Finding Your Way: For Women Who Have Lost Husbands or Partners to Suicide
Find Compassion, Understanding, and Hope Among Grieving Spouses/Partners Who Share Your Journey
Losing a spouse or partner to suicide is a shattering experience. In the aftermath, many survivors are left feeling emotionally broken, guilt ridden, and lost.
This supportive 8-session group offers grieving women a way to connect with each other and with others who have already traveled a similar grief journey. It is designed to offer friendship, wisdom, and guidance for those whose lives have been suddenly altered.
- Empathy and Understanding: Connect with others who have walked in your shoes. Here, you are not alone.
- Guided Conversations: Our sessions are led by trained facilitators who provide gentle guidance, ensuring that every voice is heard.
- Shared Experiences: Find comfort in the shared experiences of others who have navigated similar paths of grief and healing.
- Safe and Supportive Environment: Our experienced facilitators ensure this closed group of ~10 women maintain a safe, healing atmosphere for all. Meet with the same women over the course of four months.
Support Group Meeting Details
Our Finding Your Way Support Groups are open to any woman grieving the loss of a spouse or partner to suicide, provided they are at least four months out from their loss at the time the group begins.
- What: Eight Sessions, 90-minutes long, every other week
- Where: Online via Zoom
- Note: These are “closed” rather than “drop-in” support groups. This means you travel the grief journey with the same people every session.
- Cost: $280
This group is full, if you are interested in participating in future programs, please click the button below and we will notify you when our next groups are announced.
Program Dates & Time:
Tuesdays:
- January 14 thru April 22, 2025
- 7pm (ET)
- Jan 14 & 28 / Feb 11 & 25 / March 11 & 25 / April 8 & 22
Meet your group facilitators:
Terry Sherman
Terry joined the Alliance of Hope forum in 2014 after losing her beloved husband to suicide. Widowed at 51, she has found comfort and purpose in supporting other survivors. She has served as a Senior Forum Moderator, Forum Stewards Program Manager, and Widows Support Groups Facilitator for the last five years. Terry is a Master Gardener who volunteers with her local fire department and bird rescue.
Kristina Haddad
Kristina Haddad lost her husband, Brett, in August 2021. In the days following his death, she found AOH, which quickly became a lifeline. She has participated in multiple widows’ support groups, utilized AOH counseling services, and served as a forum Steward for the last two years. Kristina created a nonprofit to honor her husband’s legacy (Brett’s Bass Fund). She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her two dogs, Ernie and Lulu.
How to Join
Our support groups are open to any woman who has lost a spouse or partner to suicide and is at least four months into their grief journey. To join, simply register for one of the available groups using the link below.
After you register, a facilitator will contact you to schedule a one-on-one conversation to ensure the group is a good fit. You’ll then receive all the necessary details, including Zoom instructions, via email.
This group is full, if you are interested in participating in future programs, please click the button below and we will notify you when our next groups are announced.
Previous Participants Have Written:
This program has been singularly the most valuable grief work I have done over the past three years. There is still much to do, but I feel stronger in my ability to continue the hard work thanks to the women I met in this program. The vision and leadership of Ronnie Walker and her team to provide a program for our unique relationship is invaluable. She and her team are amazing in their steadfast commitment to our slow steady healing. I am forever grateful.
~Heidi G.
The ‘Finding Your Way’ program has been a lifeline. To connect and share with other women who are walking this torrential path of loss brings comfort and is so powerful – they truly understand the complexity and depth of losing a husband or partner. I learned pearls of truth, insights and wisdom from each participant and our group leaders.
~Kristina H.
Disclaimer: This program offers a safe space to connect with fellow survivors and explore helpful concepts for healing. It is not a substitute for ongoing medical or mental health care, nor is it intended for managing serious mental illnesses.