Preparing for Your Own Good Death and Life
This course series spans 9 months with 9 sessions (one per month)

For most of us, death will be years or decades away. With life though, we know that nothing is absolute, that nothing is permanent, and that the form that we call our body will eventually die. By contemplating our own dying and death, we lessen our fears and prepare ourselves for the transition that each of us will take.
The more we engage with death, the more comfortable we become with it. The more comfortable we become with death, the more we are liberated from our fears. And the more we are liberated from our fears, the more able we are to live a good life. This class is just as much about living a good life as it is preparing for a good death – as the two are intrinsically linked.
How will you carry out your last years, months, and days?
Topics Covered
- Review of Advance Care Directives
- Identifying Your Spiritual Beliefs
- What Do You Want to Accomplish Before You Die?
- Letting Go (fears, possessions, attachments, resentments, etc.)
- What You Want Your Loved Ones to Know?
- How Might You Be Supported Before Death and Beyond
- What Does a “Good Death” Mean to You?
- Planning Your Funeral
- Ceremonies
- Much, much more…
DETAILS
This is a 9-month long course that meets once a month. Each class is 3 hours. By enrolling in this course, you are committing financially to 9 classes (only 2 classes can be missed). CEOLT’s Advance Care and After Death Care Directives Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.
Course Dates & Times
Online format via ZOOM – Eastern Time
Starting on Monday June 19, 2023, from 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM, classes are held on the THIRD MONDAY of each month for 9 months. **Registration closes on June 9, 2023.
- 2023 Dates: Jun 19, Jul 17, Aug 21, Sep 19, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18
- 2024 Dates: Jan 15, Feb 19
**CEOLT’s Advance Care and After Death Care Directives Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.
Starting on Sunday September 10, 2023, from 1:30 PM until 4:30 PM, classes are held on the FIRST SUNDAY of each month for 9 months. **Registration closes on August 31, 2023.
- 2023 Dates: Sep 10, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 3
- 2024 Dates: Jan 7, Feb 4, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5
**CEOLT’s Advance Care and After Death Care Directives Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.
Course Cost:
$585 – includes nine class sessions, each 3 hours in length.
Payment of all 9 classes is required upfront to secure a spot in the course.
Participants are financially responsible for paying for all 9 classes (even for missed classes).
**CEOLT’s Advance Care and After Death Care Directives Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.