🥀Deathbed Regrets Course
Updated: Sep 30
Free Course by Everything IFS Academy | Death and Dying Series
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🥀 Welcome to the Free Deathbed Regrets Course for Everyday People
This course exists because of something remarkable: the people closest to the end of life keep trying to send the rest of us a message. Bronnie Ware, the Australian palliative caregiver whose years at the bedside became the world-famous book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying in 2012, gathered the most beloved version of that message, and her story is honored in full early in this course. The lens she opened, and the one this course looks through from start to finish, is honest and surprisingly hopeful: nearly everyone reaches the end carrying regrets, the regrets follow patterns that can be understood, and peace turns out not to require everything being fixed. There is real work that can be done with regret, at the end of life and long before it, and the people who keep company with the dying watch it succeed every day.
This course teaches the wisdom of deathbed regrets pure to itself, drawn straight from the bedside, with no religious doctrine or outside systems blended in. It's written in plain, emotionally human language anyone can follow, whether you work around death and dying or have never once said the words out loud. It isn't clinical or professional training, grief counseling, or religious instruction; it's real knowledge and guidance you can use in your own life and with the people you love, whatever you're carrying and whoever you're sitting beside. Inside you'll find clear teaching, real-life examples, and the practical substance this topic deserves, from the regrets the dying actually name to the repairs that remain possible, the losses that ask for completion instead, and the quiet skill of keeping company from the chair beside the bed. And every module ends with a simple practice so you can begin using the skill right away.
This course is self-paced click-and-learn, with no tests, quizzes, exams, or homework. Feel free to move through the modules in order or jump straight to whatever interests you most. There is no right or wrong way to take this course.
Course Outline
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Orientation
How Regret Actually Works 3. The Anatomy of Regret 4. Regrets of Action and Regrets of Inaction 5. Why Regret Rises at the End of Life
The Famous Five Regrets
6. I Wish I'd Lived True to Myself
7. I Wish I Hadn't Worked So Hard
8. I Wish I'd Had the Courage to Express My Feelings
9. I Wish I Had Stayed in Touch With My Friends
10. I Wish That I Had Let Myself Be Happier
The Deeper Work 11. The Heavier Regrets 12. What Can Still Be Repaired 13. What Cannot Be Repaired and the Work of Completion 14. Sitting With Someone Else's Regret
Take It Into Your Life 15. Living With What You Now Know
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Disclaimer: Everything IFS Academy is an independent educational platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the IFS Institute. While we strive for accuracy, errors can occur, and users are encouraged to cross-reference critical information. The courses in our Death and Dying series are offered for educational and reflective purposes only; they are not medical advice, hospice or palliative care guidance, grief counseling, or legal or end-of-life planning services, and nothing here should be used to make medical, caregiving, or legal decisions for yourself or someone in your care. They do not constitute therapy, mental health treatment, clinical training, or crisis support, and they should not be used as a substitute for professional mental health care. This course discusses death, dying, and grief directly; if you are newly bereaved or facing a serious diagnosis, please pace yourself and keep real-world support close as you move through it.
Crisis Support: 🚨If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, feel unsafe, feel at risk of harming yourself or someone else, or feel too overwhelmed to safely use self-directed practices, please pause this material and reach out for immediate support. Contact a licensed mental health professional, call or text 988 in the U.S. or Canada, or use your local emergency or crisis resources.
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