The Grief Trauma Creates
Nervous System Healing & the Losses We Were Never Meant to Carry
February 21, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Arizona Time)
Live on Zoom
Donation-Based Workshop
There is a kind of grief almost no one talks about in trauma healing.
Not grief from death.
But grief from what was missing.
What was too much.
What should never have happened.
And what parts of you had to adapt just to survive.
This grief often doesn’t show up during trauma.
It shows up later, when the nervous system finally has enough safety to notice the truth of what was lost.
When that happens, many people think something is wrong with them.
They believe they’re “going backwards,” stuck, or slipping into victim mode.
They’re not.
This workshop exists to name that experience, normalize it, and help you understand what’s actually happening in your nervous system.
What This Workshop Is About
The Grief Trauma Creates is a 2-hour psychoeducational workshop focused on understanding trauma-related grief through nervous system awareness.
We’ll explore:
How trauma creates loss beyond the event itself
Why grief often emerges during healing, not survival
How grief moves through different nervous system states
Why healing happens in phases and layers
How to support grief gently without forcing processing or release
This is about understanding, not reliving.
Awareness, not overwhelm.
Who Is This For…
This workshop may be supportive if you:
Feel grief surfacing now that you’re healing
Don’t understand why emotions are coming up years later
Worry that you’re regressing or “doing healing wrong”
Feel waves of sadness, anger, numbness, or confusion without clear reasons
Want language and clarity instead of pressure to process
What to Expect…
This workshop may be supportive if you:
Educational, nervous-system–informed teaching
Simple, accessible explanations (no clinical jargon)
Gentle, optional experiential practices
No sharing required
You remain in choice at all times
This is not therapy.
It’s a paced, respectful space designed to stay within nervous system capacity.
Why This Matters
Grief showing up doesn’t mean you’re broken.
It means your system is remembering what mattered.
When grief is understood instead of feared, the nervous system no longer has to carry it silently.
Registration & Donation
This is a donation-based workshop.
(Suggested donation begins at $25. Give what feels aligned and accessible.)
Replay included with registration.
All proceeds support the SheRises Amplify & Thrive Foundation, advancing economic independence and opportunity for marginalized women around the world.
❗ Important: After donating, you must reserve your seat to receive the Zoom link