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More about the Mothers’ Grief Group
When: Tuesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: Voyager Counseling office in North Chesterfield, VA (9327 Midlothian Turnpike, #2G, North Chesterfield VA 23235)
Cost: Free
Can I Bring my Baby? Yes! If you have a baby that travels easily and can attend, please bring your baby.
A note on bringing baby: Please use common sense—there will be a room of moms, a Pack-n-Play, so if your baby can bop around and make baby noise, we will all keep an eye out and you and baby are so welcome. You’re not in this alone! I (Olga) would love to hold and rock your baby, if you want a little break! But if your baby is sick or desperately screaming, please either leave baby with a caregiver or email me so we can make a collaborative plan together. I really want this group to be accessible for you. <3
A Supportive, Understanding Space for Women Mothering & Navigating Loss
Your grief is yours alone — but you don’t have to carry it alone, especially while carrying the load of matrescence and motherhood. 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 children of any age. You may arrive on your own or, if you are earlier postpartum (first couple years), your baby, whichever is possible and/or the supportive choice for you. You might think of this as a whole-person mother-focused space where you can be ALL of you, not just the polite-and-doesn’t-freak-people-out version. :)
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 as a mother, as a woman, and as a human 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 & slowing down
1:10pm - 1:50pm - Sharing “in the I”, connecting with understanding & similarity while respecting differences
1:55pm - 2:00pm - Announcements & wrap up
The Voyager Counseling office is open for 30 minutes before and after each group for tea, borrowing from the Little Free Grief Library, and exchanging contact information.
How to Register
Reserve your spot, which has no cost and requires only your email and phone number. You’ll receive an immediate, automated confirmation email with details and directions to the office as well as a personal confirmation text the day before group from Olga, radically compassionate women’s grief therapist & support group facilitator.