From Grief to Gratitude

In the journey of healing, Nature-Informed Therapy (NIT) offers a compassionate and transformative path. Grief is a universal human experience, yet it often leaves us feeling unmoored, isolated, and overwhelmed. From Grief to Gratitude: Healing with Nature’s Help explores how the natural world can serve as a steady companion and guide, helping us move through sorrow toward meaning, resilience, and renewed appreciation for life.

This workshop is designed to explore:

• The Landscape of Grief: Understanding grief as a multifaceted process—emotional, psychological, and spiritual.

• The Human Grief Response: Gaining insight into how grief naturally unfolds and learning gentle ways to support both ourselves and others through it.

• Nature’s Healing Pathways: Discovering how time in nature supports emotional release, nervous system regulation, and a sense of belonging.

Participants will be introduced to:

• How to Tend to Your Own Grief: Developing practices of self-compassion and emotional awareness, allowing you to be more fully available to others in their time of need.

• Nature-Based Rituals: Simple, symbolic practices in natural settings that honor loss and invite healing.

• Eco-Centric Reflection Tools: Journaling, mindfulness, and sensory-based exercises that foster perspective and renewal.

• Community and Connection Practices: Approaches—both nature-based and non-nature-based—that foster supportive networks and mitigate isolation during times of loss.

• Outdoor Therapeutic Practices: Engaging with the living world through guided activities that cultivate gratitude and strengthen resilience.

This workshop is ideal for:

• Professionals in organizations that support individuals or communities experiencing grief.

• Anyone working in mental health or wellness who wants to integrate grief-sensitive and nature-informed approaches.

• Educators, healthcare workers, and community leaders who encounter grief in their roles.

• Individuals who wish to understand grief better, tend to their own healing, and learn gentle ways to support loved ones.

From Grief to Gratitude: Healing with Nature’s Help invites you to honor your losses while discovering the restorative power of nature to help transform pain into resilience, meaning, and thankfulness.