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Consistent Weekly Support
Facing the Mourning
4-Week Support Group
An interactive support group designed to help with the grieving process by using visual and thought-provoking tools. During these four sessions, the participants share their story, build memorials, compose letters, write in journals and develop goals with milestones. Designed for all types of losses, individuals and family members.
New Beginnings
6-Week Support Group for Loss of a Spouse
During the 1st Year
The days, weeks and months following the loss of a spouse or partner may be filled with many unexpected and challenging struggles. Within the first year, these may seem impossible to cope with. In this group you will be invited to partake in discussions and doable tasks to help create a sense of movement and purpose, including reflections and activities between sessions.
The 6 interactive meetings will deal with many of the difficult topics that arise during the first year after the loss of a spouse/partner.
Legacies of Loss
6-Week Support Group
After the 1st Year
Following an experience of the profound loss of a loved one, life can become charted by periods of uncertainty or loneliness or sadness. While there is an undeniable intensity within the first year to two years following a death, there often are other grief experiences that lay beyond that initial early bereavement period that may need a different tending and care. This six week interactive program works from a “problem-focused, solution-oriented” lens and is designed for individuals who experienced a significant death loss at least one year ago and are feeling stuck and would like to regain energy for living as well as a stronger sense of purpose and meaning in this life.
Relationships and Grief
4-Week Support Group
Grief cracks us wide open, other pain and past losses come up and need to come out. Relationship issues surface. Sometimes we feel a pull to make ourselves better and the need for change. This group will provide a safe space to discuss and process the different ways grief affects relationships with others and ourselves. In these 4 weeks, we will discuss topics like:
How have your relationships changed?
How people seem to disappear, and new people appear who can support you.
How roles change and we sometimes need to find a new way to relate to people in our lives or we need to find a new community of people who understand.
What boundaries can you set to manage difficult relationships?
Join a Monthly Grief Support Group
What is a Support Group at HeartLight Center?
Anyone who has experienced a death-loss, and is at least of 18 years of age, is invited to attend an open support group at HeartLight Center. Open support groups allow participants to attend as often or as little as needed and attendance is not taken.
Groups at HeartLight are led by trained, peer facilitators. Facilitators will open group with agreed upon expectations and then participants are invited to introduce themselves and share as much, or as little, as feels comfortable. Some facilitators will offer a reading or prompt during group, but groups do not have a set topic, which allows participants to ask questions and talk about topics that are meaningful to them. We invite you to attend group when it feels best for you.
HeartLight Center requests that you register for groups prior to attendance. Online registration will close 24-hours prior to group.
*If you are a student or professional wanting to observe a group, please contact our Program Director prior to submitting a registration at [email protected]
General Grief Group
General Grief Group
Growing Through Grief
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend, helpful for those who are newly bereaved and/or new to our program.
Meets monthly on the last Thursday
at 4pm at HeartLight Center.
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General Grief Group
Growing Through Grief
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend, helpful for those who are newly bereaved and/or new to our program.
Meets monthly on the first Tuesday at 5:30pm
at the Woodbury Library starting in December, 2024.
Loss of a Spouse
Loss of Spouse/Partner
Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a spouse, partner or significant other. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend either or both monthly meetings.
Meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 4pm and fourth Wednesday at 7pm
atHeartLight Center.
Young Loss of a
Spouse/Partner Group
After 6 months
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who are 55 and younger who have experienced the death of a spouse, partner or significant other and are beyond the first 6 months.
Meets monthly on the 1st Thursday at 7pm
|at the Highlands Church.
Young Loss of a Spouse/Partner Group
No Timeline
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who are 55 and younger who have experienced the death of a spouse, partner or significant other. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 3rd Tuesday at 6pm at HeartLight Center.
Loss of Spouse/Partner Potluck Dinner Gathering
A monthly dinner gathering to connect with others who have experienced the loss of a spouse, partner, or significant other. Please bring a (simple) dish to share! Table settings and water will be provided.
Meets monthly on the 3rd Saturday at 5pm
**location will vary.
November meeting is our annual “Thanksgiving Eve Potluck” at HeartLight Center.
*There is no dinner in December
Men’s Loss of a Spouse/Partner
Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for men who have experienced the death of a spouse, partner or significant other. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 1st Tuesday at 7pm
at HeartLight Center.
Loss of a Parent/Caregiver
Loss of a Parent(s)
Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a parent or adult caregiver. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday at 7pm at HeartLight Center.
Loss of a Child
Loss of a Child Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for bereaved parents, grandparents, caregivers, and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age and for any reason.
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6pm at HeartLight Center.
Loss of a Sibling
Bereaved Siblings Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced the death of a sibling. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 1st Thursday at 4:30pm at HeartLight Center.
*Please note: this group is intended for those grieving a death loss of a sibling and is not appropriate for those experiencing sibling estrangement.
Suicide & Substance Loss Groups
Suicide Loss Grief Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a suicide death-loss. Regardless of relationship or how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on the 4th
Monday at 4pm
at HeartLight Center.
