Workshops About Life and Aging
Gillian offers intimate, impactful workshops for families, peer groups, and organizations, including churches, synagogues, and community centers. As an experienced End-of-Life Doula, she creates a compassionate, supportive space where individuals and families can navigate aging, caregiving, and life transitions with clarity and confidence.
Contemplating Aging
🕒 90-minutes 👥 Groups of 10-20
What does it mean to age gracefully? Why is talking about death still taboo? How can we find joy and fulfillment as we grow older?
The Contemplating Aging Workshop provides a thoughtful, guided space to explore these questions, helping participants reflect on their own aging process and find comfort in life’s transitions.
You Will Leave With:
A deeper understanding of your personal relationship with aging
Practical tools to embrace aging with intention and confidence
Skills to navigate meaningful conversations about life and mortality
Through open discussion and self-reflection, we will cultivate self-awareness and courage while engaging in honest conversations about aging.
Midlife & Beyond
🕒 4 one-hour sessions 👥 Groups of 10-20
Aging isn’t just about what’s ahead — it’s about how we live today. This four-part workshop series helps participants embrace midlife with confidence, clarity, and intention, covering the essential aspects of planning for the future while staying present in the moment.
What you’ll learn:
Living Intentionally – Align your daily life with your values and priorities to create a meaningful future.
Identifying Your Community – Strengthen your support system by deepening existing relationships and forging new connections.
Breaking Through the Taboo – Develop confidence in having open, honest, and compassionate conversations about aging, death, and legacy.
Getting Organized – Take proactive steps to simplify end-of-life planning, ensuring peace of mind for yourself and your loved ones.
Join Gillian in a supportive, welcoming space to explore aging with confidence, connect with others on a similar journey, and prepare for the road ahead.
Aging Parents
🕒 4 hours 👥 Groups of 6-10
Supporting aging parents comes with emotional, logistical, and financial challenges. This intimate, half-day workshop provides the essential tools and strategies needed to navigate caregiving, end-of-life planning, and family dynamics with clarity and confidence.
Through guided discussions and interactive exercises, this session helps you process emotions, prepare for the road ahead, and build a supportive caregiving approach.
What You’ll Learn:
How to have productive, compassionate conversations with aging parents
Strategies for balancing work, family, and caregiving responsibilities
Practical tools to navigate end-of-life planning and decision-making
This workshop is ideal for middle-aged adults juggling careers, family life, and caregiving responsibilities who want to feel more prepared, connected, and confident as they support their aging loved ones.
Workshops for YPO
Are you a YPO forum moderator seeking valuable content, deeper intimacy, and higher engagement? Click here for Gillian’s YPO forum workshop.
Reviews for Gillian’s Workshops
“Great workshop, much needed but very rarely discussed. ”
“I thought it was extraordinary – opened up new thinking and Gillian is amazing in every way.”
“The aging presentation helped me to build a six month strategy to achieve goals with my mom.”
“Powerful session. Lovely balance between insights and personal actions.”