This informal gathering provides a supportive space once a month to share thoughts, ideas, concerns, questions and experiences about end-of-life, loss, death and dying.

Without a set agenda, this is an engaging way to connect with others in candid conversations to help us live life more fully now. Be mindful that this is not a counseling or grief support group.

This monthly event is open to anyone interested in exploring various aspects of death, dying and end-of-life, all with the view of how to live life fully at any time.

This is an in-person event.

All are welcome; please RSVP below to let us know you will be attending. You will receive meeting info ahead of the event.

If you have questions, please email Alex Allen: [email protected].

This experiential workshop, anchored in the ABCs of GUS, is designed to build a solid
foundation to address the potential stressors and triggers that make us feel stressed
and keep us stuck. Each session focuses on a variety of exercises, tools and strategies
that are proven to lower the stress response. We apply the new skills to current specific
concerns that pose challenges for the participants in their lives at the present moment,
with the intention to foster greater levels of balance and choice.

Finally, this workshop offers an opportunity to enjoy a community in which we can
share our concerns, witness each other and share creative approaches to the
questions, anxieties, worries and anxiousness we may feel in our daily personal life as
well as our volunteer work.

WHO: GUS is open to all Hospice volunteers, administrative and clinical staff, spiritual
care providers and members of the larger community who are interested in lowering
their stress response and increase healthy coping strategies and resilience.

Please note: This is an online event

FACILITATOR: Martina Steiger

TO REGISTER: Please email [email protected] if you wish to attend to be included in the monthly email invitation. Join us when you can.

**Waitlist is available

Join us for a gentle movement practice to support your grief journey.

Suitable for all skill levels. Classes include both standing and seated postures, with the support of a chair.

DETAILS

First Friday of each month, 1-2 p.m.

100 Solstice Way, Waterloo (The Gies Family Centre)

There is no cost to attend.

REGISTER

This session is currently full. To be placed on a “interested” list for future offerings, please contact [email protected]

Note: This program is open to adults (18+) who have experienced the death of a loved one form a life-limiting illness.

** Waitlist is available

This is a three-session, psycho-educational group to help you understand the process of your unique grief journey.  

This group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one from a life-limiting illness.

This three-week group will help you to understand what is happening when you grieve and help you connect to your own grief. This is not a blueprint of how to do grief “properly” – the group will help you to identify common elements of grief and provide you with tools to support you on your journey.

DATE AND TIMES 

The group is offered in person, on three consecutive Wednesdays of the month, from 1-3 p.m.

Session dates in May 2025: May 7, 14 ,21

All registrants will receive more details prior to the start of the group.

*Note: If you are interested in attending, you must commit to attending the three consecutive sessions.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

This session is currently full. To be placed on a “interested” list for future offerings, please contact [email protected]

This experiential workshop, anchored in the ABCs of GUS, is designed to build a solid
foundation to address the potential stressors and triggers that make us feel stressed
and keep us stuck. Each session focuses on a variety of exercises, tools and strategies
that are proven to lower the stress response. We apply the new skills to current specific
concerns that pose challenges for the participants in their lives at the present moment,
with the intention to foster greater levels of balance and choice.

Finally, this workshop offers an opportunity to enjoy a community in which we can
share our concerns, witness each other and share creative approaches to the
questions, anxieties, worries and anxiousness we may feel in our daily personal life as
well as our volunteer work.

WHO: GUS is open to all Hospice volunteers, administrative and clinical staff, spiritual
care providers and members of the larger community who are interested in lowering
their stress response and increase healthy coping strategies and resilience.

Please note: This is an online event

FACILITATOR: Martina Steiger

TO REGISTER: Please email [email protected] if you wish to attend to be included in the monthly email invitation. Join us when you can.