DEAD EASY WORKSHOPS Empowering 🧡 Sacred 🧡 Inspiring

Death touches every family, yet many of us feel uncertain, disconnected, or unprepared when it comes to caring for someone after they die. What if we felt more confident? What if we understood our choices and knew how to care for our loved ones gently, meaningfully, and in ways that felt deeply personal?

DEAD EASY WORKSHOPS can be hosted in private homes, halls or community centres, creating a safe and supportive space for important conversations around death, dying, and home-based funeral care.

Facilitated by DEAD🧡ucators and End-of-Life Doulas and Home Funeral Guides Carol Wales, Jo Carter, and Jo Payne. This beautiful workshop gently explores practical, hands-on home funeral care while empowering families and communities to reconnect with sacred, meaningful end-of-life traditions.

Carol is based in Katikati, Jo Carter in Tauranga, and Jo Payne in Hamilton, with the trio travelling throughout the North Island sharing practical knowledge, compassionate support, and empowering conversations around home-based death care. YOU have choices.

Many people are surprised to learn that caring for loved ones at home after death is both possible and legal in New Zealand. Families can be more involved than they may realise, creating farewells that are deeply personal, healing, beautiful, and often far more affordable than conventional funerals.

The workshops explore:

Preparation & planning

Legal rights and responsibilities

Practical body care after death

Shrouding and dressing

Ritual washing and anointing

Cooling and preservation techniques

Creating meaningful farewells

Reducing fear and building confidence around death care

Far from doom ’n’ gloom, DEAD🧡ucators Carol, Jo and Jo bring warmth, humour, compassion, and grounded practical wisdom to these workshops. Participants often leave feeling empowered, reassured, connected, and deeply inspired.

Host 10 paying participants and your place is free.

Out-of-town travel & venue hire fees may apply.

Whether you are planning ahead, supporting ageing parents, curious about home funerals, or simply wanting to better understand end-of-life care, these workshops offer gentle guidance, practical learning, and heartfelt community connection.

Expressions of interest are warmly welcomed for future workshops throughout the North Island. If you are interested in attending, hosting a workshop in your community, or learning more, please reach out.

Because end of life… isn’t the end of choice.