Welcome to the Young Widows and Widowers group ( 65 and under)
- You don't have to wait 3 months after your loss to attend our group
- We are early loss up to 2 years
- In person and virtual group
In person locations are on Long Island
Ages 65 and under and virtual for those who live far.
Widowhood is a club no one wants to be a part of, however we are lucky to have each other in our unluckiness. The friendships that are made here are priceless.
Check out this great video
live interview
Check out this great video
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20-30 year old
40 year old
50 year old
60-65 year old
groups for those with no children
groups for a loss of a child
Chat and Connect group (after bereavement)
Loss of spouse, partner, boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancé' with no children
Young adult group meets 2x a month (age 18 and over)
Teen group (ages 14-17) facilitated by a child psychologist.
New monthly support group for partner/spouse who survived suicide
In person and virtual
up to two years of loss (any longer would be a setback.)
I do not have groups or facilitators for over 65. ( try grief share)
Statistics show 2.5M people die in the U.S. annually leaving 5- 10 people behind to pick up the pieces.(sometimes more)
1.5M of them are children who lost a parent.
$75B in revenue is lost from companies that do not educate their staff about grief.
Posted by one of our members. A more recent photo of me after surviving breast cancer. Please go get your Mammo it can save your life.
This was an excellent book describing how Trauma affects our bodies when we ruminate.
This book was so interesting. A Psychiatrist started documenting patients experiences of 45 years of his practice of people who died ad returned.
Based on Science however somethings were Biblical.
This book was about a young therapist who lost her mother and three years to the day her 26-year-old husband Lincoln collapsed on the same date and died.
Great read on how to help yourself through the heavy grief.
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
Beautiful book about a woman who survived the hardship of the Holocaust
This book helped with all of the changes I had to endure with selling my home and moving.
A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.
I did not like what was available for me when I lost my husband. I have dedicated many years of volunteering to helping others with loss and grief.
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