Secular Grief Support Group ONLINE: The Goodbye You Wish You Could Have Said

Sometimes our loss is magnified because we had no opportunity to say goodbye to our loved ones before they died. Death is the great interrupter. A loved one is gone with words left unspoken, intentions unfulfilled, and deeds undone. How do we move through our pain and loss with the unfinished business we had with our loved ones?

In this session, we’ll share our regrets and sadnesses and explore ways to find closure and how to move on. Perhaps to let go, or to find resolution, or to start a new story. We are here to support one another in our journey of grief and loss.

This grief group is for those who have experienced the recent or not-so-recent death of a loved one. It is a peer-led group for people with no belief in a higher power or the afterlife. Participants are invited to speak about their own loss and share their current challenges with grief. We offer no professional grief counseling.

Rather than relying on religious beliefs, Humanists cope with grief in various ways, including finding meaning in our loved one’s impact on ourselves and on others, celebrating their lives through sharing and honoring memories, and sharing our stories of grief and loss. We believe that healing is possible, and that in sharing our grief journeys we become more able to reconcile our loss and move toward better days.

We meet on-line via Zoom on the first Thursday of the month from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central Time. We hope to see you then!

These sessions sponsored by HumanistsMN and First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, a humanist congregation. Please consider supporting one or both of these associations to help cover our costs and build the humanist movement. Click on the embedded links above to donate or join.