RVA Grieving Mothers & Babies Community Group
When: Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: Voyager Counseling office in North Chesterfield, VA
Cost: Free
Can I Bring Baby? Yes! You can if you’d like, you can if you must, or you can arrive solo. Your choice.
A Supportive, Understanding Space for Women Navigating Loss
Your grief is yours alone — but you don’t have to carry it alone while navigating the first year. This in-person peer support group is an intentionally carved out space for women who want to honor the love in their loss, feel their feelings, & lean into an authentic nurturing relationship with themselves and their babies. You may arrive on your own or with your baby, whichever is possible and/or the supportive choice for you.
Whether your loss is recent or years past, whether it’s the death of a beloved person or pet, the onset or progression of a life-altering illness, a perinatal loss, or another mortality-related loss that changed your life and is bubbling up postpartum—you are welcome here. You are welcome here to receive support for your grief pain, engage in community through the many messy middles of life, and to honor your inner growth and connection in community with others who need that light. You cannot be too much or too little here—you are just where you are, and you and your baby are welcome here.
What to Expect
Limited group size for comfort and connection
Clear, warm facilitation to support safety and respect in peer group context
Supportive space to speak, listen, or simply be present
In-Person Support Group Format
1:00pm - 1:10pm - Arrive, settle in, spend some time breathing & listening to soothing music
1:10pm - 1:15pm - Guided mindful nurturing practice
1:15pm - 1:55pm - Sharing “in the I”, connecting with understanding & similarity while respecting differences
1:55pm - 2:00pm - Announcements and wrap-up
How to Register
Complete the brief registration form to reserve your spot. You’ll receive an immediate, automated confirmation email with details and directions to the office as well as a personal confirmation email the day before group from Olga, radically compassionate women’s grief therapist & support group facilitator.