Holiday Grief Circle

The holidays have a way of turning up the volume on grief.

Woven Therapy is offering a two-session Holiday Grief Circle this November—a small, facilitated space to connect with others who are carrying loss into the holiday season.

Together, we'll make space for grief, talk about how it's showing up in our bodies and daily lives, explore what helps when grief feels especially present, and prepare for the predictable and unpredictable moments the holidays can bring.

Sometimes it's the empty chair. Sometimes it's a familiar recipe, a song, a tradition, or a family gathering that suddenly feels different. Sometimes you're laughing and then, out of nowhere, you're crying in the grocery store. And sometimes you're just exhausted from trying to figure out how you're “supposed” to feel.

If you're grieving someone you love, you don't have to navigate all of that alone.

If the holidays are bringing up more grief than you expected, we'd love to have you join us.

Day One: Making Space

We'll explore where you are in your grief, how grief is showing up, and the practices that help you care for yourself—both proactively and in the moments when you need support right now.

Day Two: Making Room

We'll look ahead to the holiday season, identify expectations and difficult moments, and explore meaningful rituals for carrying your loved one's memory into the season.

This is not about “moving on,” finding the silver lining, or doing grief correctly.

It's about having a place where you can be honest about what this season is actually like.

A letter from Lindsay

There are so many expectations this time of year - expectations to be joyful, connected, nostalgic, and surrounded by family. For those who are grieving, those expectations can make loss feel louder. We want to create a space where people don't have to perform being okay or set their grief aside in order to participate in the holidays.

I am drawn to grief work because it reflects something fundamental about how I understand therapy: the importance of bearing witness to people's lives. A grief circle offers an opportunity to bring the person who was lost into the room—to share memories, traditions, anger, loneliness, complicated family dynamics, relief, love, or simply the reality that the holidays don't feel the way they once did. There is no expectation that these experiences need to be fixed, reframed, or made more palatable. Sometimes they simply need to be witnessed.

At the same time, grief is not only about what has been lost. It can also be an opportunity to consider how we want to continue carrying someone with us. Together, we will explore meaningful ways to honor your loved one during the holidays, rituals that might offer comfort or connection, and traditions that you may want to preserve, adapt, or create anew.

There is something really powerful about grieving in community. Grief can be profoundly isolating, and sometimes what we need most isn't another person telling us how to cope. It is the experience of realizing, I'm not the only one.

My hope is that this circle provides a place for people to come exactly as they are during a complicated season—to remember, to share, to listen, and to consider how they want to make space for their grief while also finding meaningful ways to honor the people they love. There is no right way to grieve, and there is no single way to approach the holidays after loss. The goal is not to recreate what was, but to thoughtfully consider what we want to carry forward.