Welcome

This one-hour weekly national grief support teleseminar welcomes those grieving the death of a loved one.

Each week MaryMac, a grief and bereavement specialist, uses her 25 years experience, having lived through numerous significant deaths in her own life, to help those who are now bereaved. While not a formal licensed mental health counselor, she is an award-winning author of five books and CD programs including "Understanding Your Grieving Heart After a Loved One's Death", speaker, executive coach, and Founder/President of the Foundation for Grieving Children, and discusses a relevant topic surrounding the grieving process each week and, when time permits, answers questions from members which have been submitted to her.

This facilitated, yet self-help, group is for those who may not wish to attend a local face-to-face support group because they prefer to remain anonymous, simply don't feel comfortable in that setting, live geographically too far from support services, or wish to learn from the comfort of their own home. You may attend at any time and you don't need to attend every week, as this is not a structured program.

Currently, we meet on weekday evenings at 10:00 pm Eastern, 9:00 pm Central, 8:00 pm Mountain and 7:00 pm Pacific time in the United States. Please check your local times, especially if you are joining us from overseas.

When you sign up for a weekly fee of $20.00, you will receive a United States telephone conference call number and PIN number which you will call into to participate. Also we encourage you to make friends with those on this meetup site who also have had similar experiences.

Your full costs will be the seminar fee, the cost of calling in or to the United States for one hour, and to have a new journal available to take notes during our calls. You will be given various written exercises either during our time together or as thought provoking exercises after the seminar is completed. Your journal is very important to your progress so please have that available at the start of each call.

Grieving the death of someone you loved dearly is a process that takes time. Whether you are recently bereaved, or are just now dealing with the pain, now is your time to grieve.

Come to our gathering with an open heart. You will learn new things that will help you not to feel like you are going crazy. You will learn you are not alone. This is an excellent forum for expressing your pain. Read what others have said and you will see that what you are experiencing physically and emotionally can be very similar.

Mostly, be kind to yourself. You need tender loving care now and you need to allow yourself to receive it from others and from yourself.

Regardless of how difficult it seems, do try each morning and each evening to write down in your new journal a handful of things you are grateful for in your life. They may seem small, but they are real and will give you hope.

Sending You Blessings...

Mary Mac