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through the process

of grieving and loss.

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Helping you navigate through
the process of grieving and loss.

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BEREAVEMENT

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MAJOR LIFE CHANGE
COVID-RELATED LOSS

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PET LOSS

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GRIEF & BEREAVEMENT

Help with
MAJOR LIFE CHANGE
COVID-RELATED LOSS

Assist with
PET LOSS

Support with
BEREAVEMENT

Help with
MAJOR LIFE CHANGE
COVID-RELATED LOSS

Assist with
PET LOSS

We help women and families navigate grief and the emotions of loss
due to death of loved one.

One-to-one

Support

Small Group Sessions

Workshops

We help women and families

navigate grief and the emotions of loss

due to the death of a loved one.

One-to-one

Support

Small Support Groups

Workshops

Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum's

Free Online Grief Workshop

Coping with Grief & Loss

A Virtual 6-week Support Group for Adults

Wednesdays, August 17 - September 21, 2002

6:00 - 7:30 pm

(Wednesdays - Online)

This will offer a safe place for adults to learn about the grieving process and to receive helpful tools & strategies to support themselves. We will cover that grief is a natural and specific response to significant loss and unique to each person. We aim to help participants realize that they are not alone as they walk along their bereavement journey.

Remembering Our Moms Together

A Virtual Check-In for Motherless Daughters

Saturday, May 11, 2024

4:00 pm EST

For many of us adult women whose moms are no longer living, Mother's Day comes with some heavy emotions. I understand the struggle and dread you might feel as the day looms closer, especially with the pretty upbeat 'happy' TV & media ads, cards, flowers everywhere.

I'm inviting you to step away from all that for little bit. Come and spend an hour with women who can relate.

We hold a safe, no-judgement space to share feelings, stories, and even a bit of laughter. I hope you leave feeling a bit lighter and affirmed that you are not alone, that you are part of a community of sisters who 'get it" and understand. We'll cover how to anchor yourself for the waves of grief and lean into your memories for support. Join us as we honor all our moms and share a Circle of Remembrance together.

Christine
Tangishaka

Founder & Grief Support Specialist

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Christine walked through her pivotal grief journey after losing her mother suddenly to pancreatic cancer in 2004. During that time, she encountered the devastating and bewildering emotions of grief, which prompted her to seek support in processing this significant loss and that of her father from earlier in her life.

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Christine Tangishaka

Founder & Grief Support Specialist

Christine walked through her pivotal grief journey after losing her mother suddenly to pancreatic cancer in 2004. During that time, she encountered the devastating and bewildering emotions of grief, which prompted her to seek support in processing this significant loss and that of her father from earlier in her life.

In 2017 Spring, she felt a burden on her heart to specifically commemorate the life and memory of her mother as an adult daughter who was also now a mom. She searched for a service to meet that need. Out of that search, she learned of motherless daughters groups around the country and a few in the northeast, however none specific to women of color. This led to her creation of Remember Our Mothers, a program and community which helps women find peace and build resilience by drawing strength and wisdom from the lives and memories of their mothers.

Seeing the benefits of Remember Our Mothers, Christine sought to deepen her knowledge base by becoming a Certified Grief Support Specialist via the University of Wisconsin Graduate Studies Program. She also holds a bachelor’s in biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and MA Certificates in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. Her career experience includes serving sixteen years as Administrative Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and four years as Director of Family & Community Engagement at Randolph Public Schools.

Christine’s mission is to help support those experiencing loss. She helps each person understand and acknowledge their grief, to create space to mourn and ultimately find meaning and growth through their journey. She believes that we are each our own expertise in who we are and can call on that inner knowledge to guide us through the difficulties of bereavement. Christine offers both the Remember Our Mothers program, and Your Grief Specialist services, for adult motherless daughters, parentless parents, and individuals including those who have lost their pet companions.

In 2017 Spring, Christine felt a burden on her heart to specifically commemorate the life and memory of her mother as an adult daughter who was also now a mom. She searched for a service to meet that need. Out of that search, she learned of motherless daughters groups around the country and a few in the northeast, however none specific to women of color. This led to her creation of Remember Our Mothers, a program and community which helps women find peace and build resilience by drawing strength and wisdom from the lives and memories of their mothers.

Seeing the benefits of Remember Our Mothers, Christine sought to deepen her knowledge base by becoming a Certified Grief Support Specialist via the University of Wisconsin Graduate Studies Program. She also holds a bachelor’s in biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and MA Certificates in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. Her career experience includes serving sixteen years as Administrative Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and four years as Director of Family & Community Engagement at Randolph Public Schools.

Christine’s mission is to help support those experiencing loss. She helps each person understand and acknowledge their grief, to create space to mourn and ultimately find meaning and growth through their journey. She believes that we are each our own expertise in who we are and can call on that inner knowledge to guide us through the difficulties of bereavement. Christine offers both the Remember Our Mothers program, and Your Grief Specialist services, for adult motherless daughters, parentless parents, and individuals including those who have lost their pet companions.

