death education

Our workshops, classes, retreats, and social events are all designed to foster community while normalizing discussion of death, dying, and grief.

death literacy is empowering.

Here to Honor works with individuals and organizations to increase "death literacy," or the ability to holistically engage with the end of life.


We take a collaborative, community-centered approach to death education. Participants can expect to examine their personal relationship to mortality while gaining vocabulary and skills to support the end-of-life journey, both for themselves and for others.

Artwork installation by David Chang

We bring death education to life as a blend of professional insight, guided conversations, creative exercises, research findings, and personal reflection.

  • Here to Honor can help make space and time for emotional self-care through guided mortality contemplation. We facilitate retreats and workshops that instill practices of mindfulness and self-reflection, and encourage participants to explore their views on death and think deeply about legacy.

  • Becoming more death literate equips us to make informed decisions and to better show up for others throughout the end-of-life journey. Gaining basic knowledge about how to prepare for death can alleviate fear and anxiety, and it also helps to improve death care overall.

    Opportunities for foundational learning include:

    • “Facing Mortality Together” - an introduction to death education through the lens of Christian faith traditions, especially useful for clergy, ministry leaders, and church congregations.

    • “Death, Documents & Donuts” - a session dedicated to learning about and working on planning documents such as advance directives and estate planning worksheets, with end-of-life professionals on hand to answer questions and explain forms.

  • Here to Honor offers workshops and webinars with expertise drawn from across the end-of-life ecosystem.

    We partner with a multidisciplinary network of practitioners including, but not limited to: death doulas, social workers, physicians, nurses, funeral directors, chaplains, financial advisors, lawyers, and artists.

    Topics have included:

    • Discussing End-of-Life Planning

    • Navigating Anticipatory Grief

    • Managing your Digital Life, Assets, and Legacy

    • Practicing Self-Care for Caregivers

In addition to the opportunities outlined above, we also customize content and can help incorporate death education into work environments or community gatherings. We can facilitate social events including game nights, paperwork sessions, book clubs, and field trips to museums and theater shows.

death ed for everyone

We work with organizations of all shapes and sizes to facilitate end-of-life learning for individuals at all comfort levels.

Whether you have a specific end-of-life learning objective in mind or have no idea what to do, we are here to help.

Let us know where you're coming from, and we will go from there, together.

To learn more, contact us at hello@heretohonor.com.

  • "I never thought learning about death could be so life-giving!"

  • "Instead of the single words 'death' and 'mortality,' I now have a whole landscape of concepts, tensions, and tools to work with."

  • “It was a surprisingly joyful experience where we came together as a group to learn from each other and with each other. The cohort leaders were knowledgeable, helpful, and guided the discussions so well!”

  • “It provided me with a gift of a 'pause,' which seems hard to come by these days. What an amazing time of reflection, wisdom, and calm."