Inside of mourning is the love we’ve known and grown.
During a time of immense adolescent grief, I wrote down these words and have returned to them frequently over the years during personal seasons of trial and during massive social wailing. These words and this workshop are about honoring the depth of love, the human capacity to connect, let go, and live abundantly again.
This is your invitation to tend grief as a living, breathing organism, welcoming tarot and your own intuition as insights that encourage adjusted action and generate growth.
Grief In Process is a workshop and gentle, intentional container where we shall explore grief through tarot and creative transmission, both as it lives in us and as a divine component of the human condition.
What to expect during Grief In Process
An opening ceremony with gentile breathwork
Brief overview of the tarot
Introduction to SUNSOAKED Tarot: This is not deep-dive tarot education.
Facilitated space to pull a reading and journal/write your interpretation.
Collage-based art materials.
Welcomeness for honest sharing, listening, and creative flow
A very nice box of unscented tissues.
This workshop is not a therapy, and Briget is not a licensed therapist.
What to bring
A compassionate and self-curious attitude
Tarot deck, required.
Journal or notebook, required.
Writing implement
Token(s) that you might like to collage onto your creative project. No paint. No glitter. Thank you!
Dress warmly or bring a cozy layer; the shop can be chilly in the evenings.
Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks.
This workshop is for you if…
you are feeling enthusiastic about welcoming tarot into the way you explore, process, and tend grief, now and throughout your life.
you are interested in exploring collage as a creative outlet to process and release feelings.
you are ready to share your grief and to hold others' grief in high regard.
you honor that grief is created equal, meaning that there is no hierarchy in what can cause a person to experience grief.
This workshop might not be for you if…
you are in crisis.
you are seeking a therapist-facilitated grief support group.
you do not have a support system outside of the workshop (friends, a trusted therapist, or a support group).
Community care agreement:
We apply these agreements to how we engage with people outside ourselves and how we engage our inward experiences.
Care for each other
Care for ourselves
We will share our grief and hold others' grief in high regard.
I hold my own grief in high regard.
We recognize that grief comes in waves.
I recognize that my own grief comes in waves.
We recognize that grief is not linear.
I recognize my grief as non-linear.
We agree that any personal stories shared by others are not personal attacks on us.
I recognize where my story ends, and another’s begins.
We honor that grief is created equal, meaning that there is no hierarchy to what can cause a person to experience grief.
I honor that my grief is worthy of recognition and care.
We will not engage in comparing the severity of our grief or the cause of it with others.
I reject comparison when I am tending my grief.
We will respectfully remove ourselves from any conversation or interaction we choose.
I respect my needs and know when I’ve had enough. It is okay to walk away and return to this work another day, in another way.
We will respect anyone’s choice to leave a conversation or interaction with us.
I recognize that when I’ve been ruminating long enough, it is okay to take a break from grief.
If/when you/someone needs a break or wants to leave the facilitated group setting, you/they may go without explanation. You/they are also welcome back without explanation.
I give myself permission to take a break from grief, groups, and know that I am welcome back when I am ready.
For safety, the front door will be locked from the inside during the workshop. If you need to leave the space, you can signal quietly at the door, and I’ll assist without requiring conversation.
If you’d like to know where this work comes from, you’re welcome to read on. If not, you can skip this section entirely.
Walter Najum died. He was, and is, my beloved grandfather, whom we fondly refer to as ‘Pa'–a southern title, even though he lived in California and was from Detroit. He was a Leo, like my Venus, and we never had to say much to understand each other. He would let me be, and I him while we’d do our respective activities. I now know this is technically called “parallel play,” and it is a treasured practice.
His death came as part of a series of passings in my family and community; both my parents lost their fathers that season, and a neighborhood kid rode their bike onto a pond and didn’t survive falling through the ice. And a number of girls had taken their lives in the soccer community.
This is the season that gave way to a bit of writing that included the line: inside of mourning is the love we’ve known and grown.
© Briget Heidmous 2025
This workshop is the original work of Briget Heidmous for her artist project SUNSOAKED. Any reproduction of or derivitive presentation of this workshop is unlawful.
ABOUT SUNSOAKED:
SUNSOAKED is a holistic effort dedicated to insight, action, and growth, offering bias-aware + trauma-informed approaches to (higher)Self-Tending with Tarot, Human Design, and crystals. We connect one-on-one, in groups, and through our thoughtful self-paced offerings.
Briget Heidmous [Washington DC] is a Tarot reader, Human Design translator and educator, artist, and founder of The Generalist Perspective and co-founder of ARTARIANICA. Through SUNSOAKED, Briget offers a bias-aware, trauma-informed approach to (higher) Self-Tending. She professionalized her Tarot practice in 2018 and launched SUNSOAKED in 2020. Her workshops are praised for being intentional, encouraging curiosity and vulnerability, providing knowledge, and leaving room for self-discovery. Her workshop, Tarot For Beginners, sold out three consecutive times in 2025.
To learn more about Briget, www.briget-heidmous.com