Expanding Life
in Loss
Grief and trauma are gripping our lives.
Many are living with depression and distrust, on high alert and with limited peace. But you do not have to stay there.
You don’t have to deal with grief alone.
Grief and Resiliency
Expanding Life in Loss is a virtual, confidential empowerment workshop series for individuals experiencing grief, losses, and endings – especially due to death, divorce, chronic illness, family estrangement, job loss, or the atmosphere of overwhelm and stress in our society.
Together, we explore grief through group discussions, art, music, writing, and a 1-1 coaching session. Materials from program modules are provided for learning and reflecting between sessions. Each session provides a space for you to wrestle with both the emotional and spiritual issues relating to grief.
Participating in this 7-session series will enable you to access the healing power possible while grieving personal loss. Your participation will also help you recognize and access new possibilities for your life that emerge from your loss.
Next Series Begins
Oct. 9, 2024
Dates:
Oct. 9 and 23
Nov. 6 and 20
Dec. 4 and 18
Jan. 8, 2024
“Rev. Carson and Dr. Cari have helped me tremendously in dealing with my grief. I had so much anger built up and they've assisted me with processing my feelings and finding different ways to cope. Very easy to talk to and such great listeners. Being in group sessions also always lifted my spirits and reminded me that I'm not alone. It helps hearing how others are coping and I know sharing my process and emotions helped them as well. Would recommend to everyone!”
The Modules
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1 | Defining Grief
Helps you clarify the various aspects of your loss(es) and sets the stage for your healing in ways that honor you and the distinctive meaning and significance of your loss(es).
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2 | Multiple Layers of Loss
Provides an overview of common experiences of grieving and the specific realities of your life that may help or hinder you in your grieving process.
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3 | The Story of Your Life
Assists you in identifying your inner resources and ways to make the best use of those resources to help you begin to imagine yourself flourishing once again.
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4 | Emotional Inventory
Helps you activate the inner resources that you already have and that can help you as you move through your grieving process.
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5 | Liminal Spaces
Presents the life-changing benefits that losses make possible and the strategies of gratitude, forgiveness, and use of rituals to cultivate those benefits.
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6 | New Opportunities
Offers tools and strategies to help you vision and begin writing the next chapter(s) of your life, now more possible because of your loss.
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7 | Expanding Life
Provides a summary of the core concepts to take with you into this next chapter of your life and a deeper dive into rewriting life-expanding narratives for thriving.
“The most powerful part for me was the personal narratives that individuals shared with the group. Providing this platform … to recognize people's full selves… was the most potent take-away for me. I think there were many positive, and perhaps other unintended, results which may continue to contribute to the overall community experience.”
FAQs
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Expanding Life in Loss group sessions typically meet every other week during the course of the program.
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The group sessions are led by at least one facilitator.
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Yes. While getting the maximum benefit from the program is most possible by participating in all sessions, we understand that life happens and sometimes you might be unable to attend a session. You are still encouraged to sign up.
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In addition to providing emotional support, Expanding Life in Loss helps you to understand what you are feeling and why. As well, Expanding Life in Loss helps you to reimagine who you are since your loss and recognize and live into new possibilities for your life.
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Expanding Life in Loss includes both self-paced online modules and bi-weekly small group sessions. While we encourage everyone to access both, you may purchase the online modules alone to work through them independently.
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Once the program sessions are completed, we offer a community membership that includes monthly gatherings, new content materials, and more for all past program participants. Most individuals who have participated in Expanding Life in Loss continue their connection by signing up for the community membership. And you will continue to have lifetime access to the content materials.
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Yes. We will be glad to help you connect in ways that are meaningful to you and your process.
“If you are looking for a safe place to land after your life is in upheaval from a loss like I was before Expanding Life in Loss group may I suggest the group? I found both facilitators wise, and kind. Both remembered details from each person’s story which made their comments targeted and helpful. I was dealing with a myriad of non death losses and felt most welcome in the group with people who were suffering grief from the loss of a loved one. And was able to process some prior grief over losing people dear to me that I buried because the pain was too deep.”
