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 y​our life.

Many of us know the benefits of preparing for our one-day, some-day death. But sometimes it’s hard to get started. 

All this planning-ahead business feels overwhelming and fragmented. Or perhaps some basic planning pieces are in place

 but it feels like your planning documents don’t reflect your true essence.

Values, Wishes and Who and What Matter Most will guide you to explore the reality of your mortality in a fun and interactive 

workshop. Making sense of life and death before making practical arrangements will ensure that your end-of-life 

planning reflects your values and priorities. Whether you have days or decades left to live, thinking about and

 preparing for your death will inspire you to live your best life now.

Either consciously or unconsciously, our past informs our present. Your previous experiences with illness, dying, death, grief, and how 

someone was cared for after they died—including any planning that was or wasn’t in place—have undoubtedly shaped your personal

 desires and informed your sense of what’s possible and what’s not.

We all have hopes and fears about what might happen (to us and/or the people we leave behind) in the time leading up to our death, 

at the moment of our death, and after we die. Whether you have days or decades to live, thinking about and preparing

 for your death will change how you die and inspire you to live your best life now.

With six meaningful prompts, the 5-Minute Legacy Love Letter™ (available for free in the Willow shop) helps you write lasting messages to

 important people in your life, and transform those relationships in the here and now.

In this 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. 

Your Heart Will™ is a tool to help you reflect on your life and create lasting messages for those you love and for future generations. Sometimes referred to as an Ethical Will, Spirit Will or Legacy Letter, your Heart Will™ can be given to specific people at the end of your life, or be shared at a goodbye ritual or ceremony after you die. You might even choose to share your Heart Will™ with others before you die!

Writing your Heart Will™ is also a powerful discovery process that supports you to live and love fully. In essence, your Heart Will™ can serve as a manifesto for living to ground and guide you when you need it. 

No matter what kind of life you live, how much money you have, or what you think of your accomplishments, consider that you 

have a legacy. Inside a thoughtful and dynamic group process you will reflect on what you want your legacy to be and what 

actions you can take now to create and live that legacy.

In Remembering and Being Remembered we’ll look at the who, what, how and why of remembering. Why do you 

remember people who have died? How do you remember them and how are you impacted by either remembering 

or not remembering? This workshop will also remind us that we each have an impact on the lives of others. 

Completing your Departure Directions™ will give you peace of mind knowing your final wishes will reflect who you are and what matters

 most to you while alleviating stress, chaos and worry for the people you leave behind. Articulating and writing your

 Departure Directions™ will benefit you in the here and now. Understanding all that matters in the end, is a pathway to living and loving fully, now.

Many of us do our best to live mindfully and walk lightly on our planet. Yet, we tend to give little consideration to the environmental 

impact of what happens to us after we die. 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. Most people don’t take the 

time to understand the array of options within these two choices, or what alternatives are available in addition to these two choices. 

The good news is, many steps can be taken to green your death no matter where you live, and new options for greening your death are growing. 

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!

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 any financial assets and precious possessions.

What’s 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.

Departure DirectionsTM is Willow’s term for your written guidelines—determined by your values, beliefs and priorities—for how you wish to be cared for and remembered after you die. Completing your Departure Directions will give you peace of mind knowing your final wishes will reflect who you are and what matters most to you while alleviating stress, chaos and worry for the people you leave behind. Consider that every act of how you are cared for after you die is an opportunity for meaningful rituals that can build, nourish and heal individuals and communities.

Articulating and writing your Departure Directions™ will also benefit you in the here and now. Understanding all that matters in the end, is a pathway to living and loving fully, now.