The Bridge – A Journaling Workshop for Grief, Loss, + Healing

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Jean Rowe, Certified Journal Therapist, is launching another program with Lacuna Loft!  You can connect with Jean here.

Lacuna Loft is pleased to offer The Bridge: When Before and After Meet – A Journal workshop for Grief, Loss, and Healing.  This will be a 6-week workshop using journal techniques to recognize, embrace, and cultivate acceptance around the themes of grief, loss, and healing.  Of particular focus is the “before” and “after” of a cancer diagnosis and the multilayered impact it brings.

Who: Young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.

When: Starting February 7th and going for 6 weeks on Sundays, 3-5 pm PT / 5-7 pm CT / 6-8 pm ET.  A commitment to attend every date is important to group continuity and in creating a safe space.  Please be on time 🙂

Create A Vision Board For 2021

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Kick off 2021 by creating your own Vision Board alongside other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.  Join us in this online creative workshop to put your hopes, dreams, and goals together into a beautiful collage that you can use for inspiration and a positive focus throughout the year ahead.

This workshop will occur over 2 sessions.  During the first session, on January 26, 2021, you’ll learn about vision boards and begin to create your own vision board.  On February 2, 2021,  you’ll have the opportunity to share your vision for the year ahead with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Please commit to both sessions!  Come together with other young adults facing cancer and #LetsMakeStuff!

Who: young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: January 26th and February 2nd @ 4-6 pm PT / 6-8 pm CT / 7-9 pm ET via video chat.

How does it work? There will not be a supply box sent for this workshop and there will be no limit to how many can join.   Make sure you’re signed up on our Program List using the link below and turn on notifications for either (or both) creative art workshops and young adult cancer hangouts.  Those segments of the list will receive an email from Lacuna Loft a few days before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat.  ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)

Valentine’s Day Make and Send Cards!

Join Lacuna Loft for our next Creative Art Workshop: Valentine’s Day Make and Send Cards, and #LetsMakeStuff together!  Craft a punny, silly, or warm-wish Valentine’s Day card for a fellow program participant, and then drop it in the mail in our card exchange!  Whether it’s a grade-A card or a bit more kindergarten, enjoy time making them all while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.  We’ll send you what you need!

Who: 20 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Wednesday, January 27th @ 4:30-6:30 pm PT / 6:30-8:30 pm CT / 7:30-9:30 pm ET via video chat.* (*US time zones…please confirm what time this means for where you live).

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate! Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat. ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Please note: Due to the global pandemic and ever-increasing customs and delivery times, we have stopped shipping outside of the United States. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the form and we will send you a list of supplies needed to participate, so you can still join us! Thank you for your understanding! If you have any questions, you can contact aerial@lacunaloft.org.

GABFEST IS NEXT WEEK

Did you know…that GABFEST IS NEXT WEEK!  We’ve teamed up with Elephants and Tea, taken the greatest pieces of an in-person survivorship conference, brought it online, and spread it out over the next week.

Throughout the week of December 7th, we invite you to share, explore, and learn as we interact together.  You are the expert in your own care, so along with experts in the fields, Gabfest will combine and elevate the individual voices of the young adult cancer community.

We have a great agenda lined up, fabulous opportunities for learning and connecting, a raffle each night (more on that at our opening welcome), and more!

Learn more and sign up here!

Guided Yoga Nidra Meditation With Momma G

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Angie Giallourakis (aka Momma G) will be leading four guided yoga nidra meditation classes! Each class will start at 6:30pm Eastern Time Zone every other Sunday starting on November 8th. If you’d like to just join one class or join all four the choice is yours!

This is a collaboration with our friends at Elephants and Tea!

Sign up here to join Momma G! We look forward to seeing you! You will receive a confirmation email upon registering.

Session One: The Compassionate Heart and Your Thirty Trillion Cells – November 8th

Session Two: The Waterfall – November 22nd

Session Three: Visualize Your Inner Strength – December 6th

Session Four: Love Yourself – December 20th

Note: Each session will be approximately one hour.

Making Gingerbread Barns With Us!

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Join Lacuna Loft for our next Creative Art Workshop: decorating Gingerbread Barns and #LetsMakeStuff together!

