Events
“When Someone Grieves” Workshop to be held March 13
When some one we know experiences loss, it can be difficult to know how to console them. We may be at a loss for words, uncomfortable with their expression of deep emotions or confused as to what is a normal grief response.
On Saturday, March 13, 1-5pm, Sharon Lukert will facilitate a workshop “When Someone Grieves” at Maplewood Terrace, 620 Garfield Avenue, Viroqua.
In this workshop we will review the normal grieving process and how to support others who are experiencing loss and grief.
We cannot be truly present for someone’s grief unless we are familiar and comfortable with our assumptions and beliefs and our own sense of loss. We will explore in a safe, supportive environment how to touch into our tender heart of sadness, which will allow us to be more fully present for someone else who is grieving.
Using experiential exercises we will explore Compassionate Listening Skills and the development of authentic presence in order to support others through their grief process.
Cost of the workshop is $30. To register, call Susan Nesbitt at 608-606-4566
Sharon Lukert is a Chaplain, Nurse, End-of-Life Care and Bereavement Counselor who has provided professional, compassionate care to individuals within the hospital, skilled nursing facility and private home settings for more than twenty years. She has facilitated workshops and support groups for professionals and the public on grieving, death and dying since 1999. Her workshops combine group discussion, experiential exercises and meditation techniques to allow individuals to explore and enhance their awareness and understanding of these complex issues in a safe and supportive environment.
Caring for Your Own After Death Workshop
date to be announced
A home funeral ritual is not a new concept. Generations before us have cared for their own at home. This workshop will give you the information and hands-on practice to prepare you to care for your family member after death at home, and to carry out a home or family-directed funeral with or without the services of a funeral director.
Topics to be covered include:
- A visual framework: Excerpts from A Family Undertaking
- Why a home or family-directed funeral
- Advance planning: Utilizing My Final Wishes, WI Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Ethical Will, & Declaration of Final Disposition in advance of your death.
- Meeting legal requirements and acquiring the necessary paper work
- Family Direct Cremation & Green Burial options
- Care of the Body
- Creating sacred space
- Home vigils
Cost - $75, including lunch, one copy of My Final Wishes, various handouts and a CD packed with reference materials
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Mail to Threshold Care Circle, 224 East Court Street, Viroqua WI 54665
