How to Cope and Move Forward
Join Angela Haig, MTS staff officer and clinical psychologist, for a sensitive and eye-opening day of discussion, exercises, and stories. Hopefully, a bit of humour, too.
Date/Time: April 28, 2023, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: McMaster House, Winnipeg, 191 Harcourt St.
Register online at: https://memberlink.mbteach.org/Event.axd?e=2614
Date/Time: May 8, 2023, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Victoria Inn, Brandon, Manitoba 3550 Victoria Ave.
Register online at: https://memberlink.mbteach.org/Event.axd?e=2617
You’ll study:
- Myths we’re taught about grief
- The best and worst things to say to someone who’s grieving
- Why grieving in a death phobic and grief illiterate society is so hard
- What we learn about grief from families, culture, communities and religious institutions
- How love and grief are linked, and the price of living a connected life
- What is normal in grief? Most people worry they aren’t doing it right
- How grief affects your body and your brain
- Why the process of grief has more than 5 stages
- The controversy around a new diagnosis called Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)
- Ambiguous loss: unclear, hard to resolve losses and how they connect to racism
- How to move forward, and the role of self-compassion and empathy
- The myth of closure and what we usually get instead
PLEASE NOTE: We will not ask you to share your personal stories of grief.
The cost is $75 for MTS members and $100 for non-members.
Need help? Call PD Events at (204) 837-4666, extension 373 or email at pdevents@mbteach.org. You can also email Angela Haig directly at ahaig@mbteach.org for more info.