Second Tuesday of Month (STM) - 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: Gaby & Nana & Terri
Gabriella Major zooming in from New York, NY
About me: I was born in Hungary. As a teenager, together with my parents, we fled to the US without any knowledge of English and with
only the clothes on our backs. I got married right out of high school, and while raising 4 children I went back to school to get my BA and Master's degree in counseling. Four years after my first husband died, I had a second chance at love.
Interests: Volunteering for things I am passionate about; I am a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and an active volunteer at the W Connection.
Works well with: Retired career women.
Year of First Loss: 2002
Year of Second Loss: 2012.
Nana Goldberg zooming in from Philadelphia, PA
About me: Retail has been my career ever since high school. I was fortunate to work in my family's Army and Navy store, I. Goldberg, for forty years. I have a young adult son, and a very vocal black cat and a great sense of humor.
Interests: I practice Mindfulness, enjoy watching professional and college sports, exploring new recipes, and learning about interior design.
Works well with: widows with young children, widows with children at home, people who are honest, curious and practice the attitude of gratitude.
Year of Loss: 2007, when my son was 12 years old.
Terri Herring zooming in from Bucks County, PA
About me: I'm a summer camp director (2nd career). My first career was in the retail women's apparel business. I have three grown children & two young grandkids. I have a black Lab and just downsized my house.
Interests: the arts: painting & ceramics, gardening, walking and I’m trying to learn Spanish
Works well with: empty nesters and working moms.
Year of Loss: 2018
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