Our Mission
The Dead People’s Group provides support in an open, honest and safe setting for adults who have experienced the death of an immediate family member. As a collective, members gain a shared wisdom gathered from the many stages of grief and life experiences born from monumental loss, trauma, and healing, all guided by their Moderator.
Real People. Real Talk.
The Dead People’s Group is made up of people who have all experienced loss and have agreed to three key goals and three ground rules for weekly conversations:
GOALS
To heal, support, and struggle collectively from common ground, without judgement or criticism.
To hold space for other participants to express themselves as they are, were and want to be - joys, struggles, anxieties and all.
To invite honest communication from members in varied stages of grief.
GROUND RULES
Positive Vibes - In order to create a safe atmosphere for all participants, please refrain from making critical/direct responses to others' personal experiences unless explicitly invited to do so. Please DO express understanding, empathy and your own related experiences.
Vegas Rule - What happens in The Dead People’s Group, stays in The Dead People’s Group. Please keep others’ stories to yourself and DO NOT share outside of the group.
Triggers - When speaking about trauma, we can often have intense emotional reactions immediately or delayed a few hours or days. If you are experiencing distress during a meeting, please feel free to inform the Moderator, voice your feelings to the group to discuss what is hurting, and/or seek professional support (from TDPG’s list of resources).
Meet Our Moderator
Bre Metcalf-Oshinsky
Hi, I’m Bre. When I was 16, in my sophomore year of high school, my mom died. She was diagnosed with cancer when I was four years old, and over the course of my childhood as she battled the disease, I battled the overwhelming amount of emotions that come with grief, trauma and death. The best resource I ever had was my high school bereavement group, made up of other kids who had experienced a monumental loss in their own lives. It was the only place I felt fully understood. We called it “The Dead People’s Group.” As I’ve gotten older, these peer resources have been hard to find or financially challenging. I created The Dead People’s Group to reinstate the most valuable emotional tool I was ever fortunate enough to experience, in the hopes that others like me may come together to heal ourselves and each other.