GRIEF RETREAT
SUNDAY, November 2, 2025
1:00-5:00 p.m.
Intentionally and Soulfully
Navigating our Grief and our love
Join us for a day of being seen, heard,
and held in a healing space
~whatever your grief or loss, you are welcomed~
A Grief Retreat with honoring rituals, meditation, movement, music and tools for living forward. Special guest and certified grief educator, Patti Shaffner, will facilitate this experience along with Donna Brooks, LCSW.
"When we grieve together in community, we express not only our pain but our deep, deep love. Being held in community in our griefs, whatever their origins, helps us to be seen and heard and feel the relief and support of others~each with their own griefs too. We can use this time to invite us into softening our grief and allowing it to guide us with more vitality for the lives we are still living."
~Patti Shaffner
Please bring a photo or memento that represents your grief for our Honoring Altar. Please dress for comfort. Bring any blankets/wraps that will help you be as comfortable, safe, and empowered as possible in this space. Bring a journal and pen.
Tea and light refreshments will be available.
$ 60 - $ 100 offering welcomed for this experience.
RSVP via email by Oct. 26to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail or drop off check or cash to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527
LOCATION: Office of Donna Brooks, LCSW & Crystal Street Space, 214 Crystal Street, Cary, IL
www.DonnaBrooksTherapist.com
Intentionally and Soulfully
Navigating our Grief
Whatever your loss & grief, you will be seen and heard.
A Grief Retreat with honoring rituals, meditation, movement, music and tools for living forward. Special guest and certified grief educator, Patti Shaffner, will facilitate this experience.
Please bring a photo or memento that represents your grief for our Honoring Altar. Please dress for comfort. Bring any blankets/wraps that will help you be as comfortable, safe, and empowered as possible in this space. Bring a journal and pen. Tea and light refreshments will be available.
$40 - $60 offering welcomed for this experience.
RSVP via email to Donna Brooks along with payment to reserve your space.
Ways to pay: Mail check or drop off cash/check to Donna Brooks
Venmo: Donna-Brooks-52 Zelle:224-623-1527 Paypal: DonnaBrooksTherapist@gmail.com
A note from our special guest and grief work facilitator, Patti Shaffner –
"When we grieve together in community....we express not only our pain...but our deep, deep love.
Being held in community in our griefs, whatever their origins, helps us to be seen and heard and feel the relief and support of others...each with their own griefs too. We can use this time of thin veils....to invite us into softening our grief....and allowing it to guide us with more vitality for the lives we are still living."