Death Journaling: Planning, Preparing, and Processing with Francesca Arnoldy
Join community doula and educator, Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, for an introduction to “Death Journaling.” During this interactive workshop, participants will be invited to reflect back, turn inward, and plan ahead with intention and insight, focusing first on introspection and then extending care to others.
Topics include:
• Hopes & Goals for Death Journaling
• Planning, Preparing, & Processing
• Cultivating a Supportive Mindset
• Core Connections
• Storying the Past
• Life Review
• Beliefs & Values
• Tools for Stressful Times
Through immersive practices and thought-provoking discussions, participants will contemplate mortality and learn supportive techniques rooted in compassion.
Francesca Lynn Arnoldy is a community doula and death literacy advocate. She is the author of Cultivating the Doula Heart (a guidebook), Map of Memory Lane (a picture book), and The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared (an interactive workbook). Francesca is a published researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab, and she runs a training program for death literacy specialists. A trusted thought leader, Francesca regularly presents on life-and-death topics with hopes of encouraging people to support one another through times of intensity.
Sponsored by Porter Medical Center’s Palliative Care Department
For more information, contact Louella Richer at lricher@portermedical.org