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A Gathering of Daughters

Our signature program is uniquely designed for motherless daughters to understand that you are not alone. We come together for support, collective wisdom and to share stories of our mothers in safe, understanding space. We know that a mother’s death significantly impacts our lives in multiple ways.

As a small group, we address the emotions of grief, draw on recollections of our beloveds and learn to incorporate those special traits into everyday life for encouragement and hope in managing our grieving journey. We cry, laugh, share a meal, and hope that women walk away with a sense of sisterhood, a lighter heart and having made new connections with each other.

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A Gathering of Daughters

Our signature program is uniquely designed for motherless daughters to understand that you are not alone. We come together for support, collective wisdom and to share stories of our mothers in safe, understanding space. We know that a mother’s death significantly impacts our lives in multiple ways.

As a small group, we address the emotions of grief, draw on recollections of our beloveds and learn to incorporate those special traits into everyday life for encouragement and hope in managing our grieving journey. We cry, laugh, share a meal, and hope that women walk away with a sense of sisterhood, a lighter heart and having made new connections with each other.

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“The most striking thing I have found about Christine is her talent and ability to nurture and encourage others especially when they are going through hardships, loss and times of great mental distress.”
“Christine has been an invaluable asset to our church community and the community she lives in as well. She has supported many parents, other adults, adolescences, and children. She always goes beyond the call of duty to help others. She willingly invests many hours of her personal time to council and care for them.”

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Resources

Need help or have questions regarding grief for you or someone you know?

We've gathered a list of places you can contact for the help you need, when you need it.

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Need to speak with someone right away? Talk with a live person at the numbers below.

Depression &
Crisis Hotline

800-784-2499

National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline
800-273-8255

Samaritans Statewide
Helpline
877-870-4673

Dougy Center
Dougy.org

Good Grief Program
Boston Medical Center

bmc.org

The Children's Room
childrensroom.org

Websites

My Grief Angels

Online Grief Support For & By People Grieving - A Free Online Grief Support Community for and by the Over 100,000 People Grieving That Use This Site Yearly, Non Profit Organization, Social Services, Human Services.

mygriefangels.org

Hello Grief

Provides information and resources about grief, in order to break through the current culture of avoidance that surrounds death. Hello Grief addresses bereavement head-on for those who are helping others cope, as well as those who need support on their own personal journey with grief. hellogrief.org

Griefshare

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

griefshare.org

Griefwatch
Provides bereavement resources, memorial products, education, and links that can help you through your personal loss.

griefwatch.com

Grieving Center

A web-based television channel for those who have lost loved ones. grievingcenter.org

The Healing Spirit

Resources for coping with the death of a loved one.

healingthespirit.org

Books

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
by Hope Edelman

This resource addresses the unique loss of a mother from a daughter’s perspective, exploring not only the initial grief but how the loss may impact you in the years to come.

Grieving the Death of a Mother
by Harold Ivan Smith

This book explores how the loss of the mother can impact an adult through personal anecdotes from the author and other celebrated figures and provides insight into this specific grief process.

The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping With Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents

by Alexander Levy

This book addresses those who have lost their parents in adulthood, making an effort to explore that grief and not ignore it as society might want.

Midlife Orphan: Facing Life’s Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone

by Jane Brooks

This book addresses how losing a parent during midlife can uniquely impacts individuals and changes along the grieving process.

On Love Alone: Words to Heal on the Death of a Father

by Jonathon Lazear

This book is the tranquil place you’ve been looking for. It is a heartfelt collection of quotes, poems, and passages.

Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity

by Debra Umberson
This book sets out in clear and comprehensive terms what the death of a parent means to most adults--how it in fact functions as a turning point in our emotional, social, and personal lives. Drawing on her own groundbreaking research, in-depth interviews, and data collected nationwide, Debra Umberson explores the social and psychological factors that determine how this important loss will affect us–as a personal crisis or an opportunity for healthy change. Her book shows how adults, far from the “finished” beings we are often assumed to be, can be profoundly transformed by the death of a parent–in beliefs, behavior, goals, and sense of self–transformed in ways that will continue to affect us, for better or worse, for the rest of our lives. She is the only scholar to have published on the topic of parental death in adulthood using national data.

Books For Men

Men & Grief: A Guide for men Surviving the Death of a Loved One and Resources for Caregivers and Mental Health Professionals

by Carol Staudacher

Real Men Do Cry: A Quarterback’s Inspiring Story of Tackling Depression and Surviving Suicide Loss

by Eric Hipple with Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley

Men Don’t Cry...Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief

by Terry L Martin

Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing

by Thomas R. Goldeng

Loss of a Pet

Lap of Love
lapoflove.com/community/Pet-Loss-Support

"It has been said that unlike death, grief is a living, breathing thing. One that must be tended to by those encountering it, in order to learn from it, grow through it and move with it into the rest of their lives."
— Unknown