13. Young Grief & Life Hangout 🤍

LOCATION TBC, check back here before the event date + registration 24h prior requested | Are you aged between 18 and 39? Have you lost one, or more, dear human(s) of your life? Let's talk life with grief. The Young Grief & Life Hangout is back and takes place as an afterwork or after-one-more-day-survived format. In Vienna, without a set agenda, with the gentle facilitation of a young trauma-informed coach.

“Grief is the only honest answer to the most catastrophic day of our lives.” (Joanne Cacciatore, in: Bearing the Unbearable)

And: “Your grief is the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, physical, existential experience that you will live after your loss. It won’t be the same for anyone else because no one feels, thinks, acts, wonders, worries, copes, or creates exactly the way you do.” (Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams, in: What’s your Grief? Lists to help you through any loss 📚 ).

Yet, this doesn't mean that we should move through it all alone. So . .

Join us for safe conversations.
And meaningful connections.
Sad or fun. Most certainly both.

✅ Ready to connect? Do check if this applies to you before signing up: You are 18+ years of age, have a connection with grief (exclusively through death, while "grief" is now — rightly so — used in many other contexts of loss!), are a self-reflected individual, bring willingness to contribute to the conversation through own experiences / stories / observations and are comfortable with English. This is an international group and all events will be held in English regardless of the people present (pro tip: if all attendees understand German & you find yourself struggling to convey a complex topic in English, you can use German for that contribution).

💻 In the meantime, while you wait for the next event, you can check out a resource guide on grief and reach out with any questions :)

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Read more about the purpose, format, facilitator & further notes in the group description! (please do read it, so we're all on the same page)

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💸 Donations 💸
If you want to support the event, its resources or any further work on grief, donate and get a big thank you (no revolut required, pay with card, and add 'grief meetup' or similar as a subject line): revolut.me/adrianabascone. Alternatively: paypal.me/adrianabascone (mind the paypal fee).

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🤝 Our Group Rules 🤝
Please click "join" only if you're planning to be there. Spontaneous participation won't be accepted (an exception may apply for first-time participants only!). To allow us to plan and honor our energy, we ask you to avoid cancelling last minute. Coming on time respects the resources of everyone and allows us to start together, to get to know each other & figure out topics that might be most meaningful that day (no prob if you need to leave earlier or to take some space for yourself). The end time remains flexible. Keep an eye on the chat if you're not sure where to go.

Thanks! 😊

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⚡ Also important to know ⚡
We're a social event, not a group therapy setting (keeping things informal). We encourage everyone to bring themselves and to reach out with a request for accomodations or any other questions, should it be relevant. We want this to be a place in which we can feel safe, connect, unmask (our grief) and rest. The facilitator reserves the right to take measures should any person disrupt the space, endanger its psychological safety or use discriminatory, exclusionary speech.

Please note this is a non-religious, science-based, independent group welcoming all. Its topics are centered on participants' experiences of surviving and integrating grief (with its social + psychological + practical aspects). We will refrain from examining belief systems, also when it comes to paths forward and coping strategies. While we trust that everyone will find their way.

Thank you for your participation — see you soon!