7th for the second of my new Befriending Mortality Monthly Topic Classes. We’ll consider the full range of final disposition options including:
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.
Read MoreBefriending Mortality 6-Week Cohort
Last Updated: September 11, 2023 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: September 11, 2023 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 MoreThe 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.
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