Heartbeat GJ
Heartbeat GJ
Survivors After Suicide Loss
Survivors After Suicide Loss
Heartbeat was organized to help survivors absorb the impact of the self-inflicted death, to offer comfort of empathy, understanding and to support each other toward a healthy resolution to the grief.
Please contact us via email at gjheartbeat@gmail.com if you have any issues using this site. We appreciate your patience.
No matter where you are in your grief journey, you are among those who listen with compassion and understanding.
Heartbeat functions because of private donations. We are all volunteer peer support suicide loss survivors.
Regular Heartbeat Meetings: Every 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Held at First Congregational Church, 1425 N. 5th St. in Grand Junction, (across from Grand Junction High School) Use the entrance on the back of the building off the south parking lot of the church. Heartbeat is a non-religious all inclusive organization.
Informal Coffee meetings: Every 2nd Saturday of each month, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Come and be with other loss survivors in this informal coffee gathering at 4 Winds Coffee (corner of Bookcliff Ave. and 12th St. in Grand Junction) You're not required to stay the whole time, come for whatever length of time during this time frame. A chance to socialize without having to 'put on a happy face'.
June 2026 Meeting topic - Bringing Our Feelings To Light - Since childhood summers have been a time of vacations and joy. As loss survivors, it may be difficult to capture that sense of summer freedom. Acknowledging our complicated feelings is one step in rebuilding our lives so we can experience all our emotions without guilt or stifling them. Join us as we explore safe ways to express and share our feelings with others.
July 2026 Meeting topic - We Can Have Fun. - Ice Cream Social - This meeting will be an ice cream social and a group game of Pictionary (modifed). Having some enjoyment is ok during the grief process, even though it will be different. Our sense of joy doesn’t seem the same as before our loss. But we need to allow ourselves to enjoy some things in life again. At first, it may seem very difficult, but the more time that passes that sense can become a possibility again. Join us for a fun activity where you don’t have to put on a happy face. Just be there.
August 2026 Meeting topic - Putting Together the Pieces of Grief – Gretchen recently sent all of her son’s shirts off to be made into a quilt. She will lead a discussion and activity that helps us look at our own grief pieces. If you do this activity again later, you will see that it most likely will have changed. What does your ‘picture’ or ‘quilt’ look like at this time? The pieces will be different shapes and sizes. Come explore with us!!!
Our meetings offer an opportunity to share and learn ways of coping with grief and stress through discussion and activities. We do not require anyone to have to talk. Just listening can be enlightening. We are always open to suggestions for topics or activities. We do not walk alone.
If you have suggestions on topics or submissions for our newsletter, please contact us at gjheartbeat@gmail.com.
Would you like to get involved in Heartbeat volunteering or be on our Steering Committee? Let us know at gjheartbeat@gmail.com
Grand Valley Yoga Festival was a huge success!! We are so grateful not only for the experiences and connections made, but being a recipient of funds!!!!!. This is a 3-day festival with national and internationally known instructors, musicians, performers, and vendors. All proceeds go to LOCAL suicide prevention, postvention, and mental health programs in the Grand Valley. We sincerely hope to see it happen again next year!!!! An event like this takes a huge amount of work, so if you would like to volunteer please contact them or for more information go to www.grandvalleyyogafest.com.
Something new: DUDE TALK DINNERS - Men only! Want someone to talk to about life's challenges? Come to DUDE TALK DINNERS. You don't have to be a loss survivor to attend these. They happen the last Friday of the month at Enzo's Pizza. Dinner provided.
If you or someone you know is in need of support,and you’d like to talk to a peer, warmline.org contains links to warmlines in every state. For peer support in Colorado call 1-844-493-(TALK) and press *, or text “TALK” to 38255. The national suicide hotline number is 1-800-273-TALK, with a chat option, or text ‘HOME’ TO 741741. National Hotline 988. You do not have to be in crisis or suicidal to use the 988 hotline. Just need someone to talk to? Dial 988.
NOTE: Many crisis related resources could utilize restrictive interventions, like active rescues (wellness or welfare checks) involving law enforcement or emergency services. A warmline is least likely to do this, but may still have such policies. You can ask if this is a possibility at any point in your conversation if this is a concern for you.
LOCAL IN-PERSON SUPPORT FOR LOSS SURVIVORS
GriefShare - GriefShare groups meet weekly to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. Christian centered program. griefshare.org
HopeWest Kids - Grades K-12: Grief support, classes, and camps for children and teens. hopewestco.org/hopewest-kids
The Compassionate Friends - Mesa - Child, grandchild, and sibling loss support group. The Compassionate Friends are welcoming to suicide loss survivors. Through The Compassionate Friend’s website, there are more print, virtual, and social media support options.compassionatefriends.org
The Heartlight Center - Call 720-748-9908, for more information on new groups or opportunities on grief support. This group is now based in Denver. They offer on-line support groups and information on other grief support.
FORUMS, PHONE, PRINT, & VIRTUAL
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors - Offering loss survivor resources and an 24/7 online discussion forum where you can connect with others who’ve lost a loved one to suicide. Allianceofhope.org
Colorado Grief Care - Downloadable pamphlets for people bereaved by suicide in Mesa County. coloradogriefcare.org
Friends for Survival - Monthly newsletter, virtual suicide loss support group meetings, and printed resources. Friendsforsurvival.org
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing - for those who have lost someone to substance use or addiction. Print, virtual, and social media support resources. Grasphelp.org
iCare Packages - iCare packages contain resources to help support an individual or family with the loss of a loved one to suicide. Suicidepreventioncolorado.org/icare-packages
The Dougy Center - Online print and virtual resources for children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death can share their experiences. Dougy.org
Veterans Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) - Offering compassionate support to those who lost a loved one while serving in the Armed Forces. Mesa County does not have an active TAPS chapter, though the Grand Junction VA Medical Center does have several peer and clinical providers trained in suicide loss support. Taps.org
ManTherapy - Designed for helping men with grief, loss, stress, feelings, and general issues, in a way that appeals to men. Hosted by Richard Mahogany, Mantherapy.org.
If you are struggling to find resources for any needs go to https://www.mesacounty.us>Grandvalleyconnects.com. Don't let a lack of resources to help you in life's situations become a crisis. There are solutions! They will help you find and connect to resources that can help.