What if preparing for the end of life could empower you to live more fully today?

Join us for an upcoming four-part workshop:

Living Fully and Dying Prepared

Join us for an upcoming community series:

• Engaging discussions about mortality and activities that encourage insights and clarity

• Why think about mortality? Because "it often feels too early until it's too late," and most people find the process quite rewarding.

• What does the series entail?  A bit of reading, writing, and sharing aloud within a friendly group.  Finish with a completed Advanced Health Care Directive!
  
  YOU decide the direction and depth of your work and what to share.
  

When: Tuesdays, 7PM-8:30PM. January 14, 28 and February 11, 25, 2025

Where: Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941

Cost: No fee for the series. You will need a copy of the Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy

**NEW LOCATION IN FAIRFAX**

All are welcome!

Third Wednesday of every month at Bennett House - 53 Taylor Drive, Fairfax, CA 94930

6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Dates for 2025:

April 16, 2025

May 21, 2025

June 18, 2025

July 16, 2025

August 20, 2025

September 17, 2025

October 15, 2025

November 19, 2025

December 17, 2025

Join community doula and educator, Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, for an introduction to "Death Journaling." During this interactive workshop, participants will be invited to reflect back, turn inward, and plan ahead with intention and insight, focusing first on introspection and then extending care to others. 

Topics include:

• Hopes & Goals for Death Journaling

• Planning, Preparing, & Processing

• Cultivating a Supportive Mindset

• Core Connections

• Storying the Past

• Life Review

• Beliefs & Values

• Tools for Stressful Times

Through immersive practices and thought-provoking discussions, participants will contemplate mortality and learn supportive techniques rooted in compassion.

Following the workshop, enjoy a panel discussion featuring the Life and Death North Bay Doula Collective. Bring your questions and learn more about deathcare practices and education!

About the Presenters:

Francesca Lynn Arnoldy is a community doula and death literacy advocate. She is the author of Cultivating the Doula Heart (a guidebook), Map of Memory Lane (a picture book), and The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared (an interactive workbook). Francesca is a published researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab, and she runs a training program for death literacy specialists.

The Life and Death North Bay Doula Collective was founded by four women with a full spectrum of talents and specialties in the death care space. Their mission is to provide death education and compassionate support in the Bay Area, and to help foster healthy conversations around mortality