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Talks and workshops ranging from 20 minutes to all-day and weekend.

  • The Language of Dying: How to recognize and understand the unique metaphors of language and gestures

  • What Dying Can Be: Lydia’s Last Year

  • Map of Dying: Understanding the Threshold Events that Guide the Process

  • Non-ordinary Experiences: Understanding Pre-Death Visions and After-Death Communication

  • Helping Children When Someone They Love is Dying

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Consciousness Survives Death ~
Featured Podcast

In this powerful and emotional Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown episode, licensed end-of-life counselor and death doula Dr. Martha Jo Atkins explores consciousness after death and what truly happens when we die. Drawing on decades of guiding people through their final moments, she reveals the spiritual, biological, emotional, and psychological changes that occur when consciousness leaves the body—offering profound insights into life after death and the mysteries of the dying process.

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From the Audience

“If you want it done right, with anything in life, leave it to the professionals. Martha Jo Atkins is a pro with a unique set of skills, subject matter expertise and championship-level message delivery skills.”

“From 30 years of studying end-of-life care, I think this talk was the best ever.”

“I so appreciate your wonderful sense of humor, rich capacity for narrative, and your bravery in diving into this area that sorely needs to be explored and better understood.”

“This morning I experienced pure, exquisite joy. Martha Jo led our class through a guided imagery process that allowed me to reconnect in a deeply profound way with my mother.
Mom passed away last June and yet we were together again experiencing pure bliss. There were no spoken words. There was only Love.”

Upcoming Events

  • K smrti dobrý festival

    November 7 - 9, 2025

    Ostrava, Czech Republic

    A festival about death and its presence in our lives.

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  • Vlček Family Foundation, Children's Bereavement Training

    November 12, 2025

  • End of Life Retreat

    November 14 - 16, 2025

    Ostrava, Czech Republic

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