Grieve Writing
A safe place for women to grieve, explore, grow, and heal.
Where: Zoom
Price: $222
When: Every Thursday February 20 -March 27 (6-week series)
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. PST
No more than six women are in a series.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel less alone in your grief?
If you're like many people, you've stopped talking about your grief. You are frustrated, angry, sad, and lonely when met with well-meaning but unsupportive comments like "Everything happens for a reason" or "Your loved one wouldn't want you to be sad."
Grief Writing for Women is a writing class and community that will give you a safe space to tell the truth about what it's like to be you and to live with grief and loss without edit, shame, or fear of judgment.
Does this sound like you?
You are looking for a safe space to tell the truth about what it's like to be you and live with grief and loss without edit, shame, or fear of judgment.
You do not consider yourself a 'writer' but desire an authentic and supportive way to engage with your grief.
You are curious how writing in a community of women can offer a creative and kind opening to explore your emotions?
You desire more intention, guidance, and focus to kickstart your writing process.
You always feel great after writing and never regret it. Even so, you rarely do it and would like more accountability to show up to your healing and writing process.
Even though you have supportive friends and family that mean well, you feel alone, misunderstood, unheard, and seen in your sorrow.
If you're nodding your head, saying, "Yes, that's me," Grief Writing for Women is for you.
In Grief Writing for Women, we practice using poems and prompts as inspiration and a gateway into grief and intuition, getting beyond our conditioned minds. Learn how to write your grief — even if you don't have experience writing. This space will allow you to radically accept yourself and create the capacity to quietly lean into those hard-to-reach, uncomfortable places. Women feel inspired, knowing their stories offer stability, wisdom, and freedom to be more of their true selves and encourage others to feel the same.
What to Expect
Your body already knows how to express your emotions; it needs a gentle, safe space to sort through feelings.
Any woman who has experienced loss or grief (past or present).
Any woman who is looking for a safe space to feel and heal.
Any woman who is curious about writing as a self-care practice.
Any woman looking for time dedicated to themselves.
Who is this series for?
Grief, like love, needs expression. Writing won't erase your grief, but it will help you honor it and the ones you've lost.
A cathartic and compassionate way to be with grief.
A tender release to the feelings held in the body.
Gentle guidance, inspiration, and intention to speak your truth about loss.
A safe space to bring sorrow from a place of isolation into a shared experience.
Honoring those we love, bringing their stories into the light of day.
We will explore…
Your grief has a wisdom all on its own. Let it tell you what it knows.
Learn more about yourself, your grief, and helpful ways to take good care inside your pain and uncomfortable emotions.
Expand your capacity to treat yourself and others with kindness.
Engage deeply and creatively with your grief.
Feel seen and heard.
Lean into listening to your own story within your pain and listen and heal through witnessing each other's journey in a safe and intimate environment.
Practice being honest with yourself and brave with what is true.
What you will gain
"Sharing my words, listening to others share the words of their grief journey as invited by the prompts that Dina gave as optional starting places, was so healing. To hear and hold the emotions of others who read their words in their own voices made me feel like I have a family of women who share common ground, no matter how different the details, and that sharing is a kind of empowerment. The energy of this exchange invites and encourages me to be open to sharing more and more of my stories as valuable. And that my voice, though different than others, is important."
— Mary Elizabeth Collins (M.E. Young)
Frequently Asked Questions
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Deaths of anyone important to you: spouses, parents, pets, siblings, children, partners, friends, family members, colleagues – if their death impacts you, you can write about them.
Any loss you identify as being deeply part of you (health-related, relationships, jobs) – especially if it's never been acknowledged.
Tangible and fresh grief as well as deep-rooted, older grief and loss.
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No. You are welcome whether you are new to writing or have been writing your entire life or somewhere between. Writing is a beautiful self-care practice. It is both intuitive and skillful. The more we practice, the more it becomes a sustainable tool we can depend on.
You don't need extensive writing experience to call yourself a writer. If you have ever considered writing, this is a beautiful time to consider Grief Writing.
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No. The space supports your process and pace. You will receive support through your words on the page and listening to others. When ready, sharing can be a beautiful way to engage deeper with your voice and grief. It will allow for a different experience and offer insight, release, and courage-building in your voice.
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Writing and sharing our stories and grief journey and listening to others share theirs is cathartic. It illuminates hidden connections between our stories and each other. It offers insights and aha moments we often do not know we need or harbor and might not otherwise achieve on our own. Writing in a community-held container provides a gentle opening to explore, move, and release emotions held in our bodies.
The energy invites and encourages one to be open to sharing more and realizing that our voice, though different than others, is essential and valuable.
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No. Sessions are not recorded to create a safe space for women to be heard and seen, express themselves, and share their stories and words.
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When we consistently show up with a sincere effort and write and share in a safe place, we open in ways we had not anticipated. Writing in this way will influence how you walk in the world. It will create more trust and confidence in yourself and offer a more profound healing experience with yourself and the other women.
Words are powerful. Words connect, heal, and inspire. Words help us get out on paper what we hold and suppress in the body on paper. You are not alone in the pain and emotions you keep. Discover the healing power of words and community.
