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Grief Education Webinars

Grief is a natural and organic response to loss.


During Conversations On Grief™ webinars, you'll learn how grief and mourning impacts our life physically, emotionally, cognitively, socially, and spiritually.


You will receive proven, practical ways to help navigate the wilderness of your grief day by day.  

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We will keep you up-to-date on upcoming webinars, activities, and events.

Conversations On Grief Webinars

Expected Loss

Coping with Anticipatory Grief

We don’t only experience grief after a 

loss, we often experience it before.


If someone we love is seriously ill, or if we’re concerned about upcoming hardships of any kind, we naturally begin to grieve right now. This process of anticipatory grief is normal, but it can also be confusing and painful. 

This compassionate guide will help you understand and befriend your grief as 

well as find effective ways to express 

it as you live your daily life.


Life is change, and change is hard. This webinar will help see you through.


When you attend this webinar, 

you will learn:
 

What anticipatory grief is


What causes anticipatory grief


How anticipatory grief is different 

from regular grief


Why grief and mourning 

are not the same


How to care for and love

someone who is dying


This webinar is based on a book written 

by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Expected 

Loss: Coping with Anticipatory Grief. Visit www.centerforloss.com to learn more. 


Date

February 2, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE


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Future Dates

May 25

September 28

Find Meaning After Loss

Grief is extremely powerful. It’s easy to get stuck in your pain and remain bitter, angry, or depressed. Grief grabs you by the heart ad doesn’t seem to let go.

But if you can manage to find meaning in even the most senseless loss, you can do more that get unstuck. When circumstances are at their worst, you can find your best.

You can keep growing and finding ways to live a good and someday even joyful life, one enriched by the lessons and love of the person who died.

When you attend this webinar, 

you’ll learn:

Why the 6 Stages of Grief Were Never Meant to Be Linear

What Is Meaning Making in Grief

Types of Meaning Making

How Meaning Making Can Help You Remember the Person Who Died with More Love Than Pain

Why Meaning Making is the Key to Recovery from Grief

The Keys to Finding Acceptance and Moving into Meaning Making

Why Post-Traumatic Growth Is an Important Part of Meaning Making

This webinar is based on a book written by David Kessler titled, Finding Meaning, The Sixth Stage of Grief.  Visit www.grief.com  to learn more.


Date

February 9, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE



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Future Dates

June 8

October 12


Helping Yourself Heal

First Aid for Broken Hearts 

Life is both wonderful and devastating. It graces us with joy, and it breaks our hearts. If your heart is broken, this workshop is for you.   

Whether you’re struggling with a death, break-up, illness, unwanted life change, or loss of any kind, this workshop will help you both understand your predicament and figure out what 

to do about it.  

Loss may be an unavoidable part of human life, but it doesn’t have to prevent you from living well. You can and will survive this. If you adopt the basic principles, revealed and tested by one of the world’s beloved grief counselors, you’ll learn in this workshop; you will even go on to thrive.   

When you attend this webinar,  
you'll learn: 

 
How to Honor Your Unique Grief

Why Mourning Is the Secret Sauce of Grief

The 3 Degrees of Brokenness and How They Affect Your Healing

How to Triage Your Broken Heart  

How to Find Short-Term Care  Where to Go for Long-Term Care

How to Let the Mending Begin

The webinar is based on a book written 

by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled First Aid for Broken Hearts. Visit www.centerforloss.com to learn more. 


Date

February 23, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE


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Future Dates

June 15

October 19

The Anger of Grief  

Anger in grief is natural. It’s normal to feel anger and other explosive emotions such as hate, blame, terror, resentment, rage, and jealousy after the death of someone you love or another 

significant life loss. 


Yet it’s challenging to experience these feelings day after day. And it can be hard knowing what to do about them. Allowing them to seethe and build up inside you is not the answer. Neither 

is lashing out at people who

 care about you.


When you attend this webinar, 

you’ll learn how to;


Understand and be with your 

anger as a natural part of mourning


Express your anger and other 

explosive emotions in restorative ways


Soothe your anger to help 

your healing journey in grief


Use time tested tips, tools, and proven techniques for living the remainder of your days with less suffering 

and more joy. 


This webinar is based on a book written by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, The 

Anger of Grief: How to Understand and Restorative Express Explosive Emotions After Loss. Visit www.centerforloss.com 

to learn more. 


Date

March 2, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


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Future Dates

July 13

November 2


If You're Lonely

Finding Your Way

Ironically, if you are lonely, you’re not alone. People the world over are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. In the US, one in five of us reports feeling lonely, and almost half of seniors are lonely on a regular basis. Loneliness hurts, and it can lead to depression, addiction, physical problems, and other harmful consequences.


When you attend this compassionate webinar, you'll learn:


How to Better Understand 

Your Loneliness


The Important Distinction 

Between Isolation and Solitude 


Practical Suggestions 

for Reclaiming Community


How to Build Meaningful 

Connections In Ways That Suit You


Finding your way back to companionship and hope is not only possible, it’s essential. You deserve to feel better. You deserve connection. This webinar will help 

you find your way.


