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The holiday season can be a snowstorm of emotions when you’ve lost a sibling. Between awkward family gatherings, empty chairs, traditions that just don’t feel the same, and memories that hit you out of nowhere, it’s a lot.
But what if, this year, we faced it together?
Join us for Forever a Sister: A Holiday Grief Support Experience for Siblings—a 4-week virtual support group for those of us missing our siblings during the holidays.

Forever a Sister: a virtual Holiday Grief Support Experience for Bereaved Sisters

2024-11-07

Mourn all that is disconnected from love

Gathering of Grief: Reimagine's 100th Virtual Vigil

2023-11-28

Monthly virtual grief support group created for you. We’ll discuss grieving the future. Led by a certified grief coach & grief facilitator.

Grief Circle: Grieving the Future Support Group (Zoom)

2023-11-07

The holiday season can bring up many emotions, especially when family relationships are marked by estrangement, unresolved conflict, or feelings of disconnection. If you’re navigating complex relationship dynamics and feeling the weight of these challenges, this virtual grief tending circle is a space for you.

Join us for an evening of guided support, connection, and reflection. Together, we’ll explore ways to care for ourselves during this sensitive season, set boundaries, and establish moments of peace amid the challenges.

Date : November 19, 2024

Date & Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET | 6-7:30 PM CT | 4-5:30 PM PT

Location: ZOOM

RSVP Required

In this 90-minute circle, we’ll:

Share stories and experiences in a safe, non-judgmental space
Explore practical tools for setting emotional boundaries
Connect with others who understand the unique grief of family estrangement
Create space for hope and healing as we approach the holidays
Who Should Attend:
This gathering is open to anyone experiencing grief, tension, or estrangement with family or loved ones, especially those feeling the heightened emotional impact around the holidays.

Facilitated by:

Nina Rodriguez, Certified Grief Guide and Founder, Grief and Light @griefandlight

Melinda Chinen, Certified Life and Grief Coach, @melindachinen

Bring a cup of tea, a cozy blanket, and an open heart. Let’s navigate this tender season together.

Grief Circle: Navigating Estrangement & Complicated Relationships

2024-11-19

Monthly virtual grief support group created for you. We’ll discuss continuing bonds after the loss of our person.

Grief Support Gathering | Death ends a life, not a relationship (ZOOM)

2024-02-06

If you've been affected by Hurricanes Helene & Milton, you’re not alone. Join our free online grief support circle, hosted by Grief Span & Grief and Light, for a space to find strength in community.
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the emotional storm can feel as overwhelming as the physical one.

If you've lost loved ones, homes, or the sense of normalcy you once had, you're not alone. We’re here to hold space for you.

In partnership with GRIEF AND LIGHT, and GRIEF SPAN, we’re offering an online grief support circle for those affected by these hurricanes.

This space is for you—whether you're processing loss, shock, or the complicated emotions that follow disaster.

Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to honor your grief, connect, and find solace.

🗓 Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
⏰ Time: 9 am PT | 11 am CT | 12 pm ET
📍 Where: (link provided upon registration)
💙 FREE to Join
Facilitated by:

Nina Rodriguez, Certified Grief Support Specialist, Grief and Light (griefandlight.com/about)
Moira Khan, Certified Grief Educator, Grief Span (griefspan.com/meet-me)
Please note we are not licensed therapists, and the support offered is not medical advice or therapy.)

Come as you are. Let’s find strength in connection and community.

We're in this together,

Nina & Moira

Grief Support for Hurricane Survivors

2024-10-23

Welcome to our monthly virtual grief-tending circle

Details:

📅 Date: Tuesday, Sep 17th
⏰ Time: 4:00 pm PT • 6:00 pm CT • 7:00 pm ET
📍 Platform: Live on Zoom

RSVP Required

The intention of our grief tending circles is to bring us closer to ourselves. To awaken our inner nature, and trust our journey with life and loss.

This month's circle is an exploration of guilt, joy and grief.

Grief is a complex journey that often intertwines with unexpected emotions like guilt and joy. In this virtual grief tending circle, we will explore the delicate balance between these feelings, recognizing that they can coexist and even shape our steps forward.

Whether you're struggling with guilt over moments of joy or finding it hard to embrace happiness in the midst of grief, this space is for you.

Join us as we come together in a compassionate and supportive environment to share our stories, reflect on our experiences, and find comfort in knowing we are not alone. This circle is designed to honor your individual grief journey, holding space for all emotions to be acknowledged and expressed without judgment.

We witness, and we trust. We allow and nurture.

