Our Peer-Led Support TOPIC Meetings are widow support groups geared towards widows who are feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of their loss.  

These meetings are facilitated by trained peer volunteers in a safe and confidential environment and are meant to help us find new tools and strategies for confronting the challenges of widowhood –including Leveraging Your Character Strengths, Building Your Resilience, Overcoming Loneliness, Processing Grief, Anger, Guilt. Post Traumatic Growth, Rediscovering Our Identities. We offer the same topic discussion at least 5 times each month with a rotating group of peer-co-hosts.   

One meeting each month is specifically geared to Young Widows.  

In this month’s widow support group meeting, we will “Find our New Self-Balance“.   

We hear so often that widows simply want their lives to return to what they once were with their partners.  The challenge lies in keeping our beautiful memories PRESENT while courageously exploring new possibilities.  

We explore how we find the strength and courage to rebuild, recreate, and reimagine without our loved ones’ physical presence.  And how do we keep these bonds present as we hope to create new and promising possibilities for our futures? 

Peer-led topic meetings are held weekly, with one meeting each month specifically geared to Young Widows. 

W Chat is geared for members who feel more ready to reinvent and reimagine their futures. W Chat will build upon our monthly topic by discussing “Creating and Embracing New Possibilities”. This gives members a chance to discuss the new possibilities they are successfully creating–as they continue bonds and rebuild their lives–undoubtedly outside some of some old comfort zones. 

As we heal and grow stronger, there is nothing more empowering than creating and embracing new possibilities — that open new doors to new experiences and new accomplishments. 

W Chats occurs the third Tuesday of every month at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00pm PM PT. 

Our Wellness Webinars and Workshops are developed understanding the resources widows need and focused on the health and wellness needs of our membership. The Webinars are led by experts in their fields. The Workshops showcase the healing strategies practiced and demonstrated by our own members.  Past subjects have included Your Brain on Grief, Mindfulness, Yoga & Strength, Physical Health & the Widow, and Financial Strategies for Widows. 

The W Connection’s Webinar Committee is excited to welcome Dr Lauren Scher, Physician and Licensed Medical Acupuncturist and owner Rebalance Acupuncture and Wellness presenting Combining Eastern and Western Medicine to Rebalance the Mind and Body 

As a physician and acupuncturist, Dr. Scher believes the path to wellness should integrate both Western and Eastern medicine for optimal health and balance.  

Following the loss of her father during her first year of medical school, and watching her mother’s journey as a widow, Dr. Scher began to appreciate how grief could impact the health of both the mind and body.  She decided to seek training in Mind-Body Medicine and became the faculty facilitator for the anesthesia residency program at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.  As the Wellness Director, Dr. Scher hoped to help students and colleagues cope with both personal and professional stressors. 

The book chronicles the life of Johanna (née Bonger) Van Gogh, who married the painter Vincent’s brother Theo, and whose story emerges in a parallel narrative. After moving to Paris with Theo, Johanna encounters the erratic Vincent. Theo explained to her how “Sunflowers mean gratitude to Vincent.” 

Author Marta Molnar shares with us “Johanna Bonger was a real person. She was married to Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother. In the novel, I tried to stay as close to Johanna’s real story as possible. I pieced together her life from her diary and from letters between Vincent and Theo.” 

Purchase the book with this link and W Connection will receive a donation. 

Our W Book Club occurs every 6 weeks. 

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Why you should join us:

Widowhood is a journey that you do not need to do alone. Every member of the W Connection has lost their life-partner and knows how difficult this journey is.   

You will become part of a community of extraordinary, courageous women of all ages, all backgrounds, and all walks of life, who are navigating widowhood uniquely, but together.  

If you are not a member, 

• JOIN TODAY and one of our FIRST CONNECT volunteers will reach out to you right away to welcome you and get you started OR, 
• you can choose to ATTEND OUR NEXT INFO SESSION to learn more. 

 We are sorry for your loss, but glad you found us.