This webinar is based on a book written 

by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, If You’re Lonely: Finding Your Way. Visit www.centerforloss.com 

to learn more.


Date

March 9, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


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Future Dates

June 22

September 28


The Guilt of Grief

Guilt and regret are two of the most common feelings in grief. The finality 

of death allows no more time for apologizing or making amends. 

There’s no longer room for 

second chances. 


And so for many grievers it’s normal 

to ponder “if-onlys” and experience 

the pain of mistakes made and opportunities squandered.


Yet shining the healing light of understanding and forgiveness 

on the guilt and regret of grief 

is within your power. 


If you befriend and find restorative 

ways to express these natural 

feelings, they will soften. 


This webinar offers the compassionate insight and tools you need to evolve from guilt to grace, one healing 

day at a time.


This webinar is based on a book written by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, The Guilt of Grief: How to Understand, Empress and Restoratively Express Gruilt and Regret After Loss. Visit www.centerforloss.com to learn more.


Date

March 23, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


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Future Dates

July 20

November 9


Complicated Grief

How to Understand, Express, and Reconcile Your Especially Difficult Grief 


Grief is always difficult, but if yours feels especially painful, stuck, or complex, you may be experiencing 

complicated grief. 


Complicated grief is not an illness or disorder. It's normal grief that's been made more challenging by circumstances that might 

overwhelm you.


When you attend this 

webinar you'll learn; 


How Complicated Grief is Different and What You Can Do to Soften and Eventually Reconcile It 


How to Inventory the Reasons 

Your Grief is Complicated


The Symptoms of 

Complicated Grief


How to Mourn Your 

Complicated Grief


How to Reconcile Your 

Complicated Grief


How to Find Hope for Healing and 

a Path Through and Beyond the Wilderness of Complicated Grief


This webinar is based on a book written by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Complicated Grief - How to Understand, Express and Reconcile Your Especially Difficult Grief. Visit www.centerforloss.com to learn more.


Date

March 30, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon

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Future Dates

May 11

September 14


Too Much Loss

Coping with Grief Overload 


If you are feeling overwhelmed by too much loss in your life, this webinar 

is for you.


Grief overload is what you feel when you experience too many significant losses all at once, in a relatively short period of time, or cumulatively. In addition to the deaths of loved ones, such losses can also include divorce, estrangement, illness, relocation,

 job changes, and more. 


Our minds and hearts have enough trouble coping with a single loss, so when the losses pile up, the grief 

often seems especially chaotic 

and defeating.


The good news is that through intentional, active mourning, you 

can and will find your way back 

to hope and healing. 


When you attend this 

webinar you’ll learn:


What grief overload is 

and how to cope with it


What you may think and feel when you are experiencing grief overload


Your six needs of mourning and 

how they will help you heal


How to make a mourning plan


What reconciling your grief 

looks and feels like


How the Grief Overload Mourner’s Bill of Rights can help you 

actively mourn


This webinar is based on a book written

 by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Too Much Loss: Coping with Grief Overload.  

Visit www.centerforloss.com 

to learn more. 


Date

April 6, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon

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Future Dates

July 27

November 30


What to Say and What NOT 

to Say to Someone Grieving 

Someone you care about has suffered a loss. As a supportive friend or family member, you instinctively want to offer comfort but don’t know what to say. Then in a moment of emotional awkwardness and with the  best of intentions, you say:  


“He’s in a better place.”  


“There is a reason for everything.”  


“Aren’t you over him yet, he has  been dead for a while now?”  


"You can have another child still.” 


"She was such a good person God   wanted her to be with him.”   


“I know how you feel.”  “Be strong.” 


You meant no harm; however, what you just said was not helpful or supportive.   So, what do you say, and what do you not say when someone -is grieving?

When you attend this

webinar, you'll learn:·


64 of the Worst Things You Can Say and How to Avoid Them.  


64 of the Best Things You Can Say and the Best Ways to Say Them.  


Why Grief is a Journey, NOT a Destination. 


How to “Companion” the Griever on Their Journey Through the Wilderness of Grief.  


Six Common Grief Emotions and  How They Impact a Griever’s Daily Life.   


How to Deal with the Physical  Symptoms of Grief.   


6 Grief Myths and How They Can Prevent  the Griever from Moving Forward.  


This webinar in part is based on a book written  by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Sympathy and Condolances: What to Say and Write to Convey Your Support After Loss.  Visit www.centerforloss.com 

to learn more.  


Date

April 13, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


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Future Dates

August 17

December 7


Why Men Grieve Differently and 

How to Support Them

 Men grieve differently than women. Their grief languages are not the same. Yet grief does not have to divide. We will explore the differences and learn practical, loving ways to support 

men in grief.

There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Our grief as a man or a woman is as unique and individual as we are, however, there are differences.

