Death Over Tea Workshop

Monthly INSPIRE Studio Workshops

EVERY THIRD THURSDAY | 7:00-8:30 PM | INSPIRE STUDIO | AGES 18+ | FREE 

Stand-alone workshop discussion for adults 18+. No special experience required. 

Death Over Tea ​

INSTRUCTOR: Christine Soza  

DATES: 2/27, 3/19, 4/16, 5/21, 6/18, 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 12/17

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APRIL SPEAKER BIO: 

Darra Wray is a business professional, senior care consultant, and caregiving advocate from Boise, Idaho.  Darra has more than 30 years of practical business and finance experience and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.  She also has a lifetime of personal experience as a family caregiver and patient advocate.  She developed a true passion for family caregiving and elder care services through her personal life experiences.  

In 2018, Darra became a Certified Senior Adviser (CSA) and launched My Care Companions.   The mission of My Care Companions is to provide education, tools, resources to family caregivers.  In 2020, she founded LEARN - Lifelong Education and Aging Resources Network Inc, a non-profit organization with a mission to help people navigate the joys and challenges of aging and caregiving.   Darra received the Service to Seniors award at the 2024 CSA Conference in recognition of her leadership of LEARN. 

Darra co-authored the book Winning Strategies for Family Caregiving: Lessons from Family Game Night to help families learn how to “play” together to support their loved ones in the end game goal to have the best quality of life possible while preserving relationships and resources. She invites you to join her crusade to help individuals and families more effectively navigate and manage the aging and family caregiving process.

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN:  

• Death over Tea is a safe space to talk about death and dying. Organic conversations that allow people to begin to feel more comfortable with talking about death among one another, that in turn, can assist someone to navigate those difficult conversations with their loved ones. 

TAKEAWAYS:  

• Participants will leave with a sense of community and support, knowing that they are not alone and perhaps with a little less fear around death. Helping to talk about this seemingly difficult conversation can help people to feel empowered and inspired. Speakers may provide handouts or digitals resources. 

MATERIALS TO BRING:

• Curiosity and an open mind & heart 

INSTRUCTOR BIO:

Christine Soza is an experienced nurse, Certified End-of-Life Doula and lead trainer for Doulagivers Institute, dedicated to transforming how individuals, caregivers, and communities approach the dying process. With a deep commitment to compassionate presence, she combines her clinical nursing expertise with holistic doula practices to support people physically, emotionally, and spiritually at the end of life. Through her work, Christine empowers both caregivers and doulas to hold space for those nearing death with calming strength and guidance as well as heartfelt care-ensuring that no one ever needs to navigate this journey alone. 

Experience:  

• Over 30 years of Nursing experience including being an Oncology and Hospice Nurse  

• Certified End-of-Life Doula and Lead Trainer for Doulagivers Institute.  

• Volunteer for LEARN Idaho - providing valuable content for the End-of-life learning channel and provides several free educational opportunities to the community. Christine is also a volunteer for the Treasure Valley Honor Guard for honoring nurses in the community.  

Her passions are: Compassion, teaching, supporting rituals, mentoring, service, helping to find purpose and meaning, holding space, empowering, honoring the sacredness of death and life, legacy, listening deeply, honoring