Legacy of Love Workshop

Many of you may know that my mother passed away peacefully 8 short weeks ago. She was a fighter who had beaten cancer 3 times, so nothing adequately prepared us for her loss. However, this time she fell sick with respiratory illnesses (yes, multiple) that strained her single lung (she lost the other one 20 years ago when she survived terminal lung cancer), and her heart (which had developed congestive heart failure as a side effect of the chemotherapy 30 years ago). She was just so tired, and made the decision to transition to Heaven after fighting for so many decades. I quickly discovered a loss is a loss no matter the circumstances, and our hearts and minds struggle to process the grief, and physical separation.

Common emotions: grief, anger, regret, remorse, guilt, longing, pain, and sorrow hit me with great intensity. Even as a trauma release coach, I still felt the full weight of them all.

However, the one thing that saved me tremendous amounts of unnecessary, looping pain was learning how to honor her legacy with love, and not wasting my earthly potential (as she definitely would NOT want that) while grieving healthily.

My friends and family started to remark at how well I was doing, and they were surprised at how fast I seemed to be bouncing back. I LOVE my mother dearly, but had found ways to process the grief faster, and more effectively and not bawling because I saw something at Wegmans that reminded me of her. I was okay. I could be sad at my own pace as I moved through the grief, but it wasn’t devastating in my thoughts in my free time.

I have noticed (with great anguish) the pain that many of my clients and friends on social media seem to be suffering with recent losses, as well.

I knew I wanted to create a workshop for them so they could move through the grief faster (like I did) while still loving the legacy of their loved one, and staying connected to the great memories.

So, I created a one time workshop series called “Legacy of Love” to host a space for 8 people to do this through a series of 3 private Zoom workshop sessions.