The Hope Collective

Commencing in February 2022

It would be my privilege to hold space for you and your grief over the next 12 months in The Hope Collective.

You matter. Your grief matters and your experience of grief matters to me!

 

After loss, life often feels unrecognisable - nothing feels familiar to you.

I remember walking around in the shell of who I had become feeling numb, lost and alone. I didn’t feel safe to express myself, my experience of grief and I didn’t know what to do with the feelings and emotions that were drowning any remaining existence I felt.

It was June 2014, I’d only months earlier handed in my resignation, about to embark on what was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure around the world. An opportunity to feel and experience something different. I should have been happy but instead I was harbouring 10 years of trauma, loss and grief. I was about to break, again. I’d navigated three mental health breakdowns, three attempts to end my life. I didn’t have much left but somehow I still had hope.

I started looking for a different way to manage the overwhelming emotions and trauma that I’d been harbouring for too long, I started leaning into the pain, allowing it to lead me. I started building a relationship my grief - the love and longing that I’d cast aside.

And what I found was peace, and surprisingly contentment, because I no longer had to keep fighting my emotions. I didn’t have to battle my feelings day in day out - I was able to allow them to breathe, and nurture them and allow love to pour through the brokenness of my heart.

I’d give anything to not have to be living with grief - we all would, because it would mean that someone or something we loved and cared about still had a presence in our lives. But I don’t get to control that. And neither do I. What we do get to control is how we choose to live life after loss.

If you want 2022 to feel different for you and your experience of grief.

Then I’m calling you in. Let’s make it happen. Together, let’s build heart tools, practices and strategies that will hold you and your grief in a really nourishing way.

I know it can feel overwhelming to lean in. Trust me, I do. I was the queen of avoiding discomfit, tapping out of life when feelings and emotions became too much. I also know how exhausting it can feel battling your own mind, day in and day out. How isolating it can be, feeling alone in your experience of grief - like no one understands it or wants to hear about it. And even when they do, you can’t find the words to express it so you just swallow the feelings deeper within and say ‘I’m okay’.

But from a place of love and deep respect. Nothing changes if nothing changes.

So, if you’re ready to experience a different 2022 that allows you to

  • build a relationship with your grief that allows you to remember with more love than pain

  • Feel less alone in your experience of grief

  • Learn strategies over 12 months that will serve you as you build/hold a relationship with your grief that feels empowering

  • Develop a deep understanding of the complexity of loss and grief

  • Increase your confidence to advocate your own needs to others

  • Have a brave and safe space to express your feelings and emotions and connect with a community that understands loss and is ready to hold space for you.

The Hope Collective

Is a 12 month sanctuary in which you’ll be seen, held and witnessed within your experience of grief. A brave and safe space to unravel and rebuild your life around loss whilst honouring your grief. A sanctuary in which you can home to yourself through your grief.

What’s included:

Each month you’ll receive a self-paced guide to contemplate, explore and use to navigate the grief that you carry.

There’ll be a monthly 90 minute workshop aimed to educate, support and empower you within your experience of grief.

Opportunities to participate in a monthly grief circle should you wish to.

And you’ll be surrounded by a community that understands loss within a private Facebook group where I’ll do check-in’s, offer heart tools and mini challenges to allow you to immerse yourself in building a relationship with your grief that allows you to remember with more love than pain.

 

12 month’s of empowering you with the tools to support you navigating life after loss:

  • Learning to pause with grief and sit in the uncomfortable emotions when they arise.

    Processing emotions when memories hurt and navigating hard emotions.

    Who are we outside of grief?

    Self care, self compassion - making YOU a priority!

  • Boundaries (not just in grief, but in navigating life in general)

    Expressing grief - hope, make, heal

    Honouring grief - building a sacred relationship with it

    Continuing bonds

  • Finding meaning and purpose again after loss

    Managing grief during holidays, anniversaries, milestones

    The other themes are to be confirmed once the membership has began and I can tailor them to requests from the group.

 

So why should you join The Hope Collective with me?

Because I’ve been there. I’ve done this work. And most importantly, I still do this work to ensure that my heart is intentionally held with love and light.

I decided that I was done doing grief ‘the old way’ - and I’ve not looked back in re-building my life around my grief. And I want this for you too.

Because grief doesn’t end, it continues to evolve, just as you do.

Imagine how life would feel if you had the heart tools to tend to discomfort then it arises.

To be proactive rather than reactive toward your emotions, and the ripple effect that this would bring to all areas and relationships in your life.

Are you ready?

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT WORKING WITH ME

 
 

“I could not recommend working with Juanita more. I was so hesitant to engage with counselling again after having some negative experiences but she made the process so warm and effortless. I’ve never felt more safe with a counsellor.”

— Emma, Point Lonsdale

“If you’re reading this and considering working with Juanita, stop thinking about it and do it, I can’t believe how different my life feels since I started working with her. I’m no longer feeling numb, and now honour my tears for what they are- love.”

— Ashleigh, Red Hill

 
 

“Juanita gave me the tools and strategies to meet my grief when it feels overwhelming but also when I want to honour my losses. I’m now no longer afraid to have a relationship with my grief. Thank you Juanita, your support and care has allowed me to begin to live my life again.”

— Sally, Edinburgh

 

 FAQs

 

  • This is for ALL grief - wherever you are sitting on the grief continuum you will feel held, seen and witnessed in your experience. This will be a really safe space to take refuge and feel empowered to begin to process, give space to your pain and compassionately build a relationship with your grief that will serve you as you rebuild your life around your loss.

    Likewise, this will be a nourishing space to take a pause with your grief, if it’s been a while, or it’s been ‘dealt’ with - you know, ‘the old way’.

    I wholeheartedly believe that all grief needs intentional and regular space to breathe as it evolves alongside you through life. Why not gather the tools to be be prepared for the next time it catches you off guard.

  • February 1st is the official kick off - but we’ll start getting to know one another and preparing to start in mid January so that you feel ready to start in February.

  • That’s okay. The core content (the workshops and monthly guides) will be available to you in your membership portal. This in itself will be all you need to start empowering and building your relationship with your grief.

    Whilst I will be checking in and posting weekly in the Facebook group, it will be to further support the content, not add new.

  • No. There are no refunds or cancellations available. By signing up, you are making a commitment to yourself. Please make sure that this is an aligned decision for you.