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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses

August 6, 2026 Mill Valley, CA

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Author s.e. smith in conversation with Angela Hennessy for All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning.

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The death positive movement includes vital work that fights back against cultural appropriation, systemic racism, anti-LGBTQ sentiments, and general fear and lack of preparation for a certain event.

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If the family is involved with care for the dead body, it can completely transform how they feel about the death; they can feel empowered, they can feel connected and they can feel like they were there at the very end.

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The Order Of the Good Death provides resources that help people accept and engage death. Everything from human composting, water cremation, taking care of your own dead, low-cost funerals—if you want to learn about it, we’re here.

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