Your Morbid Friends is a partnership between an LCSW and an Ecopsychologist, both experienced psychonauts who are passionate about death literacy and changing the death industry.
Robin and Cassandra met as co-workers at a psychiatric private practice in NYC, but first got to know each other at a psychedelics conference. On a lunch break, they discovered they had a mutual desire to create supportive spaces for grief. Recognizing the kindred spirit, they continued to talk and brainstorm how to spread The Gospel of Death Is Not So Scary and put a few events on the calendar and four months later, Your Morbid Friends was born.
By developing partnerships with nonprofits and community spaces, YMF has been offering events for different groups including LGBTQ+ elders and curious New Yorkers, touching on many of the different sizes and shapes of grief along the way. Though still a young company, participants frequently cite their gratitude for the much-needed space. Your Morbid Friends are excited to continue co-creating these spaces as well as developing more offerings in the future.
Cassandra Biron, LCSW is dedicated to supporting individuals through life’s transitions, particularly at the end of life. Her work is guided by her love for people and their stories, and a love and value for elders instilled in her from an early age by her mother. Her private practice specializes in queer care and psychedelic prep and integration. Fueled by her passion for community care and creating unique treatment plans, Cassandra’s work is rooted in healing justice and turning ancestral wounds into ancestral gifts.
Robin Silver, MA, has been talking about mortality since kindergarten. She has an MA in Ecopsychology and mindfulness instructor certification from Naropa University, where she also took courses on Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. She has also undertaken an eclectic breadth of trainings and retreats around the US, Mexico, and Asia. Robin’s work comes from the belief that we must tend to our psychological, emotional, spiritual, and ecological bodies as much as our physical body.