Workshop Offerings

The inevitability of death is the one thing in life we’re certain about, yet most people would do anything to avoid talking or even thinking about it. It’s certain your future will include death, after-death care (including how you’ll be laid to rest), and the settling of your estate, regardless of its size. It’s possible that your future will include disability, serious illness, sudden death, a funeral or ceremony of some kind and the gifting or distribution of your financial assets and precious possessions.

What is holding you back from being more prepared? Devoting time and energy to consider and plan ahead for your future —including your inevitable death—will change how you die and how you live, right here, right now, and for the rest of your life.

Your experiences with illness, death, and grief have shaped your sense of what’s possible for your own end-of-life care. You likely have hopes and fears about what might happen —and who will make decisions if you can’t. This engaging, interactive workshop that helps you reflect on your values, clarify your wishes, and ensure your future care aligns with what truly matters to you.

Advance care planning isn’t just about paperwork—it’s about dignity, comfort, and choice. Through guided reflection and discussion, you’ll explore how past experiences shape your preferences, identify key personal care wishes, and learn why choosing a substitute decision-maker is essential. Whether you have decades ahead or are facing urgent decisions, preparing now ensures your wishes are honored and inspires you to live more fully today.

Getting your end-of-life legal documents in place is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure your wishes are honored and to reduce stress for the people who will care for you. Yet many people delay this essential task, unsure of where to start. This practical, engaging workshop that will help you understand key legal documents—including substitute decision-maker forms, power of attorney, and wills—and how to make them work best for you.

Legal planning isn’t just about filling out forms—it’s about protecting your autonomy, ensuring your loved ones know what to do, and reducing uncertainty in difficult times. Through guided reflection and discussion, you’ll gain clarity on your legal choices, identify the right people for key roles, and leave feeling empowered to take the next steps.

Many of us strive to live mindfully and tread lightly on the planet, yet, we rarely consider our environmental impact after death. Partly, this is because we live in a culture fraught with death denial. Typically, when someone dies, a funeral provider is called to remove the person and arrange for either burial or cremation. 

Few are aware of the array of options within these two choices, or what alternatives are available. The good news is, new options for greening your death are emerging, and many steps can be taken to green your death no matter where you live. 

Have you ever started to talk about some aspect of end-of-life planning with someone and got shut down? Or maybe you’ve been wanting to talk about end-of-life planning but you’re lost about how to even broach the topic. You have ideas in your mind about how your people are going to react, and it’s just too uncomfortable to go there. 

Many of us understand the importance of preparing for your someday, one-day, inevitable death while you’re still healthy enough to do that.  But talking about death in a death-phobic and death-denying culture can be a challenge. Whether you’re thinking about your own end-of-life planning or you want to facilitate plans for someone else, it really helps to talk about it first!

Get what’s in your heart onto paper. With six meaningful prompts, the 5-Minute Legacy Love Letter® (a free tool available at willoweol.com) helps you write lasting messages to important people in your life, and transform those relationships in the here and now.

In this engaging and interactive workshop, you’ll be warmed up and guided to write at least one Legacy Love Letter® to someone in your life. We also discuss how this powerful tool can be used for people supporting or assisting others.