Whether it's grief due to the death of your person or pet, estrangement, divorce, diagnosis, global grief, or any other source of grief, it's meaningful to explore how life-altering change and loss affect our relationship with life.

We are allowed to question everything, rebuild, and rediscover our beliefs and life after loss.

Join us as you are, from a comfy corner of your couch, or most comfortable place of your choosing.

Feel free to bring a photo of your person, or any item(s) you would like to share.

In this together,

Nina Rodriguez, certified grief support specialist and podcast host (@griefandlight) & Melinda Chinen, certified grief coach (@melindachinen)

Grief Tending Circle: Guilt, Joy and Grief (live on Zoom)

2024-09-17

Join Our Monthly Virtual Grief Tending Circle

Grief touches every part of our being—mind, body, and spirit—and can feel overwhelming to navigate alone.

Finding support within a community can make the journey through loss more manageable. It can even help us discover new meaning, realign with our true purpose, and experience post-traumatic growth.

At its core, grief wants to be seen and expressed.

Grief tending is the practice of dedicating time to connect with your grief, to witness and express it, and to let it breathe. Doing this in community can be profoundly life-affirming.

Event Details:

📅 Date: Tuesday, July 9th
⏰ Time: 4:00 pm PT • 6:00 pm CT • 7:00 pm ET
📍 Platform: Zoom

Join Grief Coach, Melinda Chinen (@melindachinen), and Grief Guide Nina Rodriguez (@griefandlight) for this virtual circle. This space is designed to provide a safe and welcoming environment for you to explore your grief, share your stories, and connect with others who are also navigating loss.

Led by experienced grief-care facilitators, this event aims to offer support and guidance as we honor our emotions, witness our grief in community, and practice self-care. Whether you're in need of healing or simply seeking community, we welcome you to join us for this special gathering to tend to our grief and nurture our hearts.

July is also Bereaved Parents' Month, and we will acknowledge this important time during our circle.

Register now and take a step towards healing.

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July Grief Tending Circle | Topic: Self Care + Grief

2024-07-09

Come meet and hang out with other creators in your area, exchange ideas and advice, network, get inspired, and grab some Riverside swag, all over a (free) drink.

We'll meet on Wednesday, May 22nd starting at 5:30PM at American Social in Brickell, located at 690 SW 1st Ct.

If you have any questions beforehand, feel free to reply to this email.

A special thank you to Nina from the Grief and Light Podcast for helping us put on this event.

And if you're looking to connect with more creators, you're invited to join Riverside's community of thousands of creators on Facebook.

Miami Podcaster Meet Up

2024-05-22

Welcome to our monthly virtual grief-tending circle

Details:

📅 Date: Tuesday, Aug 06
⏰ Time: 4:00 pm PT • 6:00 pm CT • 7:00 pm ET
📍 Platform: Live on Zoom

RSVP Required

The intention of our grief tending circles is to bring us closer to ourselves. To awaken our inner nature, and trust our journey with life and loss.

This month's circle is an exploration of spirituality and grief.

How is grief spiritual?

How is it not spiritual?

How can spirituality help us redefine life after loss?

How do our beliefs shape our grief experience?

How has spirituality played a role in our grief to-date?

What comes up for you when you think of spirituality and grief?

Why Spirituality?

We believe this level of self-exploration is loving for every griever. Rarely are we given the space to unravel, question, and share our beliefs about spirituality/faith. In our space, we will never correct or "fix" you.

We witness, and we trust. We allow and nurture.

Whether it's a romantic separation, global grief, death of a loved one, a pet, or any other source of grief, it's meaningful to explore how life-altering change and loss affect our relationship with life.

We are allowed to question everything, rebuild, and rediscover our beliefs and life after loss.

Join us as you are, from a comfy corner of your couch, or most comfortable place of your choosing.

Feel free to bring a photo of your person, or any item(s) you would like to share.

In this together,

Nina Rodriguez, certified grief care specialist and podcast host (@griefandlight) & Melinda Chinen, certified grief coach (@melindachinen)

Monthly Grief Circle: Spirituality & Grief

2024-08-06

Monthly virtual grief support group created for you. We’ll discuss holiday grief. Led by a certified grief coach & grief facilitator.

Navigating Grief During the Holidays: A Virtual Support Gathering (ZOOM)

2023-12-05

Description: Join us for a virtual gathering where we come together to honor and support those who have experienced loss on Father's Day. This event is a safe space for sharing stories, memories, and emotions. Let's redefine Father's Day in a way that feels meaningful as we navigate loss. All are welcome to join this heartfelt circle of support and understanding.

Redefining Father's Day After Loss

2024-06-11

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