Help Us Win $1,000!

Our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, is distributing $1,000 to 20 different projects for their annual Spring Match campaign. Every donation that you make to Family Spirals® between Monday, April 14 and Friday, April 18 is one extra chance for us to receive the $1k, so we’re asking for your support! Your support will help us to offer services to families in need, and to modernize our website (tens of thousands have visited already).

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Let’s Make 2025 a Year of Hope

Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868. Oil on canvas. 183 x 305 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Helen Huntington Hull. {PD-US}. Fair Use.

What a year it has been—for Family Spirals® and the world we live in. We’ve taken steps to make life better for people facing challenges within their families, and to foster empathy toward other people, other species, and the world we share.

This year, we launched our first programs and connected with dozens of people dealing with ongoing struggles with an in-law, parent, or sibling. We’ve also supported those grieving for a sister or brother, or mourning a beloved pet.

Highlights from 2024:

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New Groups, Resources, and Art

Our series of Discussion & Support Groups for adults, addresses family problems overlooked by most providers. We’ll break through silence and stigma with 10 unique groups, including:

  • Targeted Siblings – “My sibling bullied, dominated, or disempowered me.”
  • Sibling Tensions – Tensions, disagreements, disappointments between siblings.
  • When Family Mistreats an Animal – “An animal was hurt in my family, sometimes to hurt me.”
  • Tensions with Parent-In-Law – “There’s tension with my partner’s parent, and I need help.” (Also, Tensions with Child-In-Law)
  • Sibling Bereavement – “I want to talk with others whose sibling also died, recently or long ago.”
  • Pet Bereavement & Nature – “In my grief, I find solace in Nature.”
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Safe, nurturing, and joyful families
give rise to a more peaceful and communal world.

Portrait Of Multi-Generation Family Group With Dog On Winter Beach Vacation

Family Spirals® creates programs addressing family identity, cohesion, trauma, and joy. We also focus on the impact that social, environmental, and economic problems have on families, and ways that families may ameliorate them. Such themes are also highlighted through our virtual art galleries and programs.

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