Navigating Loss and Transition: A Reflective Workshop

Navigating Loss and Transition: A Reflective Workshop
By David Sunderland
Brussels, 27 May 2026

Register here: https://www.imaginationclub.org/brussels/navigating_loss_and_transition.php

We all experience loss – of roles, relationships, identities, expectations, or direction – yet we rarely pause to reflect on it. This interactive workshop creates a calm, reflective space to explore how loss shapes our lives and decisions, both personally and professionally. Drawing on a simple but powerful format (including candles, silence, and guided questions), participants are invited to share, listen, and reflect at their own pace.

The session blends elements of “death cafés” with a broader exploration of transition, helping participants better understand endings – and what they make possible.

Participants will:
*Explore different types of loss (personal, professional, existential).
* Reflect on how transitions shape identity, decisions, and growth
*Practice listening and speaking in a structured, non-judgmental space
* Gain language and perspective for navigating change and uncertainty
* Identify insights they can carry into work and everyday life.

Conclusion
You will leave with a deeper understanding of loss as a source of clarity, connection, and possibility.

About David Sunderland
David is British and French since 2019. He also has strong Brazilian sympathies after being married to a Brazilian woman for nearly 20 years. A similar period of time working in the United Nations, along with various other voluntary and civil society work, has reinforced his idealism while granting him more pragmatic perspectives around planning, communication and human relations.

He founded, and continues to be Chair of, www.plenna.org that encourages better preparation for death and dying, whatever one's age or situation. His personal website, including links to his writing (with details on his forthcoming book, ’The Punctuation of Loss’), is www.intermundia.org.

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