The Legacy Expo Durham is coming in the Fall of 2026!

Talking to children about death can feel overwhelming for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals — especially while navigating grief themselves. This compassionate and practical webinar is designed to help participants better understand how children process death, grief, and loss at different developmental stages, and how to communicate with honesty, sensitivity, and emotional safety.

This 3-hour webinar explores age-appropriate approaches to discussing death, supporting grieving children, responding to difficult questions, and creating spaces where children feel seen, supported, and included in grief and mourning experiences.

Participants will learn:

• How children understand death at different ages and developmental stages 
• Common grief responses in children and teens 
• Language to use — and avoid — when talking about death 
• How to support emotional expression and regulation 
• Ways to include children in rituals, funerals, and memorialization 
• Supporting children after sudden, traumatic, or complicated loss 
• How schools, caregivers, and communities can provide ongoing support 
• Practical tools, books, activities, and resources for grieving children 

This webinar is ideal for:

• Parents and caregivers 
• Death doulas and grief practitioners 
• Educators and childcare professionals 
• Healthcare and social service professionals 
• Funeral professionals 
• Anyone supporting grieving children and families 

Participants will leave with greater confidence, practical communication tools, and a deeper understanding of how to support children through grief with honesty, compassion, and care.

Grief is not only emotional — it is deeply physical and neurological. Loss can profoundly impact the nervous system, affecting how individuals think, feel, respond, sleep, connect, and move through daily life. Understanding the relationship between grief and the nervous system can help individuals and professionals approach grief with greater compassion, regulation, and awareness.

This 3-hour webinar explores how grief, trauma, stress, and loss are experienced within the body and nervous system. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how the body responds to overwhelming experiences and learn supportive, body-based approaches that can help create safety, grounding, and emotional regulation during grief.

Topics explored include:

• The connection between grief, trauma, and the nervous system 
• Understanding fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and shutdown responses 
• How grief impacts the body, sleep, memory, energy, and emotions 
• Somatic and body-based approaches to grief support 
• Regulation, grounding, and resourcing practices 
• Supporting individuals experiencing overwhelm, numbness, anxiety, or dysregulation 
• Compassionate approaches to holding space for grief 
• The importance of pacing, safety, and consent in grief support 

This webinar is ideal for:

• Death doulas and grief practitioners 
• Therapists, social workers, and healthcare professionals 
• Caregivers and support workers 
• Educators and community leaders 
• Individuals seeking a deeper understanding of their own grief experiences 

Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the body’s response to grief and practical tools to support nervous system awareness, emotional regulation, and compassionate grief care.

Families and relationships are often far more complex than the traditional narratives surrounding death and grief. Estrangement, limited contact, family conflict, abuse histories, ambiguous relationships, and complicated emotional dynamics can deeply impact how individuals experience illness, dying, caregiving, grief, and mourning.

This training explores the nuanced realities of supporting individuals and families navigating deathcare within the context of limited, fractured, or no-contact relationships. Participants will learn how to provide compassionate, non-judgmental, trauma-informed support while recognizing that grief can coexist with relief, anger, guilt, confusion, resentment, love, or unresolved pain.

Through discussion, reflection, and practical guidance, this course examines communication, boundaries, family systems, ethical considerations, and the emotional complexities that arise when relationships are strained or absent at end of life.

Participants will gain tools to:

• Support clients experiencing estrangement or family conflict 
• Navigate difficult family dynamics during illness, dying, and after death 
• Hold space for ambiguous and disenfranchised grief 
• Recognize trauma responses and emotional triggers 
• Maintain professional boundaries and neutrality 
• Support chosen family structures and non-traditional relationships 
• Provide inclusive, compassionate deathcare without assumptions or judgment 

This course is ideal for death doulas, grief practitioners, healthcare professionals, funeral professionals, social workers, spiritual care providers, and anyone supporting individuals through grief, loss, and end-of-life experiences.

Integrating the Awareness of Death into Daily Life

Awareness of mortality has the power to transform how we live, connect, love, and make meaning in our lives. Rather than approaching death with fear or avoidance, this workshop invites participants to explore how acknowledging the reality of impermanence can deepen presence, clarity, gratitude, and intentional living.

Living Consciously explores the relationship between death awareness and personal growth, encouraging participants to reflect on values, relationships, legacy, purpose, and how they wish to move through life with greater authenticity and intention.

Through guided discussion, reflective exercises, and contemplative practices, participants will explore how integrating the awareness of death into everyday life can foster resilience, compassion, meaningful connection, and a deeper appreciation for the present moment.

Topics may include:

• Death awareness and conscious living 
• Cultural attitudes toward death and mortality 
• Fear of death and existential reflection 
• Meaning, purpose, and personal values 
• Legacy and how we wish to be remembered 
• Regret, presence, and intentional decision-making 
• Grief as a teacher and catalyst for growth 
• Mindfulness, reflection, and contemplative practices 

This workshop is ideal for:

• Individuals seeking personal growth and reflection 
• Death doulas and grief practitioners 
• Caregivers, healthcare professionals, and helping professionals 
• Spiritual and wellness communities 
• Anyone interested in living with greater intention and awareness 

Participants will leave with practical tools, reflective insights, and a renewed perspective on how embracing the reality of death can enrich and deepen everyday  lives.