Death Prep 101: Directives Start to Finish

Completing your end-of-life and after-death documents

Self-paced Online Workshop

When you accept that death walks with you, you get to live more fully.

Directives let your loved ones know what you want at the end of life and after your last breath.

Are you one of the two of out three US adults who have not completed your directives?

If so, it makes sense. We live in a death-phobic world; we, as humans, fear death more than anything.

However, when we face death, and prepare for it, we profoundly bless ourselves—with the gift of embracing our living more fully—even as we spare those who care about us the burden of having to make agonizing decisions on our behalf, under duress.

We can’t do this alone.

So let’s do it together.

Mollie, Kimchi, and Lee with Kimchi's end-of-life documents

Kimchi Rylander with her completed directives and two of the women who helped her create them.

Crafting your end-of-life directives is not some bureaucratic charade. It’s a practical act of care — for yourself and your loved ones — that requires compassion, collaboration, and respect.

This class helped me move from death-phobic to death-courageous.

Tricia

In this four-part workshop, you will:

Discern what you most want, at the end of life and after death
Complete a basic set of death prep documents, including healthcare power of attorney, living will, and declaration of disposition of the physical body
Explore additional options and documents relating to death prep, including DNR orders, ethical wills, home funerals, obituaries
Develop your relationship with internal challenges, such as being with what is and anticipatory grief

You’ll receive the guidance you need to complete a comprehensive set of soul-centered, legally binding end-of-life and after-death directives.

Throughout the process, you’ll receive resources and invitations for self-discovery. We’ll work with prompts, activities, and guided and self-directed inquiries meant to help you access your own inner wisdom and guide you toward harmonizing the desires of your heart, mind, and soul.

The journey of preparing our end-of-life wishes, in the company of others, helps prepare us to share those wishes with our loved ones.

Let us support you in a compassionate process for understanding and documenting your final wishes.

NikiAnne’s way of holding space put me at ease. I felt safe to express myself and ask questions. Her presentation was easy to understand and was delivered in a pleasant manner.

Now I am actually feeling empowered and at ease about my and my husband’s passing.

Yvonne Rainbow

About the Instructor

NikiAnne Feinberg

Founder, Facilitator

Throughout the last two decades, NikiAnne has dedicated much of her life energy to facilitating transformative learning journeys, particularly in community settings, and with folks in transition — between vocations; stages of life, including death; and those working to live into new, more life-giving stories of the world and themselves. In all her work, NikiAnne partners with the ancestors, the natural world, the power of ritual, and others to best serve the whole.

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After the conversations I‘ve had with loved ones, I feel more in love with them and my life with them in it. If you or anyone you know might die someday, you will benefit from taking this class.

Claudia

Frequently Asked Questions

Who should create directives?

All adults. You don’t have to be elderly, or facing a terminal diagnosis, to benefit from getting your affairs in order. An accident or serious illness could strike at any age. Like paying your rent, or brushing your teeth, preparing for death is a basic responsibility that only you can take care of.

How will death prep help me and my loved ones?

Though completing an advance directive will not guarantee that you get what you want at the end of your life, or in a medical crisis, it will dramatically increase the chances that you will.
When you take responsibility for clarifying and communicating what matters most to you, at and after the end of life, you relieve your caregivers and loved ones of the burden of guessing. At a stressful time, fraught with difficult decisions, they’ll at least know that they’re heeding your wishes.
When you face your mortality — when you draft your Sacred Papers and make your Sacred Preparations — you not only set an example of what’s possible but also cultivate the humility and compassion required to approach your loved ones about their own desires for the ends of their lives.
When you accept that death walks with you, you get to live more fully. Treasure the full spectrum of your aliveness. Even cultivate awe, wonder, and curiosity for this transition we will all one day make.

What if I don’t care what happens after I die?

Death is part of life. You can choose to navigate it in ways that reflect your values — to make beauty and significance out of your final moments. You can also choose to see death prep as your gift to your loved ones: either you make decisions about your body and belongings while you’re alive, or you drop those decisions on people who are already dealing with the stress and grief of your dying process and death.

This time spent with NikiAnne’s guidance regarding my end-of-life preparations has been so very helpful and productive. Her care and expertise as well as her real life experience being an integral part of many individuals’ transitions and deaths made me feel like I was not only in good hands, but also loved and cared for in the process.

Her openness to allow questions and inquiry was a gift, especially in moments of overwhelmed and emotionally charged content. I feel a tremendous amount of relief in completing these documents and the clarity that comes from this experience. NikiAnne is a gift… a tender guide to this journey of wholeness.

Pripo

Cost

Tuition Sliding Scale: $250 – $400
Scholarship rate: $150
BIPOC rate: $125

Tuition includes instruction and all digital resources. You have access to the recordings and resources for at least a year after you register for the program.