Course plan
Welcome to the course!
I am so happy that you are joining this journey!
Request for your feedback for building a just and inclusive course space
Next Steps
Preparing yourself for a fruitful learning time
How can you get the most out of learning online?
Guided meditation
Short meditation
A ritual to begin with?
What is grief?
What is grief? – An overview of what it is and what it can do… Part 1
What is Grief? – Part 2
What would be YOUR definition of grief & grieving?
Simple grief, complex grief and compounded grief
The obstacles to grieving fully
What can happen when one cannot mourn?
The (social) survival reactions that stop us from grieving
Orientation for the next parts of the program
Holding space for your own grieving
Melting the Ice to Unburden your Heart – Holding space for your own grieving (English)
German Version: Mein Herz erleichtern – Wie ich für mich selbst Trauerprozesse gestalten kann
Reflection on your own journey with grieving so far
Q & A – What if I am ready for grieving and it doesn't start? What should I do? Wait what is coming up? Change the icebreaker or the environment?
8 Key areas for holding space for grieving processes
Welcome back! What will we look at next?
1 – Safer spaces
2 – Emotional expression and discharge
3 - Empowering losses as a driving force in one's life
4 – Nurturing and attunement
5 – Community
6 – Meaning making
7 – Integration & intentions
8 – Connection to something so much greater
Closing this Chapter
Key ingredients for cultivating a felt sense of safety & belonging
Orientation to this Chapter
An all-Encompassing Welcoming of ALL there is
Inspiring Vulnerability & Intimacy – By Weaving Community through Facilitated One-on-One-Connections
Making Every Voice Heard – Touching the Spirit of the Community
Putting Everyone's Needs in the Center of Attention to Build Trust
Applying these Principles to a 1:1 Setting (Counseling, Coaching or Informal)
Honing our Perception and Understanding of Human Social Ecology through a Needs-Centered Mindset
Bringing in Aliveness
The Importance of Humor for Social Equality
Cultivating a Sense of Freedom & Joy for Trying, Playing, Innovation & Learning – No Criticism!
Some more Perspective on how to Transform Criticism – and Praise, too!
Why not praise?
How to turn Praise into Appreciation and Gratitude
Cultivating Respect
A Meta-Level View – Why you are Invited to Integrate all of this :-)
Empowering Authentic Service and Sharing Responsibility
Sharing the Leadership – Honoring the "Great Chances" for Deep Democracy
Opportunities for Authentic Relating in 1:1 Connections
Sharing Knowledge
Holding Responsibility for All the Logistics
Providing Mutually Nurturing Food
Caring for Physical Wellbeing
Asking for Permission when you Want to Offer Touch
Cultivating 4 Levels of Togetherness
Bringing in the (home life) Community in a Tangible Way
Honoring the Very First Expressions of Grief
Empowering Empathy & Attunement
Midwife Conduct
Asking Questions that Empower
Remembering the Deeper Why
Community Agreements for How do we want to be with each other?
Power & Privilege
Leadership as Hosting
Handling romantic/erotic/sexual energy in ethical ways
Spiritual safety
The Importance of our Nervous Systems
How to Cultivate Spaciousness in Oneself?
It's worth it! :-)
The Importance of Ritual
Working with ritual
What is Ritual?
How to Compose a Ritual?
Grieving together & supporting others
A few Words of Great Caution!
Helping People to Move Slowly
The Importance of Choice and Invitational Language
Help Yourself to Move Slowly when Supporting Others
Before You Begin
Creating Opportunities for Spontaneous Grieving
Supporting Spontaneous Grieving
Holding a Grief Council
A Grief Day for one Person or for two Buddies
Grief Fire Rituals for Medium Sized Groups
Grief Support Survey
Quiz
Weaving your Support Network
Quiz
The long term perspective on integration & transformation
The Dual Process Model
Changing one's Relationship to the Loss (the past) as well as to the Restoration (the future)
Questions to Evoke Positive Emotions when Processing the Loss / the Past
The Ticket
Continuing Bonds
Everyday Miniature Rituals of Connection (Habits of the Heart)
Elaborate Rituals of Connection – Vehicles for Integration
Ancestor Feasts – An Example for an Elaborate Connection Ritual
Bonus lessons
Introduction to the Bonus-Section
Q&A about personal grief processes
Questions to guide us and Stone Age figurines
What is the difference between being sad and grieving?
Grieving what was missing without strengthening these losses
What to do when I am open for grieving yet it doesn't start?
Why being out in nature can change our emotional state?
Could it be a fight reaction to think about the grief instead of expressing it?
Can I grieve too much? And what if I cannot name my grief?
Does constantly dealing with grief foster depression?
With integration happening – does the grief then end?
Don't you just have to turn the page sometimes? – The importance of turning grieving processes into fulfilling activities and of cultivating awareness of our co-authorship for the book of life
Why could meditation in some cases be a flight strategy?
What about the fear or anxiety underneath my grief? Getting comfortable with groundlessness…
How to navigate self-pity? Part 1- The importance of validation for self-compassion
How to navigate self-pity? – Part 2 – The Tonglen practice
Can I grieve losses from my family lineage in a way that processes them?
On Death & Bereavement – Featuring Alessa Rhode
Welcome to the Bonus Section on Death and Bereavement
Interview: How to Become a Mortician?
Our Relationship to Death
Learning about Dying
Myths about Death
The Wheel of Life – Observing Nature's Cyclical Patterns
An Eagle's Eye View on the Importance of the Circle Symbol and Cyclical Models
Introduction to the 8 Shields Model
The Daily Cycle
Yearly Cycle – The Seasons
The Life Cycle of a Plant
The Human Life Cycle, Transitions and Losses
Introduction to the Eco- and Soul-Centric Human Life Wheel
Resources for Learning More about the Human Life Cycle
East – Birth and Early Childhood
South-East – Late Childhood
South – Early Adolescence
South-West – Late Adolescence
West – Early Adulthood
North-West – Late Adulthood
North – Early Elderhood
North-East – Late Elderhood
The Potential of Acknowledging the Possibility of a Soul
Reflecting on the ECO-Centric Life Wheel
Human Life within an Ego-Centric Culture & Developmental Grief
Introduction to the Ego-Centric Life Wheel
Egocentric East – Learning about Neglect – Make Sure to Support your own Nervous System while Listening to the Following Lessons
Egocentric East – The Fundamental Human Needs (that might remain infulfilled in childhood)
Egocentric South-East – Socioeconomic Training
Egocentric South – Rebellion, Adaptation & Chaos
Egocentric South-West – Secession & Isolation
Egocentric West – Capitulation & Emptiness
Egocentric North-West – Management and Bitterness
Egocentric North – Pasture, Play and Loneliness
Egocentric North-East – Fear & Withdrawal
Digesting & Sharing
The Importance of Positive Experiences and Linking for Facilitating Grief Processes
Wrapping up the course & certificate
What else would be helpful and needed?