Men tend to think their way through grief, women seem to feel their way. Women often perceive men as being void of emotions, reluctant to share their feelings. Maybe it’s because men are taught to honor the pain of loss, then hide any feelings associated with it. And when men and women try to talk with one another about their grief they quickly find they are speaking two different grief languages.

In this webinar, we will explore the root cause of these differences. We will discuss how to replace expectation and judgement with understanding and compassion. You will learn practical helping skills you can use to give the men in your life heart

centered support.  


The webinar is based on a book by Elizabeth Levang, Ph.D., titles When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently 

and How You Can Help. Visit www.levangandassociates.com 

to learn more.


Date

April 27, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


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Future Dates

August 24

December 14



Cherishing

The Art of Fully Living While Still Loving and Honoring Those Who've Died

  

You feel love in the present as much 

as you did in the past. But how do you continue to love and honor the special people in your life who have died as 

you fully live your own remaining precious days here on earth?
 

It's instinctual to want to continue to hold dear someone you love who has died. Cherishing - to protect and care

 for lovingly - is a way to do just that. After all, they're a love of your life. 

You will no doubt love them deeply 

for as long as you live.
 

During this webinar, you will be 

invited to explore the mindset, review suggestions and practices that will 

help you integrate cherishing into 

your daily routines.


When you attend this 

webinar you’ll lean;


The Art of Cherishing and How to Practice It in Your Daily Life


 How to Use the Six Reconciliation Needs of Mourning to Help 

Integrate Loss Into Your Life


 How the Six Opportunities of Cherishing Can Help You Live Fully 

While Still Loving and Honoring 

Those Who’ve Died  


This webinar is based on a book by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Cherishing - The Art of Fully Living While Still Loving and Honoring Those Who've Died. Visit www.centerforloss.com to learn more.


Date

May 4, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE
Coming Soon


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Future Dates

August 10

September 7


Grief and the Holidays

How to Make a Practical Plan 

for Grieving During the Holidays

  

Holidays are some of the most challenging times to navigate after a loss. Someone you love has died. How do you face the holidays without them? How do you cope with the pain of your loss when everyone around you is so joyful? How will you deal with the 

empty chair at the holiday table? 


In this webinar, you’ll learn how to make a practical plan for dealing with your holiday grief, eliminate unnecessary stress, reevaluate holiday rituals, and how to integrate your loved one and your loss into this holiday season. 


During this webinar, we will explore 

how to develop a practical plan 

for dealing with grief during the 

holidays including:


What You Need to Do to 

Eliminate Unnecessary Stress

How to Talk About 

the Person Who Died

Decide What to Do

About Traditions

Explore How to Have a 

“This Will Do” Christmas

Identifying “Triggers” to Help 

Minimize Your Holiday 

Grief Surprises

How to Take Tender 

Loving Care of Yourself


This webinar, in part, is based on a book written by Alan D Wolfelt, PH.D. titled, Healing Your Holiday Grief - 100 Practical Ideas for Blending Mourning and Celebration During the Holiday Season. Visit www.centerforloss.com 

to learn more.  


Dates

November 15, 2023

December 13, 2023


Time

10:30 am to 12:00 pm CT


Location

Zoom


Register FREE

Coming Soon


Meet Your Facilitator

Garrick Colwell

Garrick Colwell has been a Hospice Volunteer since 1987, providing respite care and as a hospice chaplain. He has also served as a volunteer on-call hospital chaplain.  


Garrick is a Respecting Choices®, Person-Centered Care, First Steps®, Advance Care Planning Certified Instructor and Facilitator. 


As a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, Garrick co-created with Hospice Austin Conversations On Grief, a monthly online grief education and support program. He is a Certified Grief Educator by David Kessler at grief.com. Garrick holds a Death and Grief Studies Certification from the Center for Loss and Life Transition under the direction of Alan D Wolfelt, Ph.D.  


Garrick is a widower. During his late wife, Kinsloe’s five-year illness, Garrick was her patient advocate, full-time caregiver, and end of life companion. Recently he lost his dad. 

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Alan Wolfelt, Ph. D, CT

Alan Wolfelt, Ph. D, CT

Alan Wolfelt, Ph. D, CT

Author, educator, and grief counselor Dr. Alan Wolfelt is known across North America for his inspirational teaching gifts. 


 https://www.centerforloss.com/ 


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Tom Golden has over thirty years of practical, hands-on clinical experience as a counselor and is well known internationally for his books and presentations on men’s grief.  In this conversation Barbara Morningstar (In Autumn's Cocoon) and Tom Golden dispel many of the myths around the masculine grieving style, why men often express their grief differently and how to better support them. 

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Joshua Black, Ph.D., is a grief researcher, speaker, consultant, and host of the Grief Dreams Podcast. In this conversation, we explore the value of acknowledging grief dreams and their potential healing capacity. 

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Teenage Grief Sucks A website written by grieving teens. Teens can read stories written from the perspective of their grieving peers. They can share their own stories as well.

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