Rite of Passage

Change is Hard, disorienting, and can be transformative and integrated into who we are becoming

Loss and change are normal and natural. Experiencing a loss may feel devastating and traumatic such as when a death or divorce occur. Change can also be exciting in its uncertainty like when we start a new business, graduate college, or begin a new relationship. Loss and change create conflicting feelings. Sometimes loss prompts our transformation. Other losses are so enormous and life altering that they prompt us to seek support in order to integrate these losses into our lives. Valuing our losses within the context of compassionate support allows us to safely step into an in-between place, the liminal territory, where these possibilities are revealed.

NewBloomz offers Rite of Passage work for individuals seeking healing, integration, or transformation after experiencing a difficult, intense, and/or painful loss. This work typically occurs over 10-12 weeks following a flexible curriculum.

The healing process for individuals moving through the disorienting process of grief after a loss requires a safe, compassionate container. In the overwhelm of loss, being held in a Womb of Support and compassion provides a structure for integrating the loss. NewBloomz Rite of Passage process provides guidance through the liminal territory of grief.

If you are currently a client, you can access the Rite of Passage modules here.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Sabatier at 512-992-8725 or jsabatier@newbloomz.com.

Recommended reading:

There are many books and resources that may be helpful and supportive. Engaging in this work is a deep and radical act of self-love. I have listed several books that have supported me and clients in grief work. They are listed in no particular order, and are linked to help you easily research the book that calls to you. The link is not an endorsement to purchase the book from any particular seller.

Reading as a resource can offer new learning and insight to widen our perspective on grief from our place in the liminal state of change. The authors share a particular view and experience of grieving, giving their readers a lay of the land. While your grieving will be unique to you and your loss, literature is a companion letting us know we are not alone on this path. Additionally, reading gives our cognitive mind a role, so that we can also spend time listening to our bodies and hearts.

1) It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine speaks truth to the reality of the cultural gap for grief and loss particularly for those experiencing devastating losses that we must learn to carry and integrate.

2) The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman unfolds the social-emotional aspects related to our cultural norms, grief and loss, change and transition.

3) Prayers of Honoring Grief by Pixie Lighthorse offers a poetic and prayerful entry into integrating our grief as part of our selves and includes journal prompts based on the reading.

4) Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan explores the alchemical transformative power of grief through story and experiential exercises.

5) The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller unfolds our grief as an inherently communal experience, invites us to welcome the sorrow, and engage ritual to initiate healing and transformation.

6) The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O’Connor describes the science behind how we learn from love and loss. Alternatively, you may choose another grief centered book that is calling you.