This workshop helps you discover the power of color energies as emotional allies, and how color can guide and support your feelings. Colors are like emotions; each one is a gift that leads you into deeper aspects of your whole and well self. When you gently allow your feelings, you can gain true emotional resilience. […]
Newly Widowed: Help for the First Year of Widowhood
You’re Not Crazy; You’re Just Grieving
When you’ve been widowed, it’s easy to feel like you’re going crazy. You feel like you aren’t “yourself”, you don’t understand what is happening to you, and many of those around you don’t either.
Making Sense of Finances: Now and for the Future
Making sense of finances after the loss of a spouse is a struggle for many. Whether trying to decide how to invest life insurance benefits to make them stretch or trying to survive when there is no death benefit or plan for future income replacement, Heather teaches you to understand how to do both and […]
Why What You Eat Matters in Grief
As a young widow, the kitchen was the place where I was best able to express my feelings. Cooking became my go-to coping tool. Recipe by recipe I made my way through the sudden death of my husband, and found both solace and inspiration along the way. Eventually my love for cooking led to a […]
Navigating Family & Friends
Grieving is hard work. Dealing with family and friends in the midst of our grief can sometimes feel like too much. Join Dr. Carrie West as she offers suggestions to help support you as you navigate sometimes difficult situations with friends and family.
Guided Writing For Healing and Connection
Author, writer, and widow Melissa Gould will guide participants in a healing writing workshop that explores the unexpected realities of widowhood. Designed to enhance acceptance and exploration of what it means to be widowed, this workshop considers that we are not living the life we were expecting due to the loss of our person. Through […]