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A free course by Everything IFS Academy on the top 10 fears of death: twelve modules on what people actually dread about dying, drawn from research and the hospice world. Meet each fear by name: pain and suffering, losing control and independence, lost dignity, the unknown, nonexistence, judgment and what comes after, leaving loved ones behind, becoming a burden, dying alone, and reaching the end without having truly lived. The course opens by mapping the fear of death itself

A free course by Everything IFS Academy on getting your affairs in order before death, built on one conviction: this work is love, made findable. Fourteen standalone modules cover the whole landscape, the advance directive, living will, healthcare proxy, DNR, POLST, and will, then money and account access, important papers, your digital life, funeral and organ donation wishes, home, belongings, and pets, people to notify, and finishing without overwhelm. Self paced, no tests,

A free course by Everything IFS Academy on deathbed regrets: 15 modules exploring what the dying actually regret, from Bronnie Ware's famous five in The Top Five Regrets of the Dying to the heavier regrets of harm, estrangement, and lost years. Learn why regret rises at the end of life, the difference between regrets of action and inaction, the honest work of repair and completion, and how to keep company with someone carrying regret from the chair beside the bed.

A free course by Everything IFS Academy on death options: a calm, complete tour of every path a body can take after death, across 22 modules. Explore traditional burial, flame cremation, organ and whole body donation, green and conservation burial, memorial forests, human composting, tree pods, mushroom suits, alkaline hydrolysis (water cremation), sea and reef memorials, biodegradable urns, cremation diamonds, space burial, cryonics, plastination, sky burial, and spreading a

A free course by Everything IFS Academy on the five stages of dying: nine modules built on the framework Elisabeth Kübler-Ross drew from sitting with dying patients, published in her 1969 book On Death and Dying, the work that helped launch the hospice movement. Meet each stage in its own lesson, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, plus a bonus module on anxiety, the missing stage, and a closing lesson on living with the stages in real life.

A free IFS Academy course on legacy projects for the dying from the Death and Dying Series: fifteen lessons covering the legacy letter, future-dated messages, life story telling, voice and video recordings, photographs, recipes, handmade keepsakes, heirlooms, words of repair, living legacies, digital legacy, and the farewell in your own words. Every lesson ends with an IFS and parts work exercise so you can begin working with what you learn.

A free course by Everything IFS Academy on death in the world's religions: ten modules laying out what the great faiths actually believe happens after we die. Explore the afterlife maps of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Nonduality, each taught on its own terms and never measured against another. From heaven, resurrection, and judgment to karma, rebirth, and returning to the Tao, every tradition gets its honest depth, and the closing mod