Third Wednesday of Month (TWM) - Peer-Led Support Topic Meeting - SEPTEMBER
Description
Our topic this month is: "Re-Discovering Ourselves After Loss: Moving Beyond the Widow Label"
We will spend the month of September exploring and re-discovering our self-identities.
way we perceive ourselves (our "self-identities") shifts throughout our lifetimes. Relationship-wise, professionally, spiritually, physically, and financially. Our self-identities are an evolving combination of both growth and loss.
The loss of our partners strikes hard at our identities. How do we move beyond "The Widow Label?"
With the support and understanding inside our Peer-Led Support Topic Meetings, we can help you recognize that your story is not over, that you are not forever stuck in widowhood, and that together, we can choose how to re-invent, re-discover, and re-create a thriving (instead of simply surviving) future.
Our Topic Committee volunteers suggest reading the following:
Building A New Identity After Loss
I Don't Know Who I am Anymore, Grief and Loss of Identity
Or, you can listen to Dawn's Video on the topic, here
Co-Leaders: Mary, Ilene & Michelle
Mary Smith zooming in from Rockville Center, NY
About me: I am a lifelong learner -- a perfect match as an educator and former corporate mainstay. As an active member of my local community, you can find me volunteering as a literacy coach, working with English language learners, keeping up to date on current events, or attending art lectures. Or you might find me at a favorite rock concert singing the night away.
Interests: music, traveling, socializing, volunteering
Works well with: retired career widows, widows with grown children, and caregivers
Ilene Frisher zooming in from Bayville, NY
About me: I have 2 grandchildren that fill my heart with joy! I am also a retired Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator, active volunteer for The W connection and MJHS hospice. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful family and wonderful friends, some of whom I met through the W connection.
Interests: Travel, theater, golf, kayaking and I recently entered into a new loving relationship.
Works well with: widows hoping to create new lives, new friendships, and new relationships.
Year of Loss: 2014
Michelle Las: Zooming in from Weehawken, NJ
About me: I left my NYC legal recruiting career after 17 years to pursue my passion after I lost my husband and became a certified health coach. I try to practice a lifestyle of gratitude, learning, positivity and fulfillment, and glad I found the W Connection to help others get there as well.
Interests: Cooking and creating new recipes, being outdoors, reading, podcasts, fitness, travel, organizing (literally) everything!
Works well with: Young widows, career women trying to rebalance life and move forward, NYC-area members
Year of loss : 2018
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