Grief Book Circle with special author Q & A

Two-month online container, four live calls

Exploring Grief through the book CG

One hour Q&A with the book author, Claire Bidwell Smith

You don't have to carry grief alone.
This fall, join Christine and Shanna for a small guided group circle walking through grief — with guided reading, reflection, and real conversation.

Grief is a lifelong journey — from the acute weight of new loss to the waves that return long after someone we love has died. This circle is a place to be met in that journey, not rushed through it.

Together we'll explore Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss by Claire Bidwell Smith. This book introduces moving through grief in four stages — Enter, Engage, Surrender, and Transform — as a way of understanding grief not as something to fix, but something to live alongside.

This is an educational and reflective space for thoughtful adults who want to understand their own grief — or the grief of someone they love — through a conscious, compassionate lens.

INSIDE THE CIRCLE YOU’LL RECEIVE:

• Live Grief Circle calls (on Zoom) with Christine and Shanna — somatic-based grief coaching and guided reflection, held together in real time

• A one-hour live Q&A with Claire Bidwell Smith, author of Conscious Grieving — a rare chance to bring your questions directly to the person whose framework is guiding this journey

• Guided reading and reflection prompts to move through Enter, Engage, Surrender, and Transform at your own pace between calls

• Group text support between sessions — so you're not carrying what comes up alone in the days between circles

• A small, intentional group — this isn't a large webinar; it's a space built for being seen

Investment: $111

A container held for you, across five weeks.

If cost is a barrier to joining this circle, please reach out — we never want money to be what keeps someone from support.

Schedule & Format:

Five Live Zoom Sessions, each up to 2 hours.  We are fostering a spacious, gentle schedule with supportive group discussions every 2 weeks and group text support between calls.  

Live Group Sessions:

Session 1: Tuesday, October 27th: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, PST

Session 2: Tuesday, November 10th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, PST

Session 3: Tuesday, November 24th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, PST

BONUS: Tuesday, December 1st, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (To be confirmed), A conversation with the author of Conscious Grieving, Claire Bidwell Smith

Session 4: Tuesday, December 8th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, PST

The Feel of the Container

Together, we will:

• Read and discuss Conscious Grieving at a gentle, steady pace

• Make space to voice and engage your grief through group discussion and journaling

• Stay connected between sessions through group text support for your reading and self-inquiry

• Name and normalize why grief feels the way it does — physically, emotionally, and spiritually

• Learn in community with care, curiosity, and respect

• Leave with language, understanding, and frameworks you can carry forward

Guided by Christine Turrentine & Shanna Williams — Certified Grief Coaches & Educators

This space honors the uniqueness of each grief journey while offering shared understanding and support. This is a facilitated, trauma-aware conversation rooted in science, somatic awareness, and real lived experience. This is not group therapy.

Want more personal support along the way?

For those who'd like deeper, individual attention, private 1:1 sessions with Christine or Shanna are available at a discounted rate exclusively for circle members — a dedicated space to bring what's coming up for you specifically, outside the group setting.

Available October 27–December 8, alongside your time in the circle.

Optional Add-On: Select this at checkout to reserve your private session(s) with Christine or Shanna.

Hosted by Christine Turrentine & Shanna Williams

Christine Turrentine is a Certified Grief & Loss Coach with over 20 years of experience in health and wellness. Her work is rooted in the principles of Yoga and Somatics, and informed by her training as a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Yoga and Meditation Instructor, Women’s Health Coach, Elementum Life Coach, and Grief & Loss Provider.  She brings a steady, compassionate approach to supporting people through loss—honoring the wisdom of the body, mind, and spirit.
After losing her mother to suicide in her early 20s, Christine came to understand that grief is not something to overcome, but a lifelong journey. In her work, she creates compassionate spaces where people can learn about grief, gently reconnect with their bodies through yoga & somatics, and build resilience at their own pace—moving forward in ways that honor both loss and life.