A DEATH POSITIVE NETWORK OFFERING DEATH EDUCATION, CONNECTION and END OF LIFE PLANNING for DEATH DOULAS & OTHERS TOO!
facilitation skills 101
April 8th 6:30 - 8:30pm (PST)
Whether a community presentation, an information session, or facilitating an educational workshop, you'll want to have a confident understanding of your role as the Facilitator. You will learn the difference between a teacher & facilitator, plus what it takes to facilitate with confidence.
end of life summit - a global event
END OF LIFE SUMMIT - APRIL 17TH
8:45 AM TO 5 PM (PST)
6 UNIQUE SPEAKERS, 6 UNIQUE TOPICS
Empowering us in how we live ... and how we die
DDNBC Members: $59 with promo code
Full Registration: $79
DDNBC Basic Membership & Registration: $109
WORLD TRAINING DAY april 20th at 5PM (PDT)
We are pleased to present the Doulagivers World Training Day Free 90-minute webinar hosted by founder Suzanne B. O'Brien RN.
Participants will learn the three phases of end-of-life and the interventions they can use to provide comfort and support to both the patients and their loved ones.
This is for everyone!
APRIL 20
sacred essential oils april 29, 2021
With Amy Reedman, Founder of The Blending Bar
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Discover how aromatics can offer comfort, connection, and solace for those in the death and dying process, and provide support for their caregivers and loved ones with grief.
Learn what essential oils may help with processing emotions, aid with overwhelm, and assist with the overall heaviness that can come with the grieving process.
Experience first-hand the powerful effect of a few simple aromatic breaths with your Escential Swatch, including 5 sacred scents so you can use aromatherapy safely and effectively.
Event Registration includes your personal Escential Swatch with 5 Sacred Scents customized specifically for this event.
Complete your registration a minimum of 1 week prior to event date so that you have your Swatch in hand on April 29th.
DDNBC Members: $36 with promo code, includes Escential Swatch
Non-Members: $40, includes Escential Swatch
REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 19th to ensure receipt of your Escential Swatch Packet before the event.
About Amy Reedman:
She has been sourcing essential oils from around the world since 2001 when she began studying aromatherapy at Douglas College. Amy is a dedicated self-care guide, who is continually learning new ways to provide tools for others to find peace within themselves. She is a Registered Aromatherapist (RA) and Essential Oil Therapist (EOT) and has been a professional member of the Canada Alliance of Aromatherapy since 2003. Amy completed her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2008 and is also certified in Yin and Restorative Yoga. Further, she incorporates mindfulness, subtle energy work, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) into her classes. Amy’s breadth of knowledge and deep caring for others lead her to open The Blending Bar in 2009. She infuses essential oils into her practice, providing a unique blend of classes, private sessions, and workshops online and in the community. Leading group retreats and speaking engagements allows her to dive deeper into the subjects that she loves while connecting with people one at a time.
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Thursday, April 29th
6:30 - 8:00 pm (PST)
Registration includes Escential Oil Swatch with 5 Sacred Scents customized specifically for this event.
1st TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
meet & greet SOCIAL - ask the doulas ...
An intimate and safe space to gather, connect and share. No agenda, just opportunity to chat, build relationships, friendships and partnerships too! Let's learn and grow together!
LEARN ABOUT US,THE NETWORK, and all we have to share together!
ASK US ANYTHING!
May 4th 6:30 pm (PDT) - Online
FREE TO ATTEND
Transforming end of life Conversations into Plans, may 8th
A Collaboration with Chelsea Peddle, of CircleSpace
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Transforming End of Life Conversations into Plans ...
Dynamic tools and techniques to guide your final journey
How do you start the courageous conversations to understand personal wishes, create comfort within and record meaningful end of life plans?
In this 3-hour interactive workshop, you will discover DYNAMIC tools to help you START the conversations, EXPLORE and DEFINE personal comfort wishes, and EXPERIENCE powerful techniques to bring COMFORT during difficult times.
