Session 4: How We Live With Grief

Assignments

    1. What cultural values do we have that influence how we grieve?
    2. In what ways have you seen people continue connection with loved ones after death?
    3. What might be some of the reasons or ‘benefits’ for our society to disenfranchise grief? (download)
    4. Have you worked with someone who was dealing with an ambiguous loss or has a loss like this yourself? What impact did you see in their process? (download)

Videos to Watch:

Agenda

July 19, 2019

Centering meditation

Welcome

Housekeeping

Introductions

Round table check-in

Review of the agenda

Talking Points

  • Grieving and mourning are life-long processes
  • Some expressions/experiences are not socially sanctioned
  • Our experiences build upon each other and influence how we live and die

Education and Discussion

Synthesis

One Takeaway from everyone – It can be a fact, a sense, a felt sense, a feeling, a reaction, a question, etc. 

Next session and assignments

Closing: Poem

 

AGENDA START ZOOM SESSION 4

Lunch and Learn Session 4