About the Event
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2024
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST
Description: This workshop is designed to help make grief around Father’s Day a little bit easier. Join Postal Service for the Dead and Good Grief Doula for gently-guided, lighthearted grief practices for navigating the holiday.
This two-hour workshop will begin with play, movement, and Laughter Yoga, continue to visual art-making, and end with a letter-writing ritual. Participants will connect with embodied play and the expressive arts as tools for approaching grief and experiencing catharsis. No prior comedy, performance, or artmaking experience required!
If you’ve experienced father loss, estrangement, loss of father figure(s), loss of identity due to child loss or infertility, or anticipatory grief as Father’s Day approaches, this workshop is for you! While we each have unique stories around loss and grief, we can all share in the common language of laughter and healing community.
Where: This event will be held at Scribble non-profit counseling center in Highland Park (5541 York Blvd. LA CA 90042)
Register: Space is limited – please fill out the form below to register.
Cost: Contributions of $15 per person are welcome to help cover the facility rental fee, but are not required! You may Venmo or CashApp @goodgriefdoula or bring cash to contribute.
Who: Folks who have experienced father loss, estrangement/loss of father figure(s), loss of identity due to child loss or infertility, anyone experiencing anticipatory grief as Father’s Day approaches, and/or anyone who’d like to practice these healing modalities in community.
What: Gently guided grief release games + card creation/letter writing ritual for Father’s Day
Why: Humans heal in relation to others and struggle in isolation. Grief-positive community and creative practices can be healing for folks in grief.
Materials: All materials will be provided.
Questions: Please reach out to j@sleepysue.studio or kat@goodgriefdoula.com with any questions.
Facilitator Bios:
Postal Service for the Dead is an on-going project where folks can write and send letters to anyone in their life who has died (visit Instagram for examples). Founded by artist Janelle Ketcher in December 2022, the project has since received over 150 letters and collaborated on numerous community card creation and letter writing workshops. Janelle Ketcher has her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, a Certificate in Social Emotional Arts from Arts & Healing Initiative, and has facilitated art workshops at music festivals, public libraries, art museums and beyond.
Good Grief Doula aka Kat Primeau (she/her) is a music and theatre artist, certified grief educator, end-of-life specialist, and peer support provider working to harness the transformative power of grief for good. She has facilitated creative play workshops for folks such as Children’s Hospital LA, LAUSD, Apple, and Salesforce, and believes a good laugh can go a long way.