This workshop is designed for the audience to hear and engage with the presenter on how one man dealt with Family Matters because Family Matters. The workshop immediately draws the audience in when both shared and then are asked what happened when FATE meets FAITH collided at the intersection of LIFE and DEATH in their […]
Seasoned Widowed: Community Building for those Widowed 5 years and more
Finding Strength & Connection in Queer Community
This gathering offers LGBTQ+ widowed and surviving partners a chance to be in community and find support among other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. Together, we will explore disenfranchised grief, the unique experience of grieving a partner as a queer person, and how community can support healing. Through shared stories and connection, participants […]
Write Your Grief Out
Anne Gudger—author, podcaster, writing facilitator, former classroom teacher—will share the power of writing as a means to move through grief. She wrote/scribbled in journals to save herself when she was widowed and pregnant at 28. Her stack of journals eventually became her material for her memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, published in 2023. She will also […]
Shouldn’t You be Okay by Now? TIps for Healthy Grieving on Your Timeline
If there’s one thing all widowed people probably have in common, it’s the chorus of opinions from friends, family, co-workers, and sometimes complete strangers on their grieving timeline – mostly that they’re not over it fast enough, and can’t you smile already, and stop ruining Christmas for the kids! THINK OF THE KIDS! Since cursing […]
Grief and the Energy Body
We are all made up of several different “bodies” – our physical body, our energy body, and our mental body, each of which experiences grief in different ways. After the death of a spouse or partner, it’s common for our energy centers to be totally depleted while also being thrown completely out of alignment. In […]
Navigating Parenting and Grief
Parenting while grieving brings unique challenges, as we work to support our children through loss while also navigating our own. This workshop offers a compassionate space to explore the balance between caring for your child(ren) and caring for yourself, with practical tools and shared experiences to help you find strength, connection, and hope along the […]