MORTALITEA CIRCLE COLLECTIVE 2026
NOW OPEN
Something in you already knows how to hold this.
You are the one people turn to when things get real. When life cracks open and someone doesn't know who to call. When the weight of it is too much for ordinary conversation. When the question can't be Googled as it lives somewhere deeper, somewhere that needs to be witnessed rather than solved.
You don't flinch at those moments.
You lean in.
You may not have a name for what you carry. But we do.
WHAT IS A MORTALITEA CIRCLE?
A small, intimate gathering held over a cup of tea. where people are invited to speak honestly about death. Not morbidly. Not clinically. But the way humans have always spoken around fires and at kitchen tables, when the masks come off and real life gets discussed.
No agenda. No advice. No need to have answers.Just the rare, sacred act of truly listening.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
Sign up and receive your Circle Planning Guide and access to pre-recorded tutorials. Begin envisioning your own circle in a way that feels entirely authentic to you.
ATTEND THE LIVE SESSIONS
Join the 3 x live online sessions. 5th may 7-8pm and Workshop about Mortality & Wellbeing with a meditation to finish. 6th May 12.30-1.30pm Live MortaliTea Circle. 7th May 12.30-1.30pm Live Q&A.
The workshop & live Q&A is recorded for replay.
HOST YOUR OWN CIRCLE
Create and host your own simple MortaliTea Circle (your circle can be in-person or online. with family, friends, colleagues or in community)
IS THIS SPEAKING TO YOU?
Not everyone feels the pull toward these deep yet life affirming conversations. But some of us feel it unmistakably with a quiet tug toward the threshold, toward the places most people turn away from.
☕You're the one who stays. Who asks the real question. Who doesn't change the subject.
☕ You've sat with someone in a hard moment and known, instinctively, that presence matters more than words.
☕ You believe these conversations deserve a proper space — not a hushed voice and a subject change.
☕ You want to bring something meaningful to your community, but haven't known where to start.
☕ You sense there's more you're being called toward even if you can't name it yet.
This is often where it begins.
YOUR GUIDE
Rachael Carter is a Soul Doula®, TEDx Speaker, and the founder of the end-of-life Soul Doulas® programme.
Since 2013, she has walked alongside hundreds of people in their dying journeys and held hundreds of conversations that most people never dare to have.
Her gift is making the sacred feel safe. With Rachael, you will feel held, seen, and quietly empowered to begin.
Why this matters
Talking about death openly is, surprisingly, one of the most life-affirming things you can do. It brings people closer. It dissolves the small worries and reminds us what actually matters. People leave these circles lighter, not heavier, because something that was unspoken has finally been given a voice.
Many of our certified Soul Doulas® first found their path sitting in a MortaliTea Circle. As a guest, as a host, or simply as someone who turned up and felt: this is where I belong.
You don't need to know where this leads. But if you feel drawn, that instinct is worth honouring.
Feeling a deeper calling?
For those who find themselves not just wanting to host a circle, but to walk alongside others through the whole of the dying journey, Rachael's accredited Soul Doula® Training Programme is a six-month immersive path for those called to this work professionally, spiritually, or simply for the ones they love.
