Pieces of Me

Our identities are not fixed. They evolve and dissolve over time, and often, friends and family, and society ignore or dismiss the sorrow associated with transitions of selfhood. These losses can occur across the arc of our lives: leaving home, breakups, estrangement, job termination, infertility, menopause, retirement, disability, and illness. This three-part series – along with additional events hosted by Reimagine’s community of collaborators – illuminates the grief experienced when our sense of self or belief system shifts or shatters.

We’ll also learn about ambiguous grief – the profound experiences of sorrow, anger, anxiety, numbness, hope, and other emotions associated with identity loss and other non-death related losses.  A number of questions emerge: 

- How does the end of a relationship or marriage affect your identity among family, friends, and communities?

- Whether impacted by a devastating diagnosis, struggling with infertility, or a chronic illness, how do we grieve the loss of a dream? 

- If you are a caregiver to a parent, how do you manage letting go of your role as the child and becoming the adult responsible for your person’s care?

- As a parent, how do you process the wide range of feelings associated with empty nesting?

- How do you experience loss when your spiritual or religious community evolves? And if you leave a faith, do you yearn for certain rituals and fellowship associated with your spiritual past?

- As someone entering mid-life or elderhood, what are you grieving?

Register now to explore these topics and others related to the challenges of being in flux, the pain of letting go, and transforming the core elements of who we are.