A Making Memories Workshop: Exploring Creative Connections Around Grief

This is a free interactive workshop for those who are interested in exploring creative ways to stay connected to someone who has died. When someone dies this does not mean that your relationship with that person also ends. The session offers a compassionate and reflective space to reframe grief not as something to "get over," but as something that can include ongoing love, memories, and presence.

Who It Might Appeal To:

• Individuals grieving the loss of a loved one, whether recent or long ago
• Mental health professionals, counselors, and hospice workers
• Clergy or spiritual care providers
• Students or scholars studying death, dying, and bereavement
• Anyone curious about alternative, more relational approaches to grief

What It Will Include:

• An introduction to the theory of continuing memories and how it contrasts with traditional grief models
• Guided reflective exercises to explore personal memories and ongoing connections with the person/people who have died
• Group discussion and optional sharing to build community and normalize varied grief experiences
• Creative activities/ideas, such as, memory baubles, letter writing, memory mapping, or art-making
• A section all around digital legacies and how technology can be impactful in grief
• Practical ideas for daily life and rituals

What You Will Leave With:

• A deeper understanding of how ongoing grief can support emotional healing
• Tools and exercises they can continue to use in their personal or professional lives
• A sense of connection and validation in their unique grief journey
• Optional resources for further reading, support, or creative expression

This session is compleetly free to attend and is part of the ongoing efforts from Full Circle Funerals to provide creative bereavement support opportunities to the local community.

If you have any questions prior to the session, please email ZGF2aWQgfCBmdWxsY2lyY2xlZnVuZXJhbHMgISBjbyAhIHVr

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