Grief Circles - Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Community for Grief™

Navigating Grief with Mindfulness, Compassion and Community ©

You may be grieving the death of a loved one, or your terminal illness.

You may be a family caregiver of a loved one, or a healthcare provider, or you may be living with chronic illness.

Your grief may be spoken, unspoken, processed, unprocessed. whether it is due to changes in health, lifestyle, identifications, expectations, dreams, or anything else you may find yourself experiencing these days.

You are all Welcome.

We are resilient. We move through life with ups and downs and find our way to move through many challenges. At times, it becomes all too much. We grieve the loss of a loved one, untimely departures, life altering illnesses, caring for people we wished were always healthy, caring for many as we bear witness to the human condition of suffering. We grieve quietly what we cannot express. 

We yearn to see our loved one once again. We wish this grief would just end. We hide from everyone. We bury ourselves in work. We push through. We get angry, scared, profoundly sad, confused, fatigued. We become overwhelmed with the emotions of grief. 

We will eventually need to turn towards our grief; however raw and scary it may be. We need to do this in ways that are supportive and replenishing, so that we can continue the loving work of grief towards our healing. We benefit from the balance of being with the unbearable, with its healing powers, while sustaining ourselves to find the resources within, to do just that.

I invite you to be part of our community. Invite yourself and your grief, into this loving, accepting and safe space. Be heard and seen. Be witnessed. Connect with your inner wisdom. 

I hope that you will join us.

With love,

Yasemin

Does this resonate with your grief?

There is no one way to grieve. Even during your journey, you may find that what works will probably shift over time and over the processing of your loss. 

You may sometimes feel like you should be at a different place at this stage of your grief. 

   You may feel like you are not getting the support that you need. 

   You may feel overwhelmed. 

   You may want to get over your grief. 

   You may be alarmed by the emotions churning in you. 

   You may feel exhausted, have grief fatigue and grief-brain. 

   You may feel like you are not doing grief right. 

   You may feel like your grief is different. 

Here’s the thing about grieving:

You are not alone. 

One thing I am sure of is that you are doing the best that you can, and I hope you are giving yourself enough credit. 

I also empathize with your need for wanting to heal and move through your grief or to sit with it for as long as it takes. 

One path to healing through grief:

It gives me hope and inspires me each time a bereaved client 

   finds calm in the chaos, 

   feels safer, gains courage, 

   makes friends with themselves, 

   gets motivated and re-energized, 

   regains self-esteem, 

   experiences post-traumatic growth, 

   stands in their truth, 

   feels connected and hopeful,

   or even 

   finds joy again. 

Most often, not all at once. 

You need time for processing, but these are all possible. 

Approaching grief experience with loving awareness, courage and radical acceptance, opening your heart when it’s ready, is something you can do on your own. Or, you may prefer an experienced guide to serve you, while you are still at the driver’s seat. 

You have the full power to decide who to work with on this journey. If what I offer resonates with you, I’d love to work with you.

Kindest wishes,

Yasemin Isler