Opening to Grief ~ Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace

"You could think of grief as a sacred passage. You are torn from the life you knew before. You are not who you were, and you are not yet who you will become. Like everything else, you are changing. You are, in a very real way, between identities. This experience—profoundly different for each of us—is confusing, agonizing, and potentially life-transforming."

Grief is alive in us more and more, here on Earth these days. We all feel alone, shocked, confused, and heartbroken by the losses we have experienced in recent times. This discussion will offer resources for building resilience and holding grief, so that we are able to connect more deeply to ourselves and to one another and to find meaning in the midst of loss.

Claire Willis is a clinical social worker and lay Buddhist chaplain who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for over 20 years where she offers therapeutic writing and support groups. The co-founder of Facing Cancer Together, a non-profit offering a variety of support and educational services to those living with cancer, Claire is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life and co-author with Marnie Crawford Samuelson of Opening to Grief. openingtogrief.com