weaving loss into life
Making Friends With Death
Sat, Oct 31
|The Portland Grief House
If you are dying, you love someone who is dying or has died, or you simply understand that you (and everyone you love) is mortal and you'd like support establishing a relationship with that awareness - come and let's talk.
When & Where
Oct 31, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
The Portland Grief House, 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203, USA
What
Death is a much avoided topic in American culture. Finding support to explore our relationship with this universal and unavoidable transition, that's not didactic or dismissive, isn't easy. If you're a person who lives close up against death for any reason it's common to feel lonely and afraid, which makes it harder to meet death as anything besides an enemy.
This is an invitation to sit together and talk about worries, questions, hopes and experiences, whether tied to a particular loss or more cosmic in nature. To explore, in practiced company, what you'd like your experience of mortality to become and begin shaping a path to a more comfortable, beneficial relationship with death.
What Might This Look Like?
We'll start with a moment of mindful grounding. Then we'll talk a bit about your history with and current feelings about death. We'll get a sense for what feels scary, overwhelming or…
Tickets
11:00 - 12:30
Suggested ticket price, $40-$60. No one turned away for lack of funds.
From $55.00 to $75.00
$75.00
+$1.88 ticket service fee
$65.00
+$1.63 ticket service fee
$55.00
+$1.38 ticket service fee
1:00 - 2:30
Suggested ticket price, $45-$75. No one turned away for lack of funds.
From $45.00 to $75.00
$75.00
+$1.88 ticket service fee
$60.00
+$1.50 ticket service fee
$45.00
+$1.13 ticket service fee
Total
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