Seasoned Widowed: Community Building for those Widowed 5 years and more

Widow Friendships Matter: A Panel Presentation by the Badass Widow Warriors

Moderator: Tammy Porter

In this panel, BWWs will discuss how their group friendship was instrumental in their collective early survival, as well as their eventual success living forward and thriving (or attempting to) after the loss of their husbands. The women will talk openly about why it matters having a widow tribe and the bond of being unconditionally “seen” in their moments of pain, celebration, laughter, questioning, and reflection. No question is off limits for these Badass Widow Warriors!

Support and Community for Suicide Survivors

This workshop will offer support for widowed people whose partners died by suicide. We will discuss coping strategies, offer psycho-educational information and provide time and support…

I Miss the Old Me

Grief changes us, often without our permission. Where did my memory go? Why can’t I concentrate? Will I ever feel like myself again? Join Soaring Spirits International founder, Michele Neff Hernandez, to discuss the emotional, mental and physical changes that accompany widowhood and to find hope that you can miss the old you while learning to appreciate […]

Self-Care Through Trauma

Moderator: Susan Hannifin-MacNab

Susan will moderate a discussion exploring a variety of self-care modalities designed to specifically address grief related trauma. She will be joined by a panel of widowed people with personal and professional experience in healing through trauma. They will share self-care tips that they use and recommend.

Grief and Child Development

This workshop will provide an understanding of children and their development as it pertains to their concepts of death and grief reactions. Children’s grief can look very different than adults’ grief, they often grieve in spurts and re-grieve as the concept of death becomes more definitive and permanent to them. As such, it is important […]

Writing as Healing Art

Writing our way through grief into the “after” is just one of many creative ways widows heal. This workshop will offer simple prompts to write what needs to be written using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, an encouraging practice that does not allow criticism of first-draft work. Writers will have the opportunity to share […]