Shaping Grief
An Integration group
Wade deeper into the waters of your grief in a compassionate community. This 8 session group will guide individuals into a deeper more intentional relationship with change and loss. We will utilize writing, ritual, creative practice and reflective conversation to meet the web of grief connecting us to one another.
This Shaping Grief Integration group encourages members to explore the layers of complexity within ambiguous, disenfranchised, vicarious, unresolved or complicated grief. We will find generative ways to engage with layers of unacknowledged loss that otherwise may not be expressed, emotionally processed, and ritualized for closure.
You may be thinking…
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I am burnt out and have a heavy heart, I am looking for space to get to know my grief without being swallowed by it
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I am processing a complicated, unacknowledged or invisible/ambient loss. I'm aware I'm grieving but in ways that don't fit the typical grief group
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I want to integrate my personal losses and the grief I witness daily into my life and healing practice
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I am seeking opportunities to access the part of me holding grief — to experience, embody and tend to my broken-open heart.
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I need a space to talk though the layers of loss and change in my world with nuance, intention and care...
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One where I get community support without having to mask my divergence from ideas about the "right" or "appropriate" way to grieve; or ideas that certain losses are more important than others
All are welcome to this space.
Folks can join this virtual group from anywhere worldwide, and must be over the age of 22.
Do you see yourself as a leader, an organizer, a writer, an artist or culture shaper, a student or teacher or simply someone curious about integrating the fullness of your grief?
this may be a good fit for you If you are grieving
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The ongoing impacts of colonization
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A changing, aging body
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An ambiguous or incomplete loss
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Lost connection to land, ancestry, elders or tradition
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Identities shed to step into authenticity
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A loss of faith, hope for the future
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A death or loss you are still making sense of
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Loss of skills or diminished capacity
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The violence endured at the hands of oppressive systems
Join this intentional community group grounded in a decolonized approach to grief tending in times of collapse and regeneration
Participation
This integration group will support folks in challenging the assumption that there is a "right way" to grieve. Bringing to light the ways we have internalized ableism, colonization, and the pathologization of natural expressions of grief; we will surface and reclaim practices that affirm our ancestry and lived experience. In community, we will name our defenses against grief while fluidly embracing the practices and postures that invite more curiosity and receptivity to our own and other's grief. Over the course of 8 facilitated sessions, participants will integrate dimensions of their own grief through intentional conversation, guided ritual practice, creative writing, and more.
Please note: This group is not the best space for someone in acute grief, mental health crisis, psychosis, or navigating acute depression or anxiety. This group offers a paced, intentional dive into dark waters and requires an ecosystem of support, with loving relationships. Members are encouraged to engage in individual therapy during the course of the group and beyond. The facilitator is available to offer individual support and happy to discuss this in a 1:1 consultation.
If you are in acute grief or crisis and seeking support to process the recent death of a loved one, you can find additional grief groups at these links: griefshare.org griefincommon.com jamiethrower.com/queer-grief-club
Who is this group for?
Anyone over the age of 22 is welcome to join this virtual group. Folks can join from anywhere, this space welcomes individuals worldwide.
Shaping Grief is for all those whose life or work asks them to hold complex, unaknowledged, layered or ongoing grief.
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You need not be a practicing therapist or active ‘professional’ in a healthcare field.
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This space welcomes artists, writers, teachers, nurses, social workers, doulas, chaplains, activists, journalists, facilitators, community leaders, therapists, and students of any of these disciplines.
Live Group Schedule
Fall and Winter of 2026
8 live sessions · 1 hour 45 minutes each · 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
The group will meet every other week on Wednesdays from 2:45-4:30pm EST / 1:45-3:30pm CST / 11:45-1:30 PST. Group start date is TBD by group enrollment.
Through 8 live, facilitated sessions, members will explore different dimensions of their grief experience through ritual, connection and embodied practice. Each group will meet for 125 minutes (1 hour and 45 mins) on Wednesdays from 2:45-4:30pm EST / 1:45-3:30pm CST / 11:45-1:30 PST
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis without a set start date, so group will begin once the first cohort of folks is gathered. Thank you for your patience with this process.
This group is...
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a virtual gathering space to explore the many layers of grief within your experience: personal, intergenerational, professional, collective & systemic
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a place to ritualize, play, learn from and shape your own grief tending practice in supportive community
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a small, affirming community in the practice of shaping grief
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made up of 8 live sessions to process, release, heal and ground into your own unique orientation to grief medicine.
This group is not...
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a typical grief group
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a bereavement group to focus on death of a loved one
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a space to solely process a recent loss
We will look at personal losses as a portal into the depths and layers of your grief experience.
Financial Investment
Total Group Cost for 8 sessions:
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Solidarity — $900
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True Value — $700
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Community Care — $500
Payment Details:
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"True Value" reflects the actual cost of offering this group. Community Care is a sliding-scale rate limited to 4 spots in the cohort. Cohort membership is capped at 12 members.
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All payments involve an additional 4% administrative fee and are invoiced via Stripe.
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Full payment for the group is expected upon enrollment, with the understanding that participants may inevitably need to miss individual sessions.
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Payment plans are available: pay in full at contract signing, or pay an initial deposit and 3 monthly installments.
Payment Plan Schedule:
Curious about Shaping Grief?
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