Thank you for your shared interest in our newly collaborated effort to provide yet another avenue of self-discovery in the pursuit of possibilities, insight and wellness! We warmly welcome the opportunity to grow and facilitate skills to all who may be interested in fulfillment of their unique desires and interests of personal growth. No doubt, you are already well on your way to attaining more goal implementing skills and perception as your catalyst for growth and achievement! As colleagues, …

Meet with other young (age 50 and younger) Portland Metro and SW Washington widows, widowers, and those who have lost their significant others way too soon to share our common experiences. (**PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A "SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL" GROUP. IT IS NOT A STRUCTURED BEREAVEMENT GROUP**). As this is a vulnerable time in our lives, this group has been made private for the protection of our members.

… Remen   General Information:  These ongoing, no-cost monthly meetings are a place where colleagues enter into meaningful dialogue on a chosen topic related to the fundamental experience of doctoring — topics such as grief, grace, healing, courage, mystery, intimacy, service and other similar subjects. Each person contributes a story on the topic drawn from their own healthcare practice — or reads a poem or a piece from world literature on the meeting topic. These discussions are circles of explo …

I have been part of this group in San Francisco and Boston, and would love to bring it to Portland (I am moving there in February). It is support group of peers-- young women who have all lost their mothers-- who get together every few weeks to talk about the difficulty of losing their mom and the struggles as life continues on. It is not led by a trained professional, rather just "us," listening and helping each other.

… Being 50+ doesn’t mean that we don’t or won’t have problems dealing with our grief, healing hearts, moving-on, and companionship. We will meet at least twice a month, perhaps more as needed. We would like to meet for a Saturday lunch or Wednesday night dinner to give us a chance to meet and talk. Then, a public outing: parks, nature walks, picnics, nature preserves, botanical gardens, museums, short road trips, city and county public events, community dances, BBQ potluck gatherings, local charit …

… **This is not an organized bereavement group led by a trained grief counselor.**