STARTS NOVEMBER 7, 2026 · AUTUMN TO THE NEW YEAR

Walking the Spiral
of Grief with Grace

A 12-Week Journey of Remembering,
Honoring & Returning to Life

A place to remember. A practice of compassion.
A community to walk beside you through one of
the most tender seasons of the year.

Join the journey — $295 Explore the 12 weeks

Created & guided by Bill Gisclair-Sullivan
Creator of The Recipe Book of Life and The SVMT Method of Transformation
Beginning November 7, 2026 · Complete 12-Week Program: $295

A quiet, reflective landscape of sea and sand at dusk. — A season to remember. A space to be.

12Weeks
of connection

12New lessons
with Bill

12Guided
practices

12Community
gatherings

A DIFFERENT KIND OF JOURNEY

Not a deadline for grief.
An invitation to walk
with it, in company.

The light changes. The holidays arrive. And the world begins talking about a fresh start.

But perhaps you need something gentler than a fresh start. A place to pause. Permission to feel what you feel. People who won’t ask you to hurry.

We call this a spiral because our invitation is to return—to awareness, allowing and acceptance—not to complete a set of stages or become someone new when January arrives.

We are not here to finish grief.
We are here to practice being with it.

YOUR 12-WEEK JOURNEY

Three seasons.
One compassionate journey.

From making room for what is here to carrying love into the life ahead. We move gently, with permission to meet each week in your own way.Open a week to explore its lesson, practice & gathering.

Autumn

PART ONE · WEEKS 1–4

Making room for
what is here.

An invitation to notice change—not an instruction to let go of someone you love.

01Entering the Spiral

THE LESSON

Introduce the journey without a timetable for feeling better. Begin with awareness: what is here, and what would help me feel supported?

YOUR PRACTICE

Arriving as You Are — notice the room, the support beneath you and one comfortable point of contact.

IN COMMUNITY

A welcoming circle with shared agreements. Offer a name, a word or simply your presence; sharing is optional.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What would kindness toward myself look like this week?

02The Body Remembers

THE LESSON

Invite gentle curiosity about breath, posture and sensation. Notice without interpreting every sensation or trying to make an emotion disappear.

YOUR PRACTICE

Listening to the Body of Grief — an optional body scan, with eyes-open and outward-looking alternatives.

IN COMMUNITY

Explore personal signs that it is time to pause, move, rest or ask for company.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What is one small way I can respond to my body today?

03What Autumn Knows

THE LESSON

Explore allowing and acceptance without confusing them with approval. Loosen expectations about how grief should look, rather than insisting on letting go of love.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Autumn Leaves Practice — name one expectation you might hold a little more lightly.

IN COMMUNITY

A conversation about “should,” guilt and permission. No requirement to forgive, resolve or release anything.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What am I carrying that does not need to be carried today?

04Making a Place for Grief

THE LESSON

Explore personal rituals and gentle boundaries. Begin planning for invitations, traditions and potentially tender holiday moments before the season becomes busy.

YOUR PRACTICE

A Place of Remembering — choose an object, a journal page or a quiet place; nothing needs to be displayed.

IN COMMUNITY

Share a remembrance space or a support plan. Rehearse a simple boundary such as “I may need to leave early.”

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What would help me feel supported during the holidays?

Warm glowing candlelight for remembrance

The Holidays

PART TWO · WEEKS 5–8

Making space
at the table.

Room for different traditions, tender memories, mixed feelings, and the choice not to celebrate.

05The Empty Chair

THE LESSON

Acknowledge the places where absence feels most noticeable. Explore which traditions to keep, change or skip, and how to make a manageable holiday plan.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Empty Chair Reflection — gently name what is missed, then return attention to the room and present support.

IN COMMUNITY

A holiday-permission circle: name one boundary, one supportive person and one option for stepping away.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What do I need more than I need to meet expectations?

06Wherever You Go, There They Are

THE LESSON

Explore memory, influence, humor and the things people taught us. Make room for complicated relationships; no one has to create an idealized portrait.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Living Memory Practice — reflect on a phrase, recipe, gesture, story or value that remains meaningful.

IN COMMUNITY

An optional story circle. Bring a memory, name something complicated or simply listen.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What do I choose to carry, and what may I set down?

07Joy and Grief at the Same Table

THE LESSON

Offer permission for mixed feelings, or very little feeling at all. Neither celebrating nor declining a celebration needs to become a measure of love.

YOUR PRACTICE

Two Truths — make space for two honest experiences without requiring them to match or cancel each other.

IN COMMUNITY

A conversation about laughter, relief, sadness and the pressure to appear festive. Nothing needs to be made positive.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

Can I let this moment be what it is?

08The Holiday Table

THE LESSON

Explore remembrance as something we may share. Connect the Recipe Book of Life with the stories, traditions and ingredients that carry personal meaning.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Table of Remembrance — offer a photograph, recipe, object, written word or quiet moment.

IN COMMUNITY

A community honoring ritual. Participants may share, observe or step away; allow time to settle before closing.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What would I like to honor, in my own way?

The Threshold

PART THREE · WEEKS 9–12

Carrying
love forward.

The New Year becomes a threshold, not a demand for reinvention. No resolutions required.

09Between What Was and What Will Be

THE LESSON

Make room for uncertainty. Rather than writing resolutions, explore what could support the next day or week when the larger picture is unclear.

YOUR PRACTICE

Resting in the In-Between — notice the present moment and identify one small, reachable source of support.

