Grow Together: Interactive Mental Health Workshops
for Healing & Connection

A Day of Reflection — A Private Family Grief Experience

Losing someone you love changes the rhythm of family life. Their absence is felt in everyday moments, traditions, conversations, and future plans. While each person grieves differently, every family member carries the loss in deeply personal ways.

A Day of Reflection is a private, one-day experience designed for a family to gather in a peaceful, supportive setting to honor their loved one, process grief together, and begin exploring life moving forward as a family.

Set on five serene acres, this guided experience provides intentional space to pause, reflect, remember, and heal away from daily responsibilities.

Families will participate in a blend of:

• Guided conversations and reflective activities

• Memory sharing to celebrate the life of their loved one

• Gentle grief-processing experiences

• Meaningful rituals of remembrance and connection

• Tools for navigating grief individually and as a family system

• Discussions about how relationships, roles, traditions, and daily life shift after loss

• Exploration of how to continue walking forward while keeping the love and memory of their loved one present

This experience recognizes that grief has no timeline and that families often need dedicated space to connect, communicate, and support one another after profound loss. Rather than something to “get over,” grief is something we learn to carry with love and compassion.

Is This Experience Right for Your Family?

Every family’s grief journey is unique. There is no “right” way to grieve and no expectation for where your family should be in the healing process.

This experience is created with compassion, flexibility, and openness, honoring both the love you carry and the path unfolding ahead.

If your family would like to learn more about A Day of Reflection, we warmly invite you to reach out. Together, we can explore if this fits your family's needs.

CO-FACILITATED BY

Julie Barber

Julie has walked the bereavement journey for more than a decade and gained a deep understanding of grief through profound personal loss. Her healing journey has given her meaningful tools and practices that help others feel seen, supported, and less alone.

Carol Heiden, M.Ed., LPCC

Carol has facilitated grief and loss experiences for children, families, and adults for more than thirty years. She is passionate about creating safe and healing spaces where families can share their stories, honor loved ones, navigate difficult transitions, and rediscover connection and hope together.