Timing & Logistics
Please read the following section carefully to avoid confusion about meeting times and time zones. Good Grief Network does not offer program refunds, so please check that the timing of this group works with your schedule both before and after the U.S. time change in March.
The reference/anchor time** for this meeting is Eastern Time in the U.S.:
This group will meet for 10 Thursdays
30 January - 10 April 2025
9-11 am Pacific Time / 12-2 pm Eastern Time** / 5 pm GMT [check your time zone]
<<Please note: Our first meeting on 30 January will be 2.5 hours; all subsequent meetings will last 2 hours>>
*When we refer to the anchor time, we mean that this meeting will occur at 12pm Eastern Time in the U.S., no matter what the local time is for you.
Importantly: a time change will occur in the U.S. on 9 March, while this program is in session, and this may impact your meeting time. If you live outside of the U.S. and feel confused about what this time change means for your meeting time, click the linked time zone converter above.
Program Fee
This amount can be paid in one payment or over two months.
Redistribution Rate: $750 USD
Full Rate: $550 USD
Solidarity Rate: $350 USD.
Scholarships: Full and partial. You can apply here before 15 January 2025.
About the Program
As bell hooks noted, “Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” We must come together.
Created by LaUra Schmidt and Aimee Lewis Reau, Good Grief Network's 10-Step program is a peer-to-peer support group where we can start attending to our collective wounding and traumas created by surviving in unjust systems.
In the program, we connect 2 hours each week over 10 weeks. During that time we learn to attune to one another to process our heavy and painful feelings about the state of the world, build community connections, and (re-)discover meaning and joy. Each group is facilitated by a GGN-trained and certified FLOW Facilitator.
This is NOT a therapy program. We are not here to fix each other or be fixed. We practice deep listening and sharing in these spaces; not discussion.
We prioritize an intimate group experience, capping each group at 15 participants, including the facilitation team.
In this space, our facilitators will create a brave, emergent container where each participant can explore what it means to stay awake, aware, and engaged during times of great disruption, chaos, and uncertainty. We will do the deep work of facing and processing our feelings with others, so that we can care for ourselves and our communities.
Good Grief Network does not offer advice. We are not here to fix each other but to slow down, listen deeply, create conenctions, build trust, and reimagine the world. We create transformative spaces using group consciousness, grounding exercises, personal sharing, and poetry.
Learn more about our 10-Step Program by clicking here.
Important Notes
- GGN offers three tiers for payment for our 10-week program (all in USD). Please scroll up to learn more about our tiered fee structure.
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We don't want finances to be an obstacle to participation. We offer one full and one partial scholarship or work exchange to folks from marginalized communities or who are fiscally constrained and need support accessing this healing work. To apply, click here. Applications must be received by 15 January 2025.