EVENTS & SUPPORT GROUPS
At the Compassion Consortium, we offer our monthly support groups to anyone seeking
a compassionate space where feelings are honored, stories are heard, and no one has to navigate their journey alone. We welcome everyone to
Throughout the year, we also sponsor or suggest a book, film or compassionate practice for you to consider that relates to our mission. Please join us to discuss and exchange thoughts regarding the topic being explored and its meaning to you.
Pet Loss Support Circle
You're not alone in your grief...
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This is a space for anyone who has lost an animal companion – whether it was yesterday or many years ago – and still feels the grips of grief. This is a safe space for sharing that grief with people who understand and can relate to the feelings. In our society, the grief that comes from an animal companion loss can be diminished and dismissed. Please know, though, that the grief is real, raw, and beautiful and that it is so big because of the big and small ways they were integrated into our daily lives and our habits.
Anyone is welcome to join, to gently explore all the feelings – grief, sadness, anger, guilt, shame, fear, numbness, relief, loneliness, acceptance, and so much more. In this group we will support one another by our presence and with our words.
YOU MAY BRING
1) A picture that you may want to share of your beloved companion animal
2) Anything that is weighing on your heart in relationship to your loss
3) A journal and a pen to jot down any insights
4) Anything else to create a cozy atmosphere! Whether it's a warm drink, a stuffed animal, blankets, or comforting scents.​
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Please arrive within 5 minutes of the start time so as not to interrupt vulnerable sharing. After 6:35pm ET, the virtual doors will be closed and no new attendees will be admitted.
Where:
This group will start at 6:30 PM EST and run to 7:30 PM EST on Zoom
Animal Activist Online Support Group
Join the Animal Activist Online Support group to discuss burnout, self-care, compassion fatigue, infighting, anger, grief, depression, communicating with non-activists, and other activist concerns. Participate in this free, confidential support group by phone, smart phone, or computer on the 4th Thursday Every Month,
8 - 9 p.m. Eastern Time.
Facilitated by Animal Chaplain Lisa Levinson and hosted by In Defense of Animals.
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Register for free monthly Animal Activist Online Support Groups: www.idausa.org/supportgroups
The Compassion Consortium, in conjunction with Vegan Meditation, is offering a weekly online peaceful half-hour of vegan-oriented meditation and mindful sharing.
We’ll meditate together in silence, then share brief thoughts on a topic related to compassion, mindfulness or veganism. Our aim through this practice is to cultivate greater internal peace and presence, and to bring greater mindfulness and compassion to our interactions with the external world and all its inhabitants. David Simon, the Chair of the Compassion Consortium Advisory Board, will host each week.
We meet Monday evenings at 6pm Pacific / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET for 45 minutes every first and third Monday of each month.