In a culture removed from death and dying, caring for our own dead can be a radical act. In this session, mortician Angela Woosley explains how inviting families into caring for their person can demystify death, create a profound space, and ease them into their grief journey. Learn how these small moments of ceremony can offer grievers choice, agency, and the gift of slowness when everything feels like it’s spinning out of control.

Learning Outcomes

1. Correlate tasks of mourning to hands-on experiences with the dead 2. Identify important moments in acute grief where grievers may be involved with their dead 3. Adapt ritual and ceremony ideas to their own practices