Special Forum: Living After Loss: Grieving, Healing & Connecting
Sunday, June 8, 12:30 pm | Great Hall
Grief is the price we pay for love. Losing a loved one can stop us in our tracks, leaving us searching for a way forward. This talk is for grievers seeking to better understand the twists and turns of their new life without their loved one. Pamela Belyea explores the intersecting circles of grieving, healing, and staying connected with those we’ve lost. She includes insights from grief books to help make sense of the questions that often arise for grievers. She also shares inspiring projects created by bereaved individuals — beautiful flowers that have grown from the “soil of sorrow” — to honor loved ones and support others on the grief journey. After her talk, the audience is invited to share creative experiences that have touched them in their grief — books, music, food, art, etc.
Pamela Belyea, M.Ed., is a licensed architect and co-founder of Seattle’s Gage Academy of Art, where she served as director for 23 years. After losing six family members in 15 months, Pamela channeled her grief into founding the Grievers Library, a volunteer-run bibliotherapy nonprofit providing free grief books to children, teens and adults in book boxes around Seattle.