Welcome to Beginning Experience

Beginning Experience is an international support program for divorced, separated and widowed individuals, founded in the United States in 1974. We offer a program intended to facilitate the resolution of grief, surrounding the break-up of a marriage relationship or the death of a partner and to promote healing. 

The Brisbane Beginning Experience Team is one of 140 teams in English speaking countries around the world. Each team is made up of former participants, who after gaining from their experience in the overcoming of grief, have chosen to volunteer to give back, so others can benefit.

The Beginning Experience Weekend is the foundation of the program.The weekend program is intended for people who have worked through the initial stages of grief and have reached the point of seeking a new beginning. The primary purpose of the weekend is not for having problems solved or for “meeting people”. It focuses upon getting in touch with feelings and expressing them. It creates an opportunity and provides a space where participants can re-evaluate their lives and move on to the future with renewed hope.