Discussing Death Beyond Belief

Join us for an important conversation on death, featuring expert guests Megan Sheldon and Janice Selbie. This webinar will explore humanist perspectives on navigating end-of-life matters, moving past traditional dogma to focus on mental wellbeing and emotional support for both the dying and the bereaved. The discussion will cover practical steps for planning for death, including the process of designing truly meaningful, secular ceremonies to honour a life. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with thoughtful voices on how to approach life's final transition with reason, compassion, and authentic human connection.

 

Megan Sheldon (she/her) is the co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world’s first guided ritual and ceremony app. Megan is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, and end-of-life doula living and working in North Vancouver, BC. She has created hundreds of ceremonies for people around the world, focusing on what she calls the ‘seemingly invisible moments of change’, such as pregnancy loss, organ transplantation, menopause, living funerals, and death anniversaries. Megan offers online workshops, virtual courses, and seasonal retreats in British Columbia, Canada. When she’s not crafting ceremonies, you can find her swimming in the sea or meandering in the rainforest with her husband Johan and two daughters.

Raised in a Pentecostal home, Janice Selbie (she/her) was a devoted Christian for decades when her faith shockingly dissolved. After divorcing both her religion and her husband, she returned to school to become a professional counsellor specializing in Religious Trauma. She has since founded CORT: the Conference on Religious Trauma and the Shameless Sexuality: Life After Purity Culture conference, as well as developed the Divorcing Religion Workshop and Podcast. Her book Divorcing Religion: A Memoir and Survival Handbook takes readers along on her deconversion journey and offers practical guidance for others deconstructing their religious beliefs. She currently has a private practice devoted to helping others who are recovering from religious trauma syndrome, at DivorcingReligion.com.

Ian Bushfield is the Executive Director of the BC Humanist Association and co-author of the BCHA's End of Life eBook.

WHEN
October 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm Pacific Time (US & Canada)
WHERE
Zoom

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