After this workshop you will be able to:
- Sensitively start a conversation with their loved ones about their end of life wishes using the Death Deck
- Explain the importance of including personal comfort wishes in their holistic advance care plan
- Use energetic grounding and visualization techniques to create comfort from within themselves in a time of need
- Record their personal comfort wishes using My Personal Comfort Plan
This workshop will help you move beyond cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all end-of-life plans. You’ll learn ways to initiate meaningful conversations that customize your plans to reflect your unique values, personality, and wishes while caring for your body, mind, heart, and soul.
Your Co-Hosts:
Jo-Anne Haun, End of Life Alternatives
Karen Hendrickson, Take the Journey
This trio of end-of-life leaders is all set to share their signature personalities, sense of humor and deep experience in end-of-life planning. Expect a warm welcome and engaging activities, practical tools, and a sense of togetherness. We know preparing for end-of-life is challenging and important work. Together, we can ease your journey.
INVESTMENT:
$154 - includes registration, and required materials = 1 DEATH DECK and 1 E-Copy of the CircleSpace MY PERSONAL COMFORT PLAN
DDNBC Members = $145, with promo code
Already have some or all of the required materials? You will receive a 20% product coupon code upon registration to be used for the DEATH DECK or MY PERSONAL COMFORT PLAN - if you need them
Registration Only = $90
DDNBC Members = $81, with promo code
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Saturday, May 8th
10 am - 1 pm (PDT)
Register Only - $90
Register PLUS Materials = $154
DDNBC Members Save
with promo code
threshold choirs
We invite you to join us in an evening of song as The Threshold Choir shares their vision of
a world where all at life’s thresholds may be honored with compassion shared through song.
Singing for those at the thresholds of life.
FREE TO ATTEND
May 13th - 6:30 pm
the hospice doctor's widow, jennifer a. o'brien - june 10th
Special Guest Jennifer A. O'Brien
Everyone facing death - their own or a loved ones, benefits from this love story and practical guide in one.
As a hospice doctor, Bob cared daily for dying patients. At home, his wife Jen listened to the stories of patients and families, layering her understanding of death with the early losses of her own brother and mother. Then, the man who had spent a 40-year career caregiving for others was diagnosed with advanced, metastatic cancer.
An insightful blend of art and compassion, patience and endearing honesty, Jen's digital art journal chronicles this time in their marriage. What began as a visceral, self-care compulsion within days of diagnosis became handwritten notes, colorful collages, and layered images revealing the raw, luminescent reflections of a caregiver-turned-widow.
Beyond practical guidance and solace offered by an insider, Jen's journal reminds us how to live presently during our darkest hours, honor our grief, and discover - even after devastating loss - ways to forge forward.
Jennifer A. O'Brien lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she is an artist and advocate for dialogue about end of life. For more than thirty years she has been a practice management consultant to physicians and served as CEO for two large medical practices. Find her at www.hospicedoctorswidow.com
7 tools for making sense of life & Death
A 3 Part Willow Workshop Series
(An Exclusive Limited Space Event)
June 19, 20 & 21
Making sense of life & death before making practical arrangements will ensure that your end-of-life planning reflects your values & priorities. This workshop will inspire you to live your best life now.
$125 - $150
PAST EVENTS - become a member & gain access to recordings
Coaching Through Advance Care Planning, Mar 20, 2021
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
Coaching Through Advance Care Planning, Mar 20, 2021
Explore the steps to completing your advance care plan, and how to use these steps in supporting your clients in the process.
DDNBC Members will have access to the recording in our Private Members Resource Centre
Digital Legacy Plan, March 25, 2021
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
Coaching Through Advance Care Planning, Mar 20, 2021
The workshop is based on the book Digital Legacy Plan (Self-Counsel Press, 2019) and led by co-authors
Vicki McLeod and Angela Crocker.
Become a DDNBC Member and gain access to the recording in our Private Members Resource Centre
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
DDNBC Member
Bonita Summers of Spirit Kelowna
walked with us as we explore Death & Beyond, learning how to navigate the afterlife with the dying. Gain tools that will help you support clients or loved ones through their transition.
