This Shadow I Carry (sold out)
Thu, Nov 06
|Hedge Meadow Apothecary
Integrating grief through word and craft


Time & Location
Nov 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Hedge Meadow Apothecary, 140 S Winsted St, Spring Green, WI 53588, USA
About the event
Perhaps you've recently suffered a loss; a friendship, a partner, a home or a job. Or perhaps you're experiencing more than a little grief about the current state of affairs, the endless news cycle or climate change. Whatever the root of your grief, outside of traditional talk therapy, what strategies can we reach for to uplift ourselves and our community during the darkest times? In what ways did our ancestors empower themselves against their oppressors, ill fortune and dark forces? In November as we enter the gateway to winter and the shadow side of the year, join death doula Abby Goelzer & folk healer Rachael Gonzalez for an evening of getting acquainted with our grief through healing exercises and prompts, recipes and traditions; culminating in crafting a spell through making a custom trollpåse, a magical folk talisman from the old ways of Scandinavia. You will leave this workshop empowered with self…
