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Living and Loss A Grief Support Group First Universalist Society in Join us online - All are welcome: Franklin https://zoom.us/j/5085285348 fusf.org Welcome and the Plan for Today: Overview and Ground Rules Activity for Introducing

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First Universalist Society in Franklin

A Grief Support Group

Living and Loss

Join us online - All are welcome: https://zoom.us/j/5085285348

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Welcome and the Plan for Today:

Overview and Ground Rules
Activity for Introducing Ourselves
Understanding Grief and Healing
A Healing Pathway
The Rights of People in Mourning
Next steps...

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Overview and Ground Rules

Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day: Nothing Gold can Stay

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Overview and Ground Rules

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Activity for Introducing Ourselves

Colors of Grief - The following colors represent different aspects of the grief process: BLACK Recent loss, active mourning PURPLE Transition, early stage of moving forward GREEN Healing, moving forward BLUE Anniversary of the loss or another memory trigger Please find an object in your home that has a color related to how you are feeling today and what is meaningful to you now, You may select more than

ne object or color, and you may be thinking about more than one person as

you select colors and objects. Place the object(s) you choose in your video screen

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Activity for Introducing Ourselves

Introductions: Please introduce yourself with your Name, Where you’re calling in from, and then share the object(s) and colors you have chosen. You can share as much or as little about your choice as you like. BLACK: Recent loss, active mourning PURPLE: Transition, early stage of moving forward GREEN: Healing, moving forward BLUE: Anniversary of the loss or another memory trigger

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Understanding Grief and Healing

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Pathways

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Pathways

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The Rights of People who Mourn

How do people behave around people who are mourning? What do people expect of people who are mourning? What do mourners need from their companions?

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Feeling the Feelings

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Feeling the Feelings

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Accepting? Adjusting?

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