A Little Death
Endings as a portal to aliveness
Danya Shults
Death is final (as far as I know). This elective is not. Consider it a nonlinear taste — a chance to move slowly around something most of us spend a lot of energy not looking at directly.
We'll ask questions like: What if an ending were a climax rather than a collapse? Why don't we prepare for the end — personally, institutionally, at all? What's dying in or around you right now, and what might that be making room for?
The arc moves from pleasure to avoidance to ritual to action. We'll tell stories, make things, sit with what's unfinished. Some of it will be uncomfortable. Some of it will be surprisingly alive.
We'll certainly not be alone. And we'll all leave a little more open and ready — for what depends entirely on what you bring.
About the Instructor: Danya Shults
A veteran of multiple industries — nonprofit, tech, media, and venture capital — Danya now works as an executive coach and startup advisor. Danya is also the founder of the following shuttered projects: a pop-up restaurant, a company in the spirituality space, and a digital zine. She believes in beginning with the end in mind and that every ending is the start of something new. Danya’s death doula training deepens the comfort, clarity, and practicality she brings to her clients as they navigate change and growth. Danya is a New Yorker at heart who lives in sunny Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
Online Electives meet on Fridays at 1 EST for 4 weeks.
$200, open to the public, Critical Business School participants get 25% off.
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
1 EST, 60 minutes.
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