Where Does Your Grief Belong Right Now? Join Us for a New Workshop

There's a question we've been hearing a lot lately from clients, from friends, from people in our community: How do I hold space for my own grief when the world is falling apart?

It's a valid question. An important one. And one that deserves more than a quick answer or a platitude about self-care.

So we're creating space to explore it together.

A Workshop Born from Real Needs

We've noticed something happening in our therapy rooms and grief groups. People are struggling to give themselves permission to grieve their personal losses—the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a diagnosis, a dream deferred—when there are wars, natural disasters, political upheaval, and collective traumas happening all around us.

The internal dialogue sounds something like this:

"How can I be sad about my divorce when people are losing their homes?"

"Who am I to grieve my mother when there's so much suffering in the world?"

"My pain feels so small compared to what's happening out there."

This is what we call the hierarchy of suffering, and it's one of the most isolating experiences in grief.

The False Choice

Here's what we've learned in our work at Grounded Grief: the choice between tending to your own grief and caring about the world's pain is a false one.

You don't have to choose.

In fact, we believe that your connection to and grace for your own suffering actually bolsters your ability to connect with others in theirs. Compassion for yourself in your own experiences paves the way for more compassion for others.

When you allow yourself to fully feel and honor your grief, you're not turning away from the world. You're building the capacity to show up for it more fully.

What This Workshop Is About

On Thursday, February 26th from 6:00-7:00 PM, Katherine Hatch, MSW, LCSW and A.C. Caldwell, MDiv, MA will facilitate a one-hour virtual workshop designed to help you:

• Find permission to grieve your personal losses without guilt or comparison

• Explore how tending to your own grief can actually deepen your connection to collective grief

• Discover ways to hold both your personal pain and awareness of the world's suffering

• Connect with others who are navigating this same tension

• Practice compassion for yourself as an act of solidarity with others who are suffering

This isn't about compartmentalizing your grief or pretending the state of the world doesn't matter. It's about finding a way to do both—to feel supported in your own loss while remaining connected to the grief the world is experiencing.

Who This Workshop Is For

This workshop is for you if:

• You're grieving a significant loss and struggling to find where it fits amidst everything else happening

• You feel guilty for being sad about your "personal" problems when there are "bigger" issues in the world

• You find yourself dissociating from your own grief because it feels too overwhelming alongside global events

• You want to honor your grief without losing connection to what's happening around you

• You're looking for community with others navigating this same terrain

All losses are welcome here. There is no grief too small, no loss too "minor" to deserve attention and care.

The Details

When: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:00-7:00 PM EST

Where: Virtual via Zoom (link provided upon registration)

Who: All are welcome

Facilitators: Katherine Hatch, MSW, LCSW and A.C. Caldwell, MDiv, MA

Cost: $20 (sliding scale available—please reach out if cost is a barrier)

Why We're Offering This Now

The world has always held suffering alongside joy, collective trauma alongside personal loss. But in this particular moment, many of us are feeling the weight of both more acutely than ever.

We're being asked to hold more than we've ever been asked to hold.

And we need spaces where we can acknowledge that reality without abandoning our own needs in the process.

This workshop is one of those spaces.

Join Us

You don't have to navigate this tension alone. You don't have to figure out "where your grief belongs" in isolation.

Come be part of a group that wants to do both—feel supported in our own grief, and figure out ways to remain connected with the grief the world is experiencing.

Your grief deserves space. So does your care for the world. And you deserve support in holding both.

Register for the workshop here

Questions? Need sliding scale pricing? Reach out to us at katherine@groundedgrief.com or 202-599-1913. We want you there.

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