Relationships with friends, family and colleagues can become severely altered after the death of a life partner. Interactions with the people and places who once made us comfortable can now cause anxiety, stress, anger or pain. Join us as we navigate these social changes by eco-mapping our new lives. Through an ecomap, plans can be […]
Middle Widowed: Hope and Healing for those Widowed 3-5 years
Rebuilding Your Heart
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates When it seems all that is left of us is the broken pieces, what do we do? How do we go on? And more importantly, how do we bring them with us […]
Healing Your Finances as You Heal Yourself
Focusing on financial matters can be the last thing on a widows mind, but it a critical piece that must be addressed. This talk will discuss ways widows can get organized and focus their attention on what matters from a financial perspective as they move through the grieving process. *Please note this workshop will be […]
Be Moved-Creative Dance Workshop
Be moved. Words alone cannot express our experience of grief and so we dance. Movement matters. Shake your soul and explore how the expression of movement can help release some of the pain our bodies hold. We will move solo, as a group, and I’ll introduce you to my favourite partner: a hula hoop Let’s […]
It’s Okay to Wake Up Laughing
Susan Hannifin-MacNab, author of the “A to Z Healing Toolbox,”states that “reading and verbalizing positive quotes, statements of affirmation, and hope-filled pieces of writing has a direct connection to overall health and well-being.” Using quotes from the works of Jen Sincero’s “You are a Badass”, Brene Brown’s “Daring Greatly”, Tom Zuba’s “Permission to Mourn”, and […]
Rebuilding Your Life with Grief
Believe it or not, grief won’t always feel the way it does today. As we learn to cope, we also learn how to live with it. Grief doesn’t go away; we will carry it always, but it does change over time. During our time together, we will explore how grief continues to impact us after […]