What to expect

At The Grief Well we believe that everyone has the innate capacity to hold space for others. Our Grief Stories Facilitator Training is a slow and embodied six-month journey designed to help you cultivate the skills to create a solid container for others to connect with their grief. Through a deep exploration of the narratives we hold about loss, you'll learn how to invite others to deepen their kinship with grief and create opportunities for grief to be witnessed.

  • A deepened kinship with grief through your own exploration of loss supported by Grief Stories Kinship Journal

  • Exploring personal ritual practices to support you to feel grounded and connected to your heart

  • Tips on hosting Grief Stories gatherings online and in person

  • Guidance on how to create a supportive container for people to share

  • Guidance on how to facilitate group conversations around grief

  • Embodiment practices to support your well being before, during, and after holding space for others

  • Support with creating a personalized 8 week syllabus for grief gatherings inspired by Grief Stories 8 weeks of gathering

  • Access to additional grief resources

  • Guidance on how to hold stand along grief circles

  • Increased grief competency, which is very different than grief literacy, through exploring your own losses, this will allow you to serve with your wounds, not from them.

Pricing options

We want this offering to be barrier-free. If you feel called to join, but the tuition is holding you back, please get in touch. You can reach us at hello@thegriefwell.ca

Guides

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Grief Stories Kinship Journal

The Grief Stories guided study is supported by Grief Stories Kinship Journal. Grief Stories Kinship journal acknowledges that grief affects us physically, cognitively, socially, and spiritually. To support this notion, this journal includes poetry, quotes, kinship practices, grief rituals, herbal supports, and writing prompts. There is ample space for reflections and expression of the experience of loss.