Dying Kindness Essentials

Welcome to Dying Kindness Essentials!

This online program will include information-rich live classes and other resources — plus much more than that. The entire cohort will be involved in practicing hard conversations, holding each other accountable, and offering each other support.

My goal is that by the end, everyone in the cohort will feel more ease in talking about death and have made key decisions, completing what they need to in order to make things easier for the loved ones they’ll (eventually) leave behind.

In short, it’s a course that encompasses all aspects of "a dying kindness.”

If you’re one of the many people I talk with who intend to do the essential end-of-life planning but for one reason or another never seem to get it done, this is the course for you.

Schedule:

• Sundays, 4p-6p PST
• February 2, 9, 16, 23; March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; April 6, 13, 27 (skip April 20); May 4
• May 11: Celebration

Format:

• Live sessions on Zoom including "classroom sessions" and "labs." Classroom sessions will focus on providing and clarifying information through presentation and discussion. Labs will focus on working together to get things done.
• Workbook to accompany the course that can be referenced later when working with estate lawyers, financial planners, doctors, funeral directors, and other end-of-life professionals (integrated with the Death Binder)
• Pre-recorded video library of deep-dive information to go at your own pace
• Accountability pods
• Ongoing support through private Discord group

Topics will include:

• How to have conversations about aging, disability, dying, and death
• Options for final arrangements including DIY options like home funerals
• Completing the paperwork: wills, trusts, advance directives, powers of attorney
• How to think about where your physical stuff and other assets will go
• Financial considerations for aging, disability, dying, and death
• What can be done to prevent dementia, loneliness, dying alone
• How to think about "aging in place" aka staying in your home
• Making environmentally conscious decisions
• Topics often left out of mainstream conversations: No kids, no partner, multiple partners, LGBTQIA+, family in multiple countries, estranged family, blended families, etc.

Tickets are offered in three tiers, and all give you the full course. You choose which price level fits for you:

• $500 - Gratitude: Choose this level if you understand that this course will save you time and money by getting you prepped for working with end-of-life professionals like an estate lawyer, financial planner, doctor, or funeral director
• $300 - Standard: Choose this level to support the amount of research and work it takes me to distill the information for you, reducing your stress and/or confusion
• $100 - Minimum: Choose this level if your finances are tight but you are still committed to getting this important work done (I got you!)

Host or Publisher Cianna Stewart, Dying Kindness