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Tending Grief
through the Holidays
A Day Retreat of Rest, Ritual & Comfort
Two Retreat Locations and Dates:
Camp Wapo | Amery, Wisconsin
Hosted by the Mental Health Taskforce of Polk County
December 5, 2026 (10:00am - 4:00pm)
Healing Roots Wellness Center | River Falls, Wisconsin
December 12, 2026 (9:00am - 4:00pm)
A Compassionate Place for Grief During the Holidays
The holidays can be a particularly difficult and complex time when you are living with grief. Whether you are grieving a death, relationship, role, home, tradition, season of life, or another loss that has changed the shape of your world, this day-long retreat offers a compassionate place to slow down and explore the question: How can I tend to myself and my grief through the holiday season?
Throughout the day, you’ll experience meditation, gentle grief-tending and restorative practices, reflection, meaningful conversation and witnessing, creative expression, sound, and ritual.
Spaciousness, rest, and connection will be woven throughout the day as you gather comfort and support for the season ahead.
What You'll Experience
Throughout our day together, you’ll be invited into:
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Meditation and reflection
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Gentle movement and grief-tending practices
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Sound and restorative experiences
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Meaningful conversation and witnessing
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Creative expression
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Remembrance and ritual
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Rest, spaciousness, and connection
There will be opportunities to share and opportunities to be quiet, time to connect with others who understand something about living with loss, and room to simply be with whatever this season holds for you.
Create Your Holiday Grief-Tending Kit
Throughout the retreat, you’ll create your own Holiday Grief-Tending Kit, filled with meaningful objects, simple rituals, reflection practices, and personal reminders that you can return to when you need a little extra tending throughout the holiday season.
We’ll practice some of these simple rituals together so you can continue them at home if and when they feel supportive.
The intention is for you to leave with more than memories of our day together. You’ll have tangible practices and comforts you can reach for throughout the holiday season.
Is this Retreat Right for You?
This retreat is for anyone carrying grief into the holiday season.
You may be grieving:
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A death or significant loss
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A relationship or estrangement
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Changes within your family
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A home or sense of place
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A role or identity
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Changes in health
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A dream or future you expected
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Traditions that can no longer continue
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A season of life that has ended
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Another loss that has changed the shape of your world
Your loss does not need to be recent. There is no particular timeline for grief and no requirement that your grief look a certain way in order to belong here.
Two Retreat Opportunities
River Falls, WI
Date: December 12, 2026
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location:Healing Roots Wellness Center in River Falls, Wisconsin
Price: $150
Your registration includes the full day retreat experience, lunch, light snacks and warm drinks, all retreat materials, and your personal Holiday Grief-Tending Kit.
Space is intentionally limited to keep this gathering intimate.
Amery, WI
Date: December 5, 2026
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Camp Wapo in
Amery, Wisconsin
Your registration includes the full day retreat experience, lunch, light snacks and warm drinks, all retreat materials, and your personal Holiday Grief-Tending Kit.
Space is intentionally limited to keep this gathering intimate.
Note: This retreat is hosted by the Mental Health Taskforce of Polk County, and all registrations are managed by their team.
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Questions about this retreat? Email me! I'd love to chat.