Transforming After a Suicide Loss
After the 1st Year
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a suicide death-loss and are at least one year post-loss wanting additional support beyond the first year with topic specific meetings.
Meets monthly on the 4th Monday at 4pm at HeartLight Center.
**If you are new to HeartLight, please start with the 4th Monday Suicide Loss Group Meeting.
Substance Loss Grief Support Group
An ongoing peer support and educational group for people who have experienced a death loss where substance use, abuse or overdose are part of the life or death narrative. Regardless of how long ago the death occurred, you are welcome to attend.
Meets monthly on 3rd Monday at 7pm at HeartLight Center.
*Please note: This group is not appropriate for individuals who are currently dealing with substance abuse.
Upcoming Workshops
We welcome you to join us for upcoming seminars and workshops that explore various topics on the grief journey.
Walking With Grief:
A Fall Mindfulness Walk & Ceremony
In partnership with Celtic Way, join us for a mindfulness walk and ceremony that honors ourselves, our connection with nature through the Samhain festival traditions, and honoring intentionality with our grief in the upcoming seasons.
Samhain is a Celtic New Year tradition that invites honoring those who came before us, setting intentions for the new year, and sitting together in community for a feast. In honoring of these traditions, we invite you to join us for a special mindfulness nature walk at the memorial gardens at HeartLight, our time together will also include a meal together.
Cost: $30, includes the meal and materials.
*Weather permitting, we will use the Memorial Gardens for walking with indoor backup. Please bring appropriate weather attire and whatever will make you comfortable for the gentle, contemplative walk.
Friday, Nov 1 | 10:00am-12:00pm | HeartLight Center Garden
Pinning Through Grief: A Guided Meditation
Learn how butterfly pinning can be a useful tool on your grief journey. Join us for a soothing guided meditation to help navigate through grief together and create a butterfly pinning art piece. This workshop will include a sacred circle, material education and a safe, mindfulness-based grief space to help provide a sense of healing and creativity.
Saturday, Nov 2 at 10am-12pm (MST) at HeartLight Center
Facilitated by Cera of CCOddities
Cost: $70, includes materials. Space is Limited. Registration is required. Unable to accept walk-ins.
* Butterflies are donated from JeffCo school district, these butterflies have been raised in a butterfly farm for pollinating and then after death are contributed for learning purposes.
Luminaria Remembrance
Join us in a ceremony of remembrance held in partnership with Horan & McConaty to honor our loved ones. Decorate a luminaria bag with names and messages to be placed in the Cremation Gardens at Parker Rd and Centennial.
RSVP encouraged.
Sunday, November 3 from 4-6:00pm at Horan & McConaty Parker Rd Chapel and Horan & McConaty Centennial.
Never Forgotten: A Space for Lifelong Grief
For those who are at least 10+ years out from a death loss, regardless of relationship, please join us in an intentional space for remembrance, support and honoring of how grief changes over time. It’s different now, and we remember them always – they are woven into the fabric of our beings forever moving forward.
Cost: $20, includes materials and refreshments. Registration is required.
Saturday, November 16th, 10am-12pm at HeartLight Center
Holiday Love, Hope and Light: A Time of Remembrance
Candle Lighting Ceremonies
Please join us for our holiday memorial service and candle lighting ceremony, in partnership with Horan & McConaty. Programs will begin at 6:30pm (MST) and will last about one hour. Refreshments will be served.
December 3rd at the Parker Rd Horan & McConaty in Denver
December 4th at the Wadsworth Blvd Horan & McConaty in Lakewood
December 12th at the Grant Street Horan & McConaty in Thornton
Beyond the Grief Workshop – Denver
For people at least one year out from their loss, join us in a space of holding both gratitude and grief, pain and purpose. The space we will share honors that we do not have to stay in the deepest spaces of grief forever, but that we integrate it and remember and honor our loved ones in life going forward. In the midst of the holiday season, the ability to feel a sense of enjoyment is often accompanied by guilt for seemingly “stepping out of” our grief. Amanda will guide you through the use of various self-care approaches including writing/journaling, EFT Tapping, and more. Cost: $35, includes light refreshments. Registration is required.
when: Wed. Dec 4 from 6-8:00pm at HeartLight Center
Open heART Studio – Denver
We invite you to share in creative space to help explore and connect about grief. In this class, participants will choose from a wide range of branches as the start of the Nature Mobile creation. We will construct functional mobiles or wall hangings using the branch with items such as twine, yarn, cording, ribbons etc. We will attach paper, found objects, memorabilia, charms, etc. or a combination of the above to create a balanced mobile that can be used as a memorial to your person, or a tribute to the holidays, or to honor you and your grief as a whole. As a group we will share our grief and discover how a clear focus on your project will assist you on your journey. Art can be very therapeutic and instrumental in the healing process.
HeartLight Center will provide supplies that you can use to create, and you are welcomed and encouraged to also bring pictures, items or specific supplies to use during this class. No past art experience required.
Date: Saturday, December 7th at HeartLight Center from 9am-11:30am
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