Come hang out in this more casual Creative Art Workshop while we decorate Gingerbread Barns!  We’ll send you a kit with everything you need.  No pressure to be Jacque Torres, we are aiming for more of a Nailed It vibe.  Sure to be full of lively conversation and fun attempts at perfection, sign up today.

Who: 17 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Friday, November 20th @ 5:30-7:30 pm PT / 7:30-9:30 pm CT / 8:30-10:30 pm ET via video chat.* (*US time zones…please confirm what time this means for where you live).

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate!  Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat.  ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Please note: Due to the global pandemic and ever-increasing customs and delivery times, we have stopped shipping outside of the United States. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the form and we will send you a list of supplies needed to participate, so you can still join us! Thank you for your understanding! If you have any questions, you can contact aerial@lacunaloft.org.

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)

UFO Edition, YAC Hangout!

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Come join a UFO-edition Young Adult Cancer (YAC) Hangout next week!  Join together online with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers for an informal meet up via video chat.

What’s UFO you say?  Un-Finished Object!  Have a project you’ve been working on that’s been hanging out unfinished?  Tackle it while hanging out with a group of young adults facing cancer!  Want to just come and hang out?  That’s fine too!

Monday, November 9th from 5:30-7 pm PT / 7:30-9 pm CT / 8:30-10 pm ET!

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Virtual Cooking Class

Join Nancy Ferro, aka Mama Lou from Epic Experience, as she guides us through the perils of the kitchen!  Make one of her favorite, famous recipes within the cancer community!  We’ll give you an ingredient list ahead of time so you can cook right along with her.  Then chat the evening away with the Lacuna Loft + Epic Experience teams as your delicious food cooks along with others facing cancer.

There are two evenings to choose from, each with a different recipe, but you can only attend *one.*  Below the sign-up form, you’ll find each recipe so you can pick the cooking evening you most want to join.

Who: cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: There are two evenings to choose from, each with a different recipe, but you can only attend one.  Go here, scroll to below the sign-up form, and you’ll find each recipe so you can pick the cooking evening you most want to join.

Wednesday, November 18 @ 4-6 pm PT / 6-8 pm CT / 7-9 pm ET* via video chat to cook White Bean and Chicken Chili.

Wednesday, December 16 @ 4-6 pm PT / 6-8 pm CT / 7-9 pm ET* via video chat to cook Blueberry Banana Bread.

*(US time zones! We’ve found that sometimes these don’t match up internationally so please double-check what time to join in your area!)

How does it work? We’ll send you a full ingredient list in an email about a week before the workshop along with information on how to join the video chat.  **You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.**

It’s A Wonderful Life: Taking Care During the Holidays Journaling Workshop

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Lacuna Loft is excited to bring back this special holiday program!

It’s a Wonderful Life: Taking Care during the Holidays

A 6 week journaling workshop for young adult cancer patients and survivors

“It’s beginning to look a lot like” an even busier time of year! The holiday season brings nostalgia (like a favorite song), connection to family and friends and an undercurrent of expectation. There can be an added layer of managing expectations to be positive and happy – even in the middle of treatment or when everyone appears to look “fine” when, inside, they are not.

Finding peace between the wrapping paper and the stuffing is within reach! Led by Jean Rowe, LCSW, join us for a 6-week holiday journal writing workshop to design a plan to lower stress, create or reconnect with meaningful traditions, and decorate your soul with a little TLC.

Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.

Who: Young adult cancer patients and survivors.

When: The journaling group will start on Thursday, November 5th @ 3 pm PT / 5 pm CT / 6 pm ET and meets on Sundays for 2 hours each week, for 6 weeks*.  A commitment to attend every date is important to group continuity and in creating a safe space. Please be on time 🙂

*The journaling group will be not meet on Thanksgiving Day and will be meeting on Nov 5th, Nov 12th, Nov 19th, Dec 3rd, Dec 10th, and Dec 17th.

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)

Make Beaded Coasters With Mary Clare

Join Lacuna Loft for our next online Creative Art Workshop: Bead Coasters and #LetsMakeStuff together!  Find your zen while crafting a bead coaster in this meditative (in technique) craft!  Make a beautiful coaster all while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.  We’ll send you what you need! Mary Clare will teach and lead you through the method!

Who: 20 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Thursday, October 22nd @ 5-7 pm PT / 7-9 pm CT / 8-10 pm ET via video chat.* (*US time zones…please double check when to participate where you live!)

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate! Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat. ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)