Workshops for organizations & care teams

Holding Grief Without Losing Ourselves

Who holds the grief of those who hold everyone else's?

An experiential workshop for teams who accompany loss, suffering, and profound change. Make space for the grief your work brings, reconnect with its meaning, and explore sustainable ways to care.

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For those who accompany others

This workshop is designed for hospice and palliative-care teams, chaplains, clergy, bereavement professionals, volunteers, and helping organizations.

Encounters with grief do not always stay at work. This is a space to recognize what you carry, reflect with others, and practice accompaniment without losing your connection to your own life.

A practice of Witness, Discern, Release

Witness

Practice being present without immediately trying to fix. Explore compassionate attention, deep listening, and the dignity of another person's experience.

Discern

Ask: What belongs to them? What belongs to me? What belongs to mystery? Reflect on the emotional and spiritual boundaries that support care.

Release

Honor what has touched you without carrying everything indefinitely. Explore contemplative practices and simple rituals for acknowledging accumulated grief.

What we explore together

Recognizing vicarious grief and how it differs from burnout and compassion fatigue.
Contemporary grief perspectives, including continuing bonds, meaning reconstruction, and the Dual Process Model.
Spiritual and existential grief, including the temptation to rush toward explanations.
Accompanying others without over-identifying with their experience.
Reflection and contemplative practices for sustainable care.

Choose a format for your team

90-minute introduction

An accessible introduction to vicarious grief and sustainable accompaniment.

Half-day workshop

Time for education, personal reflection, group discussion, and contemplative practice.

Full-day workshop or retreat

A deeper experiential exploration of grief, meaning, and the work of accompanying others.

Workshops can be adapted to your organization's needs, culture, and spiritual orientation. Contact Paul to discuss format, scope, and pricing.

Meet your facilitator

Paul Miner, M.A., M.S., is a thanatologist, transpersonal coach, grief educator, meditation teacher, and trained spiritual director. His approach brings contemporary grief research into conversation with contemplative practice and spiritual wisdom.

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Bring this conversation to your team

Tell Paul about your organization, who would attend, and the support you are seeking. On the contact form, select “Workshop for my organization.”