Good Grief Network

The Good Grief Network program, 10 Steps to Personal Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate, is an amazing, super supportive and deeply valuable program, designed to support us through the heavy emotions of these crazy times we find ourselves to be living in and to give us opportunities to learn and grow together so that we may meet the challenges of our times. Many of us can sometimes feel despair, grief, anxiety or overwhelm, and it is important to support ourselves and each other through this, so that together we can keep moving forward in our lives and life work. 

The Good Grief Network program builds community and provides the opportunity for growth and learning for resilience and empowerment. Please see the Good Grief Network website at goodgriefnetwork.org for all the information about this wonderful program.

I have also written here, about my own first experience of taking part in an online round of the program in 2019, as part of my series of posts about all the pieces of the puzzle of how I am working towards a better future - this piece is about supporting myself and also supporting others. 

I have since facilitated a number of rounds of the program. Each time I work through the steps it affirms to me again how supportive it is to be part of a group moving through this program, both during the program, and for growing lasting skills, knowledge, connections and networks for supporting ongoing deepening personal development and forward movement in our lives, together.


Upcoming groups:

Group running with Degrowth Network Australia - book here
In REAL LIFE! First try at that since March 2020 got Zoomed! 
10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate
An affiliate Good Grief Network peer support program, for eco-distress and other heavy emotions of our times.
Group size: 15 people, including 2 facilitators
Location: Somewhere central in Melbourne, CBDish, TBC
Fortnightly sessions: First session Saturday 3 August 2024, 11am-2pm with break, then continuing fortnightly from 17 August 11am-1pm, until 7 December. Shared lunch after the session. 
Contribution requested: Your commitment to attending so that the spaces in the group are full.
Voluntary additional contributions: Anything you have to freely give or share with the group is welcomed, some snacks or lunch to share, a poem, a song, your wisdom, your appreciation, your truth, your art, your experience, your skills, your craft, your care... 
If you would like to give some money that stuff is still useful and sometimes necessary. Suggested optional financial contribution range: anywhere from $1 - $100/session welcome, to help cover costs for me to continue running the program. 
This is entirely optional and by willingness and capacity - your presence and participation is more important.
Additional money received will allow the possibility of additional afternoon sessions, future groups, or will be added to the Degrowth Network pool for covering costs for Network projects.
Bookings essential: https://events.humanitix.com/10-steps-to-resilience-and-empowerment-in-a-chaotic-climate-peer-support-for-living-in-polycrisis
Meanwhile, please feel free to contact me by phone call, text or email to find out more.
0402 553 181, livinglightlywithlove (at) gmail (dot) com

Event description:
Do you feel anxious about climate change, grief for species extinction, despair, or anger at the inequalities of our society?
Do you feel overwhelmed by the news? Are you exhausted by the amount of work to be done, or are you unsure where to even begin?

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Join with others who feel the same way, and work to move through the heavy feelings and deconstruct cultural narratives in this heart-centered program by the Good Grief Network.

Connect with others, share feelings and experiences, explore resources, and learn, heal and grow together, so we can build our collective resilience and empower ourselves to continue to find new ways of being in these times.

This affiliate 10 Step Good Grief program will be run by Good Grief Network trained FLOW facilitator Liz Wade, and friends, in connection with the Degrowth Network Australia.

More info via the links above.


Contact me to find out about other upcoming groups and see also, upcoming groups run by myself and other facilitators listed on the Good Grief Network's website.


Request a group
Local groups can be run in Ballarat, Melbourne and other locations within Victoria. I am open to requests to run groups in other locations, or to share info about how you can run your own group. The program is designed to be run by anyone, with training from the Good Grief Network, and I would love to help grow this network of support in any way I can, alongside the support provided by the Good Grief founders, team and wider Good Grief Network.

Please get in touch to stay in the loop or find out more. For Facebook events, you may also see my (somewhat neglected) Living Lightly With Love facebook page.


Past groups:
GROUP NOW FULL: Group running with Good Grief Network
Online, 10 weekly sessions, Mondays Australian Eastern Standard time, beginning 9 October 2023 10am-12pm AEDT until 30 October, then 11am-1pm AEDT until 11 December, with facilitators Liz Wade and Bronwyn Gresham. The anchor time is 7pm Eastern Time (US).

Group running with Good Grief Network
Online, 10 weekly sessions, Sunday evenings Australian Eastern Standard time, beginning 2 October 2022, with facilitators Liz Wade and Marta Neto. This group will run 7-9pm AEST until clocks change in Ireland on 30/10 and after that the group will run 8-10pm AEST. The anchor time is 9am in Ireland/UK/Portugal.

See https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/10steps/ for more details of the above group, and also another upcoming group beginning October 6th, running early afternoons AEST, run by Sarah Stoeckl and Andrew Harrell.

GROUP NOW FULL: Group running with Openground
Online, 10 weekly sessions, Sundays 2-4pm (Australian Eastern Time), beginning 2 October 2022
Booking page here. - Register here to join the waiting list
Proceeds of this group will support Good Grief Network, Friends of the Earth and also group facilitators, to continue to undertake the important work of Good Grief Network, Friends of the Earth and more.
Several price points are available, contact me if these options remain out of reach.Group running in support of Friends of the Earth Melbourne's No More Gas Collective
Online, 10 weekly sessions, Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm (Australian Eastern Time), beginning 26 April 2022

GROUP NOW FULL: Group running for the Good Grief Network
Online, 10 weekly sessions, Thursdays 10:30-12:30 (AEDT) from 17 March 2022, then 9:30-11:30 (AEST) from 7 April 2022.

Group running for XR communities
Online group, weekly Fridays 6-8pm (Australian Eastern Time), starting 1 October 2021

Groups running in support of Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Act on Climate
Weekly SUNDAY group IN PERSON in the Yami Lester Room at Friends of the Earth, starting 11 July 2021:

Fortnightly THURSDAY group ONLINE via Zoom, starting 22 July 2021:

Online groups for Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Act on Climate: 
Sundays 2:30-4:30pm, commencing with an introductory session on Sunday 16th August 2020.
Mondays 7:45-9:15pm, commencing with an introductory session on Monday 17th August 2020.
Please feel free to contact me for further information. Call or text on 0402 553 181, or email livinglightlywithlove (at) gmail (dot) com.
Links to facebook events: Sunday group, and Monday group.

Ballarat 
Venue: The Healthy Hub Wellness Centre, 100 Bridge Mall, Ballarat
Info session: Tuesday 3 March 2020, 6:30pm. Free to attend. Get in touch, or just come along.
Weekly sessions: Begin Tuesday 10 March 2020, 6:30pm.
Voluntary contributions $10-15/session welcome to help cover costs and to help me to continue running the program, but entirely optional - your participation is more important.
Bookings essential, please contact me by phone, text, email or messenger, or come along to the info session to book your place (groups are limited to 15 people).
0402 553 181, livinglightlywithlove (at) gmail (dot) com


Take care in these crazy days we live in.

With love
Liz

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