Talking About Death Won’t Kill You – Tuesday, April 8th

1:30pm – 3:30pm ET | 12:30pm – 2:30pm CT

11:30am – 1:30pm MT | 10:30am – 12:30pm PT

Find the time in your area HERE.

Sex – Money – Religion – Death

We’ll chat about the last of these conversational taboos.

Rather than being forbidden, we will have the opportunity to open to our thoughts and feelings about death and dying in a safe, confidential, and supportive space.

Long-held superstitions forbade conversation about death. Now that we are living longer, these conversations have become vital to our mental and physical health, and longevity itself.

We will engage in authentic discussion, listening deeply to one another without advice, agenda, objective, or a particular theme. There is no intention to reach a conclusion or to promote a course of action. This is an opportunity for speaking and listening from the heart to feelings and thoughts rather than a bereavement/grief support group or a counseling session.

Facing our mortality is one of the tasks of the elder. In the words of Reb Zalman “People who face their mortality live out their days with greater zest and joy. By facing a subject that usually depresses and terrifies us, we feel lighter, freer, more perceptually and cognitively alive in all our encounters…We are more aware of how precious life really is.” (source: “From Age-ing to

Sage-ing,” pp 81-82).

Let’s gather together to celebrate the precious lives we have!

Felice Rhiannon, CSL is a Certified Sage-ing Leader and a Veriditas-certified Labyrinth Walk Facilitator. She facilitates workshops in conscious ageing and spiritual eldering.

Felice serves her Brighton, England community as a OneSpirit interfaith minister, spiritual counselor, and celebrant for all of life’s transitions.

Before she “retired” Felice worked as a yoga therapist, specializing in teaching people over 50 and those living with cancer. Felice’s blog posts can be found on her blog site elderspiritblog.wordpress.com and on the Sage-ing International website, www.sage-ing.org.