A UNIQUE HUMAN LIBRARY EXPERIENCE - LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE!!

THREADS OF HUMANITY:  Life Stories

An exploration of the profound, interconnected experiences that shape human lives, highlighting the complexities and challenges that people face, including mental health issues like suicide, the struggles associated with chronic illness, and the transformative journey of organ transplant. Each of these areas touches on universal themes of survival, loss, hope, and resilience. The term "Threads of Humanity" evokes the idea of interconnectedness, where individual stories weave together to reveal the shared struggles and triumphs of the human condition. 

What you will experience:

- Two interactive sessions with each "human book" to "hear" their deeply emotional, educational, and thought-provoking stories. 

- Small engaging group discussions with each "human book" to ask questions, and openly discuss participant reactions and thoughts to deepen understanding and awareness of these lived experiences.

- Explore the universal nature of human struggles, emphasizing that despite differences, experiences like pain, loss, and the hope of healing are shared across cultures, ages, and backgrounds.

-All shared within a safe, non-judgemental space where storytellers and participants can engage in respectful dialogue that allows us to challenge assumptions, confront stereotypes, in a personal and transformative way.

ABOUT OUR STORYTELLERS (HUMAN BOOKS):

Our Storytellers will share two very different and unique life experiences - one is about mental health and suicide, and the other is about chronic illness, caregiving, and organ transplant. Although they may seem extremely different, each one touches on the universal themes of survival, loss, hope, and resilience.

SHIRLEY GRANT:  

Daughter, sister, Aunt, wife, mother, and grandmother is a Death Doula, Care Aide, and an End of Life Care Companion/Coach. She's taught End of Life Care workshops since before she even knew Death Doulas existed. She has always been comfortable holding sacred space with/for clients, family, and friends ... but no degree of comfort with death and dying could possibly prepare her (or anyone else) for that phone call... or ... “the writing on the wall”.

An excerpt from Shirley's story: "Christy’s final thoughts...scrolled within reach before her final breath...love, apologies, and lists of her favourite things and whom she’d like to leave them with ... I was told that she had written on the walls around her. How does a mother survive the agony of losing her daughter to suicide? Is it even doable? there is no way to avoid reality…when “the writing’s on the wall”."

KAREN HENDRICKSON: 

Karen coaches in life, death, and all the messy in-between.  Yet as a death doula and educator, she was never fully prepared for the role of caregiver for her husband with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, nor his miracle double lung transplant. Going far beyond the practicalities of caregiving and the true miracle of organ transplant, she shines a light on the emotional and spiritual wreckage no one wants to talk about.

NON MEMBERS = $42*

DDNI MEMBERS = $10 with member promo code*

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REGISTRATION CLOSES FEBRUARY 7TH! 

Your co-hosts & co-founders of The Death & Dying Network International:

Jo-Anne Haun & Karen Hendrickson 

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