Grief is a deeply painful, lonely, and isolating experience for many of us. When someone we love dies or a relationship ends due to divorce or some other circumstance, we often feel unprepared and ill-equipped to deal with our emotions.

The good news is, your grief does not have to be a life sentence. There are tools that can help you to move beyond the pain and heal your heart after loss.

Supporting a child through trauma can be confusing and difficult. Adults play an important role in supporting a child after trauma and it is key that adults understand trauma and its impact on the developing brain. Our team at The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre is honoured to organize this free, educational talk about trauma and children over a 90-minute virtual session on Thursday, September 30th at 7:00pm MT. The purpose of this talk is to provide parents, caregivers, and other adults who have young people in their lives with supportive strategies to reduce the impact and long-lasting effects of trauma.

The mind-body connection suggests there is a back and forth interaction between our thoughts, feelings and body responses. Grief is multifaceted and affects us not only emotionally, but physically as well. Physical limitations such as chronic pain or physical injury can also impact our emotional wellbeing. As grief and the body are interconnected and have a significant impact on our overall well being, our team at The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre is honoured to facilitate this free educational talk over a 90-minute virtual session on Thursday, June 24th at 7:00pm MT.

Supporting a child through grief is a tremendously difficult task. Caregivers, who are often impacted by the same loss, are left with little information on how grief presents in children and what to do to support them. With the desire to bring caregivers together and create a space for conversation about grief, our team at The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre is honoured to organize this free educational talk over a 90-minute virtual session on Thursday, March 11th at 7:00pm MT.

Grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss of any kind. When someone we care about dies, our relationship ends in divorce, or we experience any of the other 40 forms of loss, we often feel unprepared and ill-equipped to deal with our emotions. Join us for an 8-week journey of healing and growth with heart-to-heart connection formed among people who are experiencing parallel emotions to one another.

Our community is dealing with the collective loss of the world we knew. With even more restrictions limiting our social connection with others and traditional holiday celebrations, many of us are experiencing an added layer of sadness, isolation, and stress right now. This Grief Talk will be filled with education, wisdom, compassion, validation, and grace. Register for your free virtual ticket today! There are limited tickets available and only one virtual ticket available per person.

Grief is an inevitable experience and one that is particularly difficult for young people to navigate. As educators, we often see our students in pain or hear about their losses, but are unsure of how to support them. Now more than ever, it is important that educators equip themselves with the emotional and intellectual tools to support their students in processing the impact of the losses associated to COVID-19.

In this workshop, you will learn about what grief is, the many causes of grief, including those losses related to COVID-19, the myths of grief, the normal and natural signs of grief, and how you can best support your students in transitioning through the pandemic.