Coffee Connection | Managing Family Grief & Communication

This Coffee Connection session focuses on how families experience and navigate grief together. This introductory training will explore how different family members may grieve in different ways, how grief can impact communication and family dynamics, and practical strategies for fostering connection, understanding, and support at home. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, or community member supporting a grieving family, this session will help you feel more confident and equipped to create space for healthy conversations and shared healing. Coffee and breakfast pastries will be provided. Individuals with dietary restrictions or food allergies are encouraged to bring their own items.

Participants will learn to:

• Define grief and loss within the context of family systems

• Explore how grief may look different across ages, roles, and relationships

• Recognize common communication challenges grieving families face

• Support healthy, age-appropriate conversations about loss

• Dispel myths about “protecting” family members from grief

• Understand cultural and generational factors that shape communication

• Identify when a family may need additional support or guidance

• Explore strategies for strengthening connection, coping, and mutual support within the family

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Training will take place in Suite 160.