Young Grief and Life Hangout 🤍

Hi everyone! 👋 There wasn't any English-speaking social event for young grievers around, except that now there is. Welcome!

Are you aged between 18 and 39? Have you lost one — or more — dear human(s) of your life? This is your place to be (literally to "be" . . . yourself). The ***Young Grief & Life Hangout*** will be taking place regularly, as an afterwork or after-one-more-day-survived ✔️. In Vienna. Light, safe, and much more than sad.

**But, why meet?** Cause no-one should have to go through loss & grief alone. We all deserve to be around people who understand — who listen, who pay attention, and nod their heads when we talk about the never-again-normal surreality of life. Or about the friends we've lost touch with & the strangers who've helped, the workplace, the self-care, the feelings, the changes we didn't expect. Anything really. You share what you want with the group, and nothing more.

There's people out there who will celebrate our little, determined steps.

There's hope and deep-felt connection when we come together . . .

. . . And **talk about life, with grief.** We know: being human means feeling many emotions, at the same time. We can feel despairing and joyful, we can laugh and cry, we can live and grieve. This meetup's candid conversations will hold everything that may come up. In between venting, exchanging coping strategies, telling our stories, finding new friends. Without a set agenda, with warm facilitation.

Join us for safe conversations.
And meaningful connections.
Cause home isn't a place, it's the people.

More dates will be announced soon! 💛
Spread the word :)
PS: The first date doesn't work for you but you're interested? Reach out!

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**📙 Key definition:** What do we mean by "grief"? The purpose of this group is to bring together people affected by bereavement, before / after losing someone dear to us. If you're currently navigating the lands of anticipatory grief, you're very welcome! You deserve to be seen. Grief can show up in many more situations that we can't cover here to retain focus.

🦸🏻‍♂️ **About the organiser:** Hi again! I'm Adriana, a 27-year-old creative, comms professional for healthcare and certified trauma-informed coach. I also have extensive experience in moderation, leadership and space-holding with groups. The loss of my mum catapulted me into the depths of grief (first: its anticipatory version) — which then fueled grief research, bold writing and big life change through the pain. I hope to meet you soon. If you want to reach out and prefer mail, you can send your thoughts over via [email protected].

📝 **Further notes:**

* The "Young Grief & Life Hangout" is a social event, not the marriage of a therapy couch and a vulnerability party. This means we'll be giving everyone a chance to speak and we'll move with the flow of conversation. If you realize that the event is opening up deeper things requiring the attention of a trained professional, please talk with a support person or alternatively the meetup facilitator.
* Do totally bring yourself. Whether it's your savage stories from a grief-phobic world, your (dark) sense of humour, your piercing pain or your creative ideas. We mean it.
* If you have any concerns before joining us, require accomodations or if coming to the meet-up feels like work to you, then please approach the facilitator 🙂 In speaking or writing. We want this to be a place in which we can connect, unmask (our grief) and rest.
* This is a non-religious, science-based, independent group welcoming all. Read on in the event description for what we mean by that.
* We're open to inputs on formats & location, as long as we keep the conversation meaningful and stay independent from institutional structures.