Remembering & Being Remembered - A Willow Workshop, Feb 25, 2021
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
Death & Beyond: Navigating the Afterlife with the Dying, Mar 11, 2021
In Remembering & Being Remembered we’ll look at the who, what, how and why of remembering. Why do you remember? How do you remember & how are you impacted by remembering or not remembering? This workshop will remind us that we each have an impact on the lives of others.
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
No matter what kind of life you live, how much money you have, or what you think of your accomplishments, you have a legacy. Inside a thoughtful & dynamic process you will reflect on your life & your legacy,draft a lasting message for those you love & future generations.
Open for Business, February 11, 2021
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
Write Your Heart Will & Live Your Legacy - a 2 Part Willow Workshop, Feb 20 & 21, 2021
So you're ready to go with your Death Doula business but just don't know where to start, or how.
Join us as we explore the steps you need to consider in marketing and networking as you "OPEN FOR BUSINESS".
This event was recorded and is available to members in our Member's Only Resource Centre
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
Based on Willow's holistic and pragmatic workbook, 7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death, this workshop series will guide you to explore the reality of your mortality in a fun and interactive workshop.
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death
Meet The Death Deck January 28, 2021
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
The Death Deck - A Game of Lively and Surprising Conversations. We joined Death Deck Creators, Lisa Pahl & Lori LoCicero, as they shared their stories & what prompted them to create this valuable tool for the conversations we all need to have, but don't know where to begin.
TheraPsil - Therapeutic Psilocybin January 14, 2021
7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death - 3 Part Willow Workshop Series - Feb 2021
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
TheraPsil, a non-profit coalition of healthcare professionals, patients, & advocates dedicated to obtaining legal access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for Canadians. Learn who they are, what they do, and how they support Canadians experiencing end of life distress.
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
In this workshop, you’ll be warmed up & guided to write at least one Legacy Love Letter to someone in your life. Even people who have attended many Willow workshops report this one to be very profound and powerful.
Grief & the Holidays November 26, 2020
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
What's in Your Doula Kit? November 12, 2020
Grief & the Holidays don't always go well together. We will share tips & rituals to help navigate the holidays while acknowledging your grief & honoring your heart.
With special guest Chalsi Goetz.
What's in Your Doula Kit? November 12, 2020
The Five-Minute Legacy Love Letter - A Willow Workshop December 10, 2020
What's in Your Doula Kit? November 12, 2020
So you're a Death Doula. What's in your kit? Join us as we explore all the "magic" you might want to consider carrying in your "doula" kit.
Meet the Funeral Director October 29, 2020
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
Guests Garden Hill Cremation & Funeral Services, explored after death care, dispelled myths, & answer questions about funeral directors, & the benefits of making an after death plan for you & your loved ones.
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
We gathered round our table in conversation with Heather Plett, as she shared her story, and talked about her newly birthed book,
THE ART OF HOLDING SPACE: a practice of love, liberation, and leadership.
Beliefs, Values & Wishes October 8, 2020
Heather Plett, The Art of Holding Space, October 13 & 15, 2020
Beliefs, Values & Wishes October 8, 2020
(A Willow Workshop)
As Licensed WillowEOL Facilitators, we use tools from 7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death to uncover what and who matters most to you.
Natural (Green) Burial September 24, 2020
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
Beliefs, Values & Wishes October 8, 2020
Guest Nicola Finch, of Cariboo Natural Burial Sanctuary gives us an understanding of natural (green) burial. Learn about options, and all the exciting work that's happening in BC.
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
We will explore where your fears lie, and what holds you back from the courageous, but necessary conversations. You will learn how to apply the WillowEOL 5 Steps for Successful End of Life Planning Conversations.You will discover tools that can be applied to any challenging and courageous conversations that are necessary in your life.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
5 Steps for Successful EOL Planning Conversations September 10, 2020
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