You Didn’t Just Lose a Person. You Lost a Whole Way of Life.

8 weeks, together, plus a private session — for the loss of a husband or wife.

A Grief Circle for Widows & Widowers

You Didn’t Just Lose a Person. You Lost a Whole Way of Life.

8 weeks, together, plus a private session — for the loss of a husband or wife.

The empty side of the bed. The name still in your phone. The habits of a life built for two, still running on autopilot for one. This circle is for you — not to move on from him or her, but to learn how to carry your love forward, without carrying it alone.

You Might Belong Here If…

You’re surrounded by people, and somehow still the loneliest you’ve ever been.

You don’t know who you are without the “we” you built together.

People stopped asking how you’re doing months ago — but you’re still grieving every single day.

You feel guilty for laughing, for a good day, for anything that feels like moving forward.

“I know this loss from the inside, not just from training. I lost my own husband — my “Doc.” I don’t guide this circle as a coach standing outside your grief. I walk it beside you, because I’ve walked it myself.”

How the Circle Works

Weeks 1–2

Being Witnessed

You tell your story, fully, without anyone trying to fix it or rush you past it. Just being truly heard begins the healing.

Weeks 3–5

Moving Through, Not Around

Guided grief and somatic practices — drawn from my Certified Grief Yoga® training — to help the grief move through your body, not just your mind.

Weeks 6–7

Finding the Light Again

Gently, without ever rushing you, we turn toward what it means to carry this loss and still find moments of light, connection, and life.

Week 8

Carrying It Forward, Together

We close as a circle — with what you’ll carry forward, and the truth that you never have to carry it alone again.

Bonus

Your Private Session

A private session just for you — to talk about the parts of this loss too personal for the group: rebuilding an identity as “just you,” the practical weight of a life meant for two, or whatever your marriage specifically carried that no one else’s did.

Small group of 6–10, virtual, 90-minute sessions, weekly for 8 weeks — plus one private one-on-one session, just for you.

“The light was never extinguished in you. It lives within your loss — waiting to be found. And you don’t have to find it alone.”

— Debbie Rivera

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You Don’t Have to Walk Through This Alone.

Reach out with any question, or claim your place in the next circle — no pressure, just an open door.

Join This Circle

Small group. Private. Held with care.