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Widowed Young Any Age Any Stage North New Jersey
Rockaway, NJ
Formerly called "Young Widows/Widowers of North New Jersey"- Original New Jersey Widowed group- fastest growing in the state.
There are few places for younger widows/widowers from 20's to 70's, to meet and support each other through the grieving, and difficulties associated with losing a partner.
This is a chance to meet others who are also widowed, share experiences, socialize, and make new friends.
Members can suggest a meet up and be the host- if the event is not appropriate or if others in our group object to an event the Organizer can remove them.
Meetings can be in a restaurant/at a movie/club/social event/house party/bowling, any event that members propose to the group as an event that others may want to join them at.
As your organizer I would love to see meet ups planned in as many counties in North Jersey as possible. Many of you remember how it felt when there was no place for you to go and be with other widowed people, so the more the better in my opinion. Unfortunately there will always be new members in this group "that no one picked to be in".
Members and Meetings can not be used for marketing or soliciting to members.
Widowed Any Age Any Stage, welcomes anyone who has lost a life partner; all ages, men and women, married and not married (lived together as married couple) widowed, LGBT widowed, those with any/no faith background.
No matter how long you’ve been widowed, 1 month, 1 year, several years or 10+ we can all learn from and help each other, when your able to attend your first meetup you will find a community of friends that will listen and let you know your not alone "We Get It". If you do not connect with people the first time you attend a meetup- keep coming back we always have new members joining and the age of our members vary considerably from one meeting to the next.
Lets all work hard to offer each other a variety of resources that apply to any stage of the evolving journey of widowhood. There is no "moved on" or "getting over it" our loss is forever, and eventually we learn what our new life looks and feels like "After our loss" Hopefully the new friends that we make at these meetups will eventually be a part of our "After" futures.
Favorite sites & Some North Jersey organizations that our members have used:
Widowed Village which is an online 24/7 International community - www.widowedvillage.org
Soaring Spirits Foundation- Has a daily blog:
http://widowsvoice-sslf.blogspot.com/
The 7 days a week blogger comment area is something not to be missed if a good discussion starts with other readers experiences and feelings.
Camp Comfort Zone, www.comfortzonecamp.org/
Several of our members have Attended Camp Widow on the east and west coast in San Diego and South Carolina.
Good Grief in Morristown, NJ.
Feel free to ask members about our experiences or google them yourself to see if they offer anything that would be helpful for you.
There are Many Many books written on the topic of loss of a spouse- One favorite and helpful book that you can read Amazon reviews for and determine if it would be a help to you or not is: "I Am Grieving As Fast As I can" people 3 days to many years after loss of spouse have found this book helpful.
Sparta Meditation Group
Sparta, NJ
Meet others interested in meditation near you! Learn how to meditate or deepen your current meditation practice. Our weekly meetings are on a drop in basis and we have a really nice group of people attending regularly. Please check out our message board to see our meditation topics in previous weeks.
A trademark of the meditations we emphasize is the ease in which they can be used both “on the cushion” and in our daily lives. Each meeting will include practical, guided meditation, and a talk on how to reduce stress and other problems encountered in daily life and how to increase mental and physical well-being. There will also be plenty of time to discuss the ideas presented.
Although the meditations and talks are based on Kadampa Buddhist philosophy, you don't need to be a Buddhist to enjoy this group. Kadampa Buddhism stresses a spiritual path of individual transformation and to look within ourselves for the inner peace and happiness we seek. Everyone is welcome!
These group meetings are based out of Kadampa Meditation Center New York, located in Glen Spey, NY. For more information visit http://www.kadampanewyork.org
We hope to meet you soon!