Week One: Introduction (December 4)

Meet your facilitators and the other women taking this journey with you, and start sharing your story with them. We’ll also cover the basics and let you know what to expect in the next 12 weeks.

Week Two: Your Relationship With Grief (December 11)

In Week Two, we’ll explore the messages you received about grief both then and now, how those messages have impacted you, and how to develop a healthier and more empowering relationship with grief moving forward.

Week Three: Ages and Stages (December 18)

Age at time of loss matters – a lot. In Week Three, we’ll look at the developmental tasks associated with early adulthood, reflect on which ones may have been skipped or scrambled after your mom became ill or died, and learn how to start filling those gaps today.

— No Circle on December 25th or January 1st —

Week Four: Cause and Effect (January 8)

How a mother died is important to a daughter’s long-term adjustment. Your mother may have died suddenly, from a long-term illness, or from a combination of the two. We’ll discuss the difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD, and between stories of a death and stories of loss. You’ll have an opportunity to revisit and rewrite some influential moments in your past.

Week Five: Family Matters (January 15)

Multiple studies show that what happens after a mother dies can have as much effect on a child as the loss itself. We’ll look at how relationships with fathers, grandparents, siblings, and other family members changed, what coping strategies we developed to feel safe, and how we navigate our family relationships today.

Week Six: Lovers and Friends (January 22)

As a relational trauma, mother loss can impact our adult relationships with romantic partners and friends. In Week Seven, we’ll explore the four different attachment styles, discuss separation anxiety and separation sensitivity, and discover what helps us feel emotionally safe.

— No Circle on January 29th —

Week Seven: Connection and Re-Connection (February 5)

When your moms died, your relationship with her became frozen in time. Week Eight is a deep dive into the art of Re-Membering and welcoming your mothers back into your story.

Week Eight: Health and Death (February 12)

Daughters who lose mothers frequently have a heightened fear of falling ill and dying young. In this session, we help you identify your specific fears, learn ways to stay grounded instead of entering thought spirals, and share tips for reducing health and death anxiety.

Week Nine: Rising Strong: Meaning Making and Purpose Finding (February 19)

Loss is painful and often tragic. And loss can offer a renewed sense of meaning and purpose. Both things can be true. In Week Eleven, we turn our gaze to the future and the stories we want to write for ourselves moving forward.

— No Circle on February 26th —

Week Ten: Outroductions (March 5)

In our final week we’ll reflect on what we’ve learned both individually and from each other. We’ll set intentions, with witnesses, for the next steps we hope to take.

March 19th and April 2nd, 2026: Your 2 Follow-up Check-in Post-Program Circles!