Planning Well with Shanna Provost (11:30-1pm)

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Shanna Provost is an author, education specialist, funeral celebrant and certified death doula whose passion is taking people that one step further on their journey to accepting their inevitable death by helping them to get their affairs in order in a very practical way.

Her Dying Well website and Rest Easy Journal, first published in 2005, provide a pragmatic approach to leaving easy-to-follow documentation for those left to sort a loved one’s affairs after they have died.

Shanna’s workshop tools and guided exercises provide a space for people to make decisions about their end of life preferences, and to begin the process of gathering the relevant information and recording instructions in the Rest Easy Journal.

She is a Paul Harris Fellow, a member of the Southeast Arts Board, a recipient of the Governor-General’s National Emergency Medal and has various Red Cross Service Awards for her work in community development as a training practitioner and educator over the past 20 years.

This workshop is for everyone who will leave a body and ‘stuff’ (that’s all of us!) behind, and who cares enough for their loved ones to not want to leave a mess for them to clean up during their time of grief.

Shanna’s desire for her workshop participants is that they walk away feeling relief that they now understand and have taken those important first steps to getting their affairs in order.

The Rest Easy process encapsulates the sum total of who you are – it is more than making a Will or Power of Attorney.

“Anyone who has had to process a loved one’s death knows that it is a difficult and time-consuming task – even if you know where everything is. This workshop will give you the tools to avoid leaving a mess for your loved ones to clean up during their time of grief. It will help you to gather all your necessary information in one simple, easy-to-access place and provide support in communicating your choices to your loved ones in a gentle and caring way.

This workshop is filled with practical tools and information that will help you to make decisions based on your life/spiritual values; to gather all your information into one simple, easy-to-access place and to provide the tools that support you to communicate your choices to your loved ones in a gentle and caring way.”

We’ll be discussing important aspects of your ‘post-life clean-up’ including ‘What to do when I die (who to contact; what documents you need etc.’, ‘My Funeral Wishes (burial/cremation, flowers/donations, eco option etc.’, ‘Where to find all my financial stuff (bank accounts, credit cards, loans, assets, hidden assets’, ‘All things online (your digital legacy: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.)’ and your ‘Life Snapshot’ where you get to build the memories of your life so far to share with your loved ones.