Event Title:

Organization:

  Health & Wellness

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  4/23/2025

End Date:

  4/23/2025

Start Time:

  5:30 PM

End Time:

  7:00 PM

Event Info: 

  So, you've lost someone. At first, there is an outpouring of support, phone calls, and care packages. But after the services are done and the phone stops ringing, there is a quiet in the air and an expectation to get on with your life as previously planned. The problem is that death has a way of making all plans go out the window.

Join author and facilitator Carla Fernandez for a conversation exploring support for the next stage of grief-when you feel isolated in your loss and are figuring out how to navigate it.

Shaped by her own experience with the death of her father and her time co-founding The Dinner Party, a leading peer-support organization for people who've experienced a major loss, Carla's work pushes back on the death-denying culture we live in.

For too long, grief has been treated as something pitiable, simply sad, to be gotten over as soon as possible. But after 15 years of being in a community with fellow grievers, Carla has witnessed a different side of the story. Grieving a significant loss is hardcore, hardly something to be swept under the rug, but an experience to be held with respect, a creative spirit, and with friends. Drawing from her work and her latest book, Renegade Grief, Carla shares inspiring stories of real grievers, patterns from across history, and fresh science.

Carla offers candid and compassionate guidance for people at any stage of the grieving process. She encourages you to see that life after loss isn't about the futile attempt of arriving at some other side. Rather, it's about building your community, adjusting to change, and finding the way for your grief to become a pathway into your own version of a soulful life.

https://www.ciis.edu/events/renegade-grief

Location:

  Online

Room:

Address:

  Online

Phone:

  415-575-6175

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA