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Soul Talks

Soul Talks: Living Well, Dying Well

​Explore Life, Death, and Meaning in Community

Soul Talks is a themed, facilitated conversation experience designed to support death literacy and meaningful dialogue around mortality. Each gathering centres around a specific aspect of death, grief, or conscious living, and is supported by a curated set of prompt cards designed to deepen reflection and dialogue. While inspired by the openness of community-based models like Death Cafés, Soul Talks offers a more intentional container — blending structure, atmosphere, and thoughtful facilitation to encourage meaningful, embodied conversation.

Each session is 90 minutes, providing space for reflection, dialogue, and deep listening.

Soul Talks are not counselling sessions or grief groups, but a space for curiosity, connection, and compassionate exploration. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, background, or spiritual beliefs.

 

Themes

  • What Makes a Good Death? – What does a peaceful or conscious death look like?

  • Legacy and Meaning – How do we hope to be remembered? What do we want to leave behind?

  • Mystical Experiences Around Death – Near-death experiences, dreams, and visitations.

  • Global Traditions – Exploring global traditions around dying and mourning.

  • The Body After Death – Exploring burial, cremation, green burials, and alternative practices.

  • Death and Creativity – How art, writing, and music help us process mortality.

  • What Happens After We Die? – Exploring spiritual and cultural perspectives on death and the afterlife.

  • If I Only Had a Year Left to Live – What would change if time suddenly became precious?

  • Grief in a Culture that Avoids It – Exploring Western culture’s relationship to grief and communal ways of tending loss.

Soul Talks help participants:

  • Sit with the reality of death in a gentle, compassionate way

  • Reflect on how to live fully and intentionally

  • Strengthen emotional resilience and self-understanding

  • Connect with others navigating life and mortality

These events are suitable for:

  • Community members curious about death

  • Individuals facing illness or loss

  • Caregivers and helping professionals

  • Anyone wishing to reduce fear and build death literacy

The current series of Soul Talks is hosted at My Inner Harbour (149 Wallace Street, Nanaimo)

Click below to reserve your spot. Spaces are limited to 16 participants per session.

Soul Talks: Living Well, Dying Well

  • Grief in a Culture that Avoids It
    Grief in a Culture that Avoids It
    Date and time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Exploring Western culture’s relationship to grief and communal ways of tending loss.
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  • If I Only Had a Year Left to Live...
    If I Only Had a Year Left to Live...
    Date and time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    What would change if time suddenly became precious?
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  • What Happens After We Die?
    What Happens After We Die?
    Date and time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Exploring spiritual and cultural perspectives on death and the afterlife.
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  • Death and Creativity
    Death and Creativity
    Apr 09, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    From painting to poetry, how can creativity expression become a ritual of remembrance? In what ways does art allow us to befriend impermanence, and to live more fully while we can?
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  • The Body After Death
    The Body After Death
    Mar 12, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    What becomes of the body when the soul has gone? How does the way we care for the body after death reflect our beliefs about life? What might it mean to bring death care back into our homes and communities?
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  • Global Traditions Around Dying and Mourning
    Global Traditions Around Dying and Mourning
    Feb 12, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    From candlelit altars in Mexico to sky burials in Tibet, how do different cultures honour the crossing between worlds? What wisdom do these practices hold for how we might meet death more consciously?
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  • Legacy and Meaning

    Legacy and Meaning

    Nov 25, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    What do we hope to leave behind? How can we live in a way that reflects our values and honours our place in the great web of life?
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  • Mystical Experiences Around Death
    Mystical Experiences Around Death
    Oct 21, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    Have you ever had a dream, visitation, or intuitive sense of someone who has passed? What do near-death experiences and spiritual traditions teach us about what lies beyond?
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  • A Good Death
    A Good Death
    Sep 23, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Nanaimo, 149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B2, Canada
    What does a peaceful or conscious death look like? What fears, hopes, or cultural stories shape our view of dying well?
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Interested in hosting a Soul Talk?

These events are designed for community groups, organizations, educational settings, and wellness retreats. Each session is 90 minutes.

Themes​

  • What Makes A Good Death?

  • Legacy and Meaning

  • Mystical Experiences

  • Global Traditions

  • The Body After Death

  • Death and Creativity

  • What Happens After We Die?

  • If I Only Had a Year Left to Live

  • Grief in a Culture that Avoids It

Booking Options

  1. Community Events are hosted in partnership with local venues and offered on a donation basis. A minimum of 7 registered participants is required for the event to proceed.

  2. Sponsored Sessions are for organizations seeking to offer facilitated educational programming to their members. Facilitation fee: $150 per session

  3. Private Group Sessions are tailored to groups in wellness retreat settings or corporate trainings. Facilitation fee: $250 per session​

Facilitation fees include preparation, facilitation, materials, and travel within Nanaimo. Travel outside Nanaimo is quoted separately.

Use the form to request a booking and I’ll be in touch within 1–2 business days to confirm availability and next steps.​

Booking Option
Community Event
Sponsored Session
Private Group

Virtual sessions are available. If this is your preferred format, please note it here.

Booking Type
Single Session
Series of 3
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Between Realms is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. I acknowledge and honour the Snuneymuxw people as the original stewards of this land and offer gratitude for the ways their enduring relationship with the land continues to guide and inspire my work.

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