# How Death Became the New Wellness Frontier

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**Date:** March 13, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Salon D  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Culture  
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## Speakers

- **Rebecca Feinglos** — Founder and CEO
- **Darnell Lamont Walker** — Death Doula | TV Writer
- **David Oliver** — Deputy Wellness Editor
- **Jamie Thrower** — Death Doula, Grief Educator & Funeral Celebrant

Fitness has trainers. Mental health has therapists. Now, death and grief have their own guides. From eco-burials to "grief influencers" leading online communities, death wellness is emerging as the next phase of the wellness industry. In this provocative panel, Grieve Leave founder Rebecca Feinglos, Queer Grief Club founder and death doula Jamie Thrower, Emmy-nominated writer and death doula Darnell Walker, and USA Today wellness editor David Oliver explore how a new generation  is embracing dying and grieving with the same intention, aesthetics, and openness as modern wellness culture.

## Transcript

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