Grief Panel with grief support specialists & those with lived experience

Name: Grief Panel with grief support specialists & those with lived experience
Start: 2025-11-05T11:30:00-07:00
Location: Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce

Schedule

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025 at 11:30 am

UTC-07:00

Location

Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce | Fort Collins, CO

Join us for a lunchtime educational workshop. Get empowered with women and non-binary leaders at this powerful educational event!
Ditch the elevator pitch- our events support connection and collaboration! At She Goes High, we don't blindly pass out business cards or ask, "so, what do you do?"
We support the human BEHIND the business, not the humas AS the business.
**WHEN:** Wednesday November 5th 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
**WHERE:** Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, 225 S Meldrum St · Fort Collins, CO
**COST:** Free!
**WHO IT'S FOR:** Our events are neurodivergent-affirming and designed for introverts, by introverts. (The extroverts show up anyway!) We are a safe space and LBTQIA+ folx are welcome here!
**ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION:**
Join us for a powerful and supportive conversation about grief with grief support professionals and those with lived experience. Grief impacts us all and there are many kinds of grief and loss we experience throughout our lives. You're invited to show up as you are, with any feelings of grief and loss you may be facing, and be welcomed and supported in our conversation around navigating grief.
**ABOUT OUR PANELISTS:**
**Lisa Cheney-Philp (she/her)** ~ Grief & Death Doula, Artist, Healer & River Guide, Women of the Water
Lisa is a community-based grief and death doula, creative facilitator, artist, shamanic practitioner and river guide who belongs to the world as one who rewrites history by well-tending endings and singing the Colorado River home to the sea. Lisa has been embedded in Colorado communities and watersheds for over 25 years and has been growing roots in Fort Collins and the Poudre River watershed since 2021 with her husband, daughter, and rescue pup.
www.womenofthewater.com | https://www.facebook.com/womenofthewaterllc | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-cheney-philp
**Katy Owens (she/her)** ~ Empowered Path Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapist and Owner
Katy Owens, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and founder of Empowered Path OT in Loveland, Colorado, where she helps adults living with chronic pain return to meaningful living. With expertise in pain science, mental health, and trauma-informed care, she provides individualized treatment including graded motor imagery, education, and group sessions. Katy also supports clients in navigating grief that often accompanies chronic pain, helping them find strategies to cope and build resilience.
https://www.empoweredpathot.com | https://www.facebook.com/EmpoweredPathOT
**Lisa Driscoll (she/her)** ~ Mental Health Therapist / Perennial Therapy LLC
I'm a therapist and owner of Perennial Therapy. My pronouns are she/her and I'm a 1.5 generation Korean-American. My identity as a feminist, Asian American, LGBTQIA+ ally, outdoor enthusiast, and immigrant informs my work as a therapist and the lens through which I view the world. Prior to becoming a mental health counselor, I was a general education and English Language Development teacher in both private and public schools. I grew up in Seoul, South Korea and Atlanta, GA, but moved to Fort Collins, CO in 2019. At Perennial Therapy, I specialize in working with women & genderqueer people who struggle with anxiety, unhealthy perfectionism, self-esteem, immigrant identity, and racial/multicultural identity. My work with clients often lead us to conversations about work or school-life balance, relationships, boundary setting, and more. When I am not working, I enjoy spending time outdoors with my husband, Kevin, and our daughter, Sora.
https://www.perennial-therapy.com | https://www.instagram.com/perennial_therapy
**Tawnya Musser (she/her)** ~ Dear Departures
Tawnya is a death and grief worker who strives to lighten the load and brighten the road for those she serves. She often gets asked “how’d you get into this work?” From her teen years on Tawnya experienced many deaths, most of which were the deaths of other young people. She attended countless funerals that left an awful lot to be desired, and she received no bereavement support for decades. In 2018, with a background in Human Services, she had just started to pivot into the world of death, dying, and grief when her big brother died. His death and subsequent home funeral followed by the death of her uncle five months later, and her mother-in-law two months after that, solidified her desire to support others before, during, and after death.
At any given moment you might find her crafting a custom ceremony for a celebration-of-life, working on a legacy project with a dying person, leading a grief group for bereaved siblings or people who had a complicated relationship with the dead, or giving a community presentation about choice. She balances the heaviness of her death work with gardening, laughter, and live music!
https://deardepartures.com | https://www.instagram.com/deardepartures | https://www.facebook.com/deardepartures
**EVENT FLOW:**
Please note that this is an estimated timeline. Some times might be shorter or longer depending on group size or participation.
- 11:30 - 11:40p Get settled/ networking (10 minutes). If you don’t show up at 11:30, it’s ok. You’re welcome to show up just how you are, even if that’s late or in your loungewear. We want to see you!
- 11:40 - 11:50p Welcome/ intro (10 minutes). We’ll go over why this community was started and recognize our sponsors who help us to provide free monthly educational events so we can support you wherever you are in your professional and financial journey.
- 11:50 - 12:10p Attendee intros (20 minutes). These are not elevator pitches. Yay! You can choose to participate at whatever level you’re comfortable with, including skipping your intro.
- 12:10 - 12:50p Workshop (40 minutes). Our presenter will present on their topic. Feel free to ask questions as they relate to the talk.
- 12:50 - 1:00p Upcoming events/ close/ goodbyes (10 minutes). Find out about our upcoming events and connect with any of the women and non-binary leaders you found interesting.
**ABOUT OUR LOCATION:**
We are located in Old Town Fort Collins, west of College. Free parking is available. Depending on where you park, you can stay for 2 hours or without a time limit. Handicap parking is available right next to the building. There are wide sidewalks leading to the building and wheelchair accessible ramps on the sidewalks. The entrance of the building is level with the sidewalks.
Inside the space, you can find us in the boardroom. Once you come into the building it is the big room with the double doors between the two hallways. The space is set up with long tables in a circle. There are regular height chairs with soft backs and seats positioned on the outside of the circle at the table. As you go towards the back of the room, you’ll find a window that connects the kitchen to the boardroom. You can get complimentary coffee and tea by moving through the open doorway to the kitchen.
Restrooms can be accessed by continuing to the back, past the kitchen. Once you can’t go back anymore, turn to the left, and bathrooms are on the right. They have doors that push open. There is 1 ADA accessible toilet and 1 non-ADA accessible toilet.
We look forward to meeting you at the event!
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Impact Membership is NOT required for our Lead Lunch and Learn events, however if you would like to know more about our Impact Membership click here: https://www.shegoeshigh.us/impact-membership