The mission of Hearts of Hope is to educate and normalize grief to help those with trauma and loss navigate this multi-layered life experience and thrive.
Workshops to educate and normalize multi-faceted grief experiences. Learn more below.
We redefine “normal” every day as we support clients, families, and each other. Despite this, we remain capable, compassionate and competent in our workplaces and communities. This framework is coupled with day-to-day challenges to maintain family/life balance during times of increasing stress.
This workshop will identify multi-faceted grief reactions as these relate to moving forward within our changing environment. Discussions center around normalizing these reactions to build awareness and resilience needed to face what lies ahead.
Participants will be invited to share in discussion and to describe experiences. Educational tools and summary will be provided and distributed to all participants.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
Living with an Aching Heart™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
As patient symptoms increase, so do grief reactions by both patients and family members. Frustration, confusion, sadness, and bargaining occur with every change. This workshop will introduce components of grief typically experienced by patients and caregivers coping with Alzheimer’s disease. Participants will learn how to recognize components of grief and obtain tools for effective client/patient/family interventions. Objectives for this workshop:
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group. Note – There is no commercial support or sponsorship for this program
The Grief of Alzheimer’s Disease™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
Estrangement is defined as being “out of touch” resulting in feelings of loneliness, sadness, and grief.
Estranged families/social systems often divide into factions, each person “in the right” to include rifts, disruption, and lapses in personal connections lasting months/years. Isolation may not include discordance, but presents with an acute desire to reunite with loved ones combined with increasing fears for sustained isolation.
By incorporating insights from current research, participants will be introduced to techniques to identify contributory patterns related to estrangement together with resources to create ways to remain connected, resolve conflict before or as it arises and build resilience.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
Living with an The Grief of Estrangement™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
Innovative, creative healing art workshop for your group or workplace. Learn evidence-based theory related to the power of forgiveness combined with hands on therapeutic art. High impact team building activity for corporate workplaces, healthcare centers, communities, families or groups.
Therapeutic art, offered as a proven tool to facilitate discussion, is included in this workshop. Hearts of Hope will be created, meaningful messages will be composed to accompany these, and participants will be given the opportunity to keep these or pay-it-forward to others.
Educational materials as well as all supplies to create Hearts of Hope will be provided.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
The Power of Forgiveness™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
A person’s or family’s culture can consist of traditions and customs, religious beliefs, traits, behaviors, values, language, food and more.
Bereavement customs across cultures are equally varied, often unfamiliar and, at the same time, profoundly moving when understood and acknowledged.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce bereavement patterns and rituals from a wide cross section of culturally diverse backgrounds, including families and groups of mixed cultures.
Illustrations will demonstrate methods for increased cultural understanding and sensitivity to assist and support all facing grief and loss.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
The Culture of Grief™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
This workshop will introduce participants to tools for coping during these times, including “The 3C’s of Coping with the Holidays.”
Group discussion will be encouraged to answer questions such as “what feels right?” and “what are things I will choose to do vs things I feel I should do.”
Participants will leave with a toolkit of suggested meaningful activities to help navigate celebrations in ways most comfortable for them.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
Finding Solace during Times of Celebration™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
There are moments when time seems to stand still while at the same time, to fly. Overwhelming demands to manage increased responsibilities, including increased care for others, diminishes our emphasis upon self-care.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to varying types of stress with a demonstrated progression to a level of “optimum stress.” Real life, evidence-based strategies will be introduced and practiced heightening awareness to stress triggers with tools to manage these.
Participants will be invited to share in discussion and to describe experiences. Educational tools and summary will be provided and distributed to all participants.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
Caring for Them…Caring for You™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
Resilience is a term we hear more and more as individuals, families, co-workers, and communities cope with day-to-day changes related to living, learning, and interacting within our changing environment.
This workshop will explore resilience with focus on the following: (1) how resilience increases physical well-being and mental health; (2) what methods can be learned to build resiliency; and (3) how rituals facilitate managing extreme emotions as a path to increased resiliency.
Participants will be invited to share in discussion and to describe experiences. Educational tools and summary will be provided and distributed to all participants.
This workshop is offered as a stand alone workshop or can be combined with “Living with an Aching Heart” as part two of a two-part series.
Workshops and discussions can be customized to meet the needs of your organization or group.
Living with Hope™ is a trademarked educational program of Hearts of Hope Foundation, Inc.
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