Let’s Talk About Death (Over Dinner) creator Michael Hebb presents…
Transitions in Loss:
Death, Grief, and the Path to Healing
Oct 27 - Nov 1, 2025 in Santa Fe, USA Led by: Michael Hebb
Financial aid is available. Apply Here.
Navigating life’s hardest moments – and finding your way forward through fear, grief and change
When you're dealing with loss or your own impending mortality, it can feel like the ground beneath you has shifted—leaving you unmoored, uncertain, and searching for meaning.
Grief can make us feel lost, while the fear of death can keep us from truly living and making the most of the time we have left.
But what if, instead of resisting grief and death, we turned toward it with courage and curiosity?
That’s the invitation of Transitions in Loss: Death, Grief, and the Path to Healing, a transformative five-day workshop with Michael Hebb, founder of Death Over Dinner.
Through guided conversations, reflection, and community, you’ll explore what it means to face your mortality, embrace the grieving process, and ultimately find clarity and peace in life’s most difficult transitions.
This isn’t about despair—it’s about discovery. When we speak the unspoken, name our fears, and share our grief, something profound happens: we lighten the burden, deepen our connections, and uncover a renewed sense of purpose.
If you're navigating the fog of grief or wrestling with your own mortality, this workshop is for you.
When we face death, we learn how to truly live. Join Michael Hebb and the MEA team in Santa Fe to open up honest conversations about mortality, transform your relationship with grief, and deepen your connection—to yourself, your loved ones, and the life you have now.
What You’ll Gain
Through a blend of MEA curriculum and explorations that combine the spiritual, practical, existential, and commonsense best practices around death, you will:
You will leave with a new sense of empowerment in your relationship to death and grief and a comprehensive end-of-life plan that you can share with your family and loved ones to ensure you have the meaningful experience you desire.
Meet Your Faculty
Michael Hebb
Founder of Death Over Dinner
Author | Entrepreneur | Speaker | Activist
Michael is the Founder of Life Over Dinner. He currently serves as a Board Member of Village Health Works and as Board Advisor (Emeritus) at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts. In the recent past, he served as a Partner at RoundGlass and Senior Advisor to Summit Series, Theo Chocolate, CreativeLive, Architecture For Humanity, and Mosaic Voices Foundation.
Michael’s groundbreaking work with Death Over Dinner emerged from his own early encounters with mortality. After losing his father to Alzheimer's at age thirteen, Hebb developed a profound understanding of how challenging end-of-life conversations can be – and how essential. Named an "underground restaurateur, impresario and provocateur" by The New York Times, he has transformed this personal experience into a global movement.
Launched 12 years ago, Death Over Dinner provides a framework for people to gather around a meal and engage in meaningful conversations about mortality. The initiative has grown exponentially, with over one million people participating in these transformative dinners worldwide, making it one of the most successful end-of-life awareness campaigns ever created.
A captivating speaker, Hebb has shared his insights through a widely-viewed TEDMED talk and numerous speaking engagements at universities and conferences globally. His second book, Let's Talk About Death (Over Dinner) continues to expand this vital work. His approach combines the intimacy of shared meals with carefully crafted conversation tools, proving that the dinner table can be one of our most powerful venues for transformative dialogue.
This workshop is for you if...
You have recently lost someone and are looking for a way to process your grief while honoring your loved one’s memory
You are dealing with a serious health condition that is causing you to contemplate your own end of life
You’re seeking a way to face your mortality in a healthy way that fills you with vitality and enriches your life with purpose and meaning
You want to release any feelings of guilt, shame, or regret you may feel over the death of a loved one
You want to create an end-of-life plan that clarifies exactly what you want your death to look and feel like – so you can share it with your family and loved ones
You long to connect more deeply with your own humanity and that of others and replace feelings of grief and numbness with love and aliveness
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
Meet Your MEA Facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Michael Hebb, you will be guided through the core MEA curriculum by our seasoned facilitators:
Death has always been one of our primary teachers.
Facing our mortality can lead us down a path of inquiry that gives our life shape, purpose and meaning. When we compassionately embrace our own death and grief with intention and humility, it is less frightening and can be a realm of great inspiration and vitality that evokes great awakening and significant healing.
