Overview

We are living in a world soaked in loss. The loss of loved ones, ecosystems, and animal kin. Of close contact and ways of gathering with those we love. Many of us are mourning the stability of the present and futures without inevitable crisis. Trying to make sense of what it means to be living through the loss of beloved forests and rivers as they disappear from the earth.

As our daily lives become increasingly interwoven with the reality of death and dying and the impermanence of what we love, we are being asked to confront loss in more real and meaningful ways. Accepting this call is a doorway into grief; an invitation to practice staying awake, connected, in love, and in touch with how precious it is to be alive. 

Through writing, we can enter this doorway, consciously and creatively engaging with what we find. Writing offers us a way to process grief, to craft beauty and meaning out of loss. And when we have the space to do this intentionally and in the presence of others, we strengthen our individual and collective capacity to tend to grief in ways that give life to the living and honor to the dead. 

13 Names for Grief will guide participants to cultivate a deeper and more generative relationship to grief through creative practice. Together, we will dig our hands into the fertile soil of grief and weave beauty and meaning from the richness that we find. Participants will come away with a greater knowing and appreciation for the medicine and wisdom of grief as well as ways of engaging creatively with the potent callings of our times. 

Workshop Series Outline

Virtual / Zoom

Part One: Turning Towards Grief | Winter / Spring 2023

• Workshop 1: Grief as Love
  Tuesday, January 24 @ 6-8pm MT

• Workshop 2: Grief as an Opening
  Tuesday, February 21 @ 6-8pm MT

• Workshop 3: Grief as a Constellation
  Tuesday, March 21 @ 6-8pm MT

• Workshop 4: Grief as a Landscape
  Tuesday, April 18 @ 6-8pm MT

Part Two: Expanding through Grief | Summer 2023

• Welcome & Orientation
  Tuesday, June 20 @ 6-7/7:30pm MT

• Workshop 1: Grief as Honoring Death

  Tuesday, June 27th @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 2: Grief as Interconnection
  Tuesday, July 25th @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 3: Grief as Creation
  Tuesday, August 29th @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 4: Grief as Beauty
  Tuesday, September 26th @ 6-8:30pm MT

Part Three: Deepening with Grief | Winter 2023 (Dates TBD)

• Welcome & Orientation
  Tuesday, 11/21 @ 6-7/7:30pm MT

• Workshop 1: Grief as a Portal
  Tuesday, 11/28 @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 2: Grief as a Dream
  Tuesday, 12/19 @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 3: Grief as Time Travel
  Tuesday, 1/23 @ 6-8:30pm MT

• Workshop 4: Grief as a Guide
  Tuesday 2/20 @ 6-8:30pm MT
  
  

What to Expect

• Warmth, welcome, and invitation <3

• A monthly space to drop into and explore grief through writing

• Writing exercises that open pathways for learning with and from grief

• Guided, creative exploration into the wisdom and medicine that can be found through loss and change

• Access to 1-on-1 support

• An invitation to share, connect, and reflect with other participants between monthly workshops

• Note: This workshop space is open to all <3 Collectively, we will honor, make space for, and hold with care all of the complex layers of grief, including but not limited to power and systemic oppression. Additionally, this space welcomes the presence and experiences and full complexity of everyone who shows up, including QTBIPOC people, sick, mad, and disabled people, and other people with lived experiences impacted by systemic oppression.
  

To Register

Please fill out this form to register. Once you fill out the form, you will be asked to submit payment to @maicdoan via venmo or paypal to hold your spot. Please make sure you include your name and the sections you are registering for with your payment.

You can sign up for one, two, or all three parts of this series. Each part will build upon the previous ones, both in terms of content and connection amongst participants but previous participation will not be required.

Cost

My intention is that this is a financially accessible offering to all who want to join, while also taking care of myself in this work. The full rate is what it takes to run this workshop series, with care and intention. That being said, creating financial accessibility for those feeling called to this space is important to me. If the full rate is a barrier to participation, please use the sliding scale and / or reach about a payment plan. If both the full and sliding-scale rate is a barrier to participating, please reach out about other options at hello@maicdoan.com.

Part One: Turning Towards Grief
Full rate: $400 | Sliding-scale: $200-400

Part Two: Expanding through Grief
Full rate: $400 | Sliding-scale: $200-400

Part Three: Deepening with Grief
Full rate: $400 | Sliding-scale: $160-400

For questions, please email hello@maicdoan.com. Thank you!