Something's Shattered
A free, trauma-informed support circle for people who love someone facing homelessness, addiction, mental health challenges, food insecurity, or another ongoing crisis.
Returns Wednesday, September 16th at 6:30 PM
Because seating is limited, RSVPs are encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available.
📍North Whidbey Center for Wellbeing
1051 NE 7th Avenue, Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Adjacent to Chris's Bakery
Compassionate community. Practical tools. A place to exhale.
You do not have to carry everything alone.
A Place for You When Someone You Love Is in Crisis
Addiction, homelessness, mental health challenges, food insecurity, and related crises affect the whole family. Something’s Shattered offers a place to talk honestly, understand what chronic crisis can do to your own nervous system, and practice ways to feel steadier in your body and mind.
Explore the 12-Week Series
Each week offers understanding, practical support, and a place to feel less alone. Explore the 12-week series below to see the topics we’ll be covering.
Week 1
Introduction: You Are Not Alone
An introduction to the group, what participants can expect, and the relief of being with people who understand the impossible situations families may face.
Week 3
Missing Spoons
Understanding the exhaustion that comes from ongoing worry, crisis management, caregiving, and never knowing what may happen next.
Week 5
The Pain They’re Running From
Looking beneath difficult behavior with compassion while remembering that understanding someone’s pain does not require accepting harmful behavior.
Week 7
Sirens in the Body
Recognizing how the body can remain on alert, even during quiet moments, and practicing ways to gently settle the nervous system.
Week 9
The Hula Hoop
Identifying what belongs inside your circle of responsibility and what belongs to the other person, even when stepping back feels uncomfortable.
Week 11
Loving Them Without Losing Yourself
Reconnecting with your own identity, needs, relationships, and life while continuing to care about someone who is struggling.
Week 2
The Crazy-Making Truth
Exploring the confusion, mixed messages, self-doubt, and emotional whiplash that can happen when someone you love is struggling.
Week 4
The Hijacked Brain
A simple look at how prolonged stress, addiction, and mental health challenges can affect thinking, choices, reactions, and the entire family system.
Week 6
Midnight Rescues
Exploring crisis cycles, urgency, and the difference between offering support and repeatedly being pulled into rescue mode.
Week 8
Love With a Locked Door
Learning that love and boundaries can exist together, and that protecting your safety does not mean you have stopped caring.
Week 10
A Loving Person in an Impossible Situation
Making room for grief, anger, loyalty, hope, fear, and the many conflicting feelings that can exist at the same time.
Week 12
When Hope Changes Shape
Exploring a form of hope that does not depend on controlling another person’s choices or guaranteeing a particular outcome.
You Were Never Meant to Carry This Alone
When someone you love is struggling with addiction, homelessness, or another serious crisis, the effects reach far beyond that person. You may feel frightened, exhausted, angry, guilty, or unsure what to do next.
Something’s Shattered is a place where you can exhale, steady your nervous system, and receive compassionate support from people who understand how complicated love can become during a crisis.
Steady Your System
Practice simple tools to help your body feel calmer when life feels overwhelming.
Feel Less Alone
Connect with others who understand the complicated emotions that can accompany loving someone in crisis.
Find Your Own Ground
Explore compassionate boundaries and ways to care for yourself without abandoning the person you love.
What to Expect
Something’s Shattered is designed to feel gentle, welcoming, and emotionally safe. You are invited to participate in whatever way feels comfortable for you.
Arrive and Settle
Begin with a simple grounding practice to help your body and mind arrive.
Learn and Understand
Explore practical information about addiction, crisis, relationships, and the nervous system.
Share Only If You Choose
You are welcome to speak, listen quietly, or simply be present. You will never be pressured to tell your story.
Practice and Leave Steadier
End with a calming exercise or supportive practice you can carry into the week ahead.