IN COMMUNITY

A threshold circle with no resolutions required. Share one support you might welcome into the New Year.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What can remain unanswered for now?

10Who Am I Now?

THE LESSON

Approach identity with curiosity rather than a demand to discover a new self. Explore changing roles alongside values and qualities that still feel familiar.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Mirror of Becoming — reflect on what has changed, what remains and what you are gently curious about.

IN COMMUNITY

A listening circle about identity and belonging. Witness one another without offering labels or solutions.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

Where do I recognize myself, even now?

11Carrying Love Forward

THE LESSON

Explore how meaningful values and memories might shape a small choice today. Honor personal beliefs without prescribing what happens after death.

YOUR PRACTICE

What I Carry With Me — choose a quality, story or value and one modest way to express it.

IN COMMUNITY

Share a possible act of remembrance or care. This is an invitation, not a promise participants must make.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What might love look like in action this week?

12Returning to Life: Grief as an Ingredient

THE LESSON

Bring the journey into the Recipe Book of Life. Make room for grief alongside rest, connection, beauty and possibility, without requiring a lesson from the loss.

YOUR PRACTICE

The Recipe I Carry Forward — create a personal page of practices, people, boundaries and sources of nourishment.

IN COMMUNITY

An Honoring & Returning Ceremony. Remember what matters, acknowledge the journey and name available support beyond the course.

A QUESTION TO CARRY

What will help me keep returning to my life with kindness?

We don’t finish grief at Week 12. We leave with ways to keep returning.

There is room for remembering.
And room for the life that is still here.

Sorrow. Quiet. Complicated feelings. Laughter. All of it is welcome.

A STEADY WEEKLY RHYTHM

A lesson. A practice.
A place to be together.

Something to listen to. Something to explore.
Someone to sit beside.
A little structure, with plenty of room to be human.

12 NEW LESSONS

Thoughtful teachings.
A familiar voice.

A new recorded lesson with Bill each week, bringing together mindfulness, compassion, somatic awareness and the perspective of The Recipe Book of Life.

12 GUIDED PRACTICES

A gentle way
to meet yourself.

Meditation, mindful reflection, body awareness and simple rituals. Invitations to experience the teaching—not another thing to get right. You may pause or adapt a practice at any time.

12 COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

Come to share.
Or simply to listen.

Weekly live gatherings with Bill and the community for practice, conversation and connection. No forced storytelling. No fixing. Your presence is enough.

And one small invitation to carry into your week.

Not homework. Not a test of how well you’re grieving. Just a question, a pause, or a small act of kindness toward yourself.

THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE

Come as you are.
Really.

Created for adults grieving the death of someone they love—whether the loss is recent, many years ago, or especially present as the holidays approach.

You may be carrying a loving memory, a complicated relationship, a sense of loneliness, or a feeling you haven’t found words for yet.

You don’t need to arrive with a certain belief, a hopeful outlook, or a story ready to share.

You are welcome to listen.

Sharing is always optional. You can take a break, move, keep your eyes open, or simply be present.

You can make the season your own.

Keep a tradition. Change it. Skip it. Celebration and gratitude are invitations, never requirements.

Your beliefs belong here.

There is room for faith, a secular perspective, uncertainty, and your own understanding of love and loss.

A NOTE FROM BILL

We don’t have to know
the answer
when we begin.

Bill Gisclair-Sullivan Creator of The Recipe Book of Life
and The SVMT Method of Transformation

I created this journey not to tell you what your grief should look like, but to offer a place where we can practice being with what is true.

We’ll make room for the empty chair, the holidays, the memories, and the days when there isn’t much to say. There is room for tears. There is room for laughter, too.

We’ll listen gently. We’ll honor what matters. And as we approach the New Year, we’ll begin asking a different kind of question:

What would help me carry what matters into the life ahead—with a little more kindness toward myself?

We don’t have to rush toward an answer.
We can explore it together.

With love,Bill

BEFORE WE BEGIN

A few things
you might be wondering.

Does my loss need to be recent?

No. This journey welcomes adults grieving a death that happened recently or many years ago. There is no timeline you need to meet and no requirement to be at a particular place in your grief.

Will I have to talk about my grief?

No. You are welcome to share, listen, or quietly take part. The practices and conversations are invitations, not requirements. You may pause or step away whenever you need to.

Do I need meditation experience or a particular belief?

Neither is required. The practices offer simple ways to arrive and pay attention, with permission to keep your eyes open, move, or focus on the room instead of the body. Religious, spiritual, secular and uncertain perspectives are welcome.

When does the journey begin?

The journey begins on Saturday, November 7, 2026, running for 12 consecutive weeks through the holiday season and into the New Year. Live gathering times and replay recordings will be provided throughout the course.

What is the tuition and what is included?

Tuition for the entire 12-week program is $295. This includes all 12 recorded lessons with Bill, 12 weekly guided practices, 12 live community gatherings with recordings, and companion reflection guides.

Is this grief therapy?

This is a mindfulness and community-education program, not psychotherapy, clinical treatment or crisis care. It is not a substitute for professional support. Participants are encouraged to seek individual support appropriate to their needs.

What happens when the twelve weeks end?

Our final week includes an Honoring & Returning Ceremony and a personal “Recipe I Carry Forward”—a page of practices, people, boundaries and sources of nourishment for the season ahead. The course ends; your permission to grieve and care for yourself does not.

BEGINS NOVEMBER 7, 2026 · WITH BILL GISCLAIR-SULLIVAN