Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life

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Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life is a structured, one-on-one coaching program that invites death-curious adults of all ages and in all stages of living and dying, into deep conversation and practice with death so they can grow their capacity and resources to live and die honorably – with intention and integrity.

Whether we are aging with a terminal illness or in good health with an expected long life ahead, none of us know exactly when or how we will die. In our most astute moments, however, we remember that death is a fate that awaits us all. 

Deep consideration of this foundational element of humanity - imminent death and awareness of it - opens us up to a sort of magic, capable of stripping away all that is distracting, peripheral, and beyond our control while bringing to the center of consciousness all that remains raw, incomplete or out of alignment with our core values named and unnamed. 

In the Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life coaching program you will work one-on-one with death doula, Lisa Cheney-Philp, over six sessions to imagine into your impending death. This death planning process, designed by Tarron Estes of the Conscious Dying Institute, is a simple one yet far from easy. It is rooted in the question, "What would you do if you had three months to live?" and asks for deep reflection and conversation around five domains of life:  

• Physical - creating a comfortable, safe healing environment 
• Emotional - honoring feelings and relationships 
• Spiritual - honoring beliefs and practices 
• Mental - purpose, legacy and life review 
• Practical - honoring the body after death  

The culmination of this work is a holistic death plan that lays out your vision and current reality for each of the five domains, as well as action steps that will move you toward your vision. This plan can  be a starting point for your advanced directives, can supplement existing directives  or stand alone in place of a living will.

In the Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life you'll receive:

• five, 60-minute, one-on-one, death planning sessions 
• one, 60-minute, one-on-one, guided art-making activity (materials included)
• reflection questions specific to each of the five domains
• guided visualizations and grounding practices
• deep listening and reflection 
• summary emails following each session 
• handwritten and electronic copies of your holistic death plan    
• intermittent email and phone support as needed