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Tale of Two Towns
There were once two towns, remarkably close to one another and very similar in many ways. Interestingly enough both were called Town of Joy. Within each of the towns were many homes and families, very different from one another, yet each was beautiful and perfect in...
When New Grief Happens
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Signs, Guidance, are We Open to Receiving?
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Many Facets of Relationship
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
I was Taught and so I have No Choice
It's really helpful to consider what we were taught. Does it serve you? We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and...
The Fog of Grief
It can feel overwhelming, stressful, even scary to experience a lack of focus, an inability to concentrate. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring...
Signs, what if they Arrive in Unexpected Ways?
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Forgiving Ourselves
Is it okay to forgive ourselves for what we said or did, or didn't say or do? Is it okay to consider healing? We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring...
What Do You Mean, I’m NOT in Control?
If I'm not in charge, who is? How can I find peace with this? It's a process. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief...
I have Learned…
𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒, Sandy 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 I asked a friend who has crossed 70 & is heading towards 80...
Make Time for Play
What might it be like for you to allow yourself to relax, even to play for a while? We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through...
Don’t Take Anything Personally
This may seem like a simple thought, but it is often quite far from easy. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and...
Acceptance, what does it Mean?
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Second Year of Grief, what to Expect?
What might you expect as you continue to walk your path, as the calendar pages turn? We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey...
Severing Etheric Cords
We CAN eliminate, disconnect, sever our connections to places, times, people, when we are ready. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your...
Live for Loved Ones AND for Ourselves
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Dreams and Visitations
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to...
Yes, Our Energy Matters
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Fear, Deep Pain, Grief – I didn’t know how to do this!
At 4 am on December 18, 2010, two sheriff's deputies knocked on our front door. When I answered, one of them began with those infamous words, we regret to inform you... My youngest son, Mike was dead at the age of 23. And yes, it was by his own hand, suicide. I...
This is the Face of Grief and Healing
This is the face of grief, grieving, and healing. This is the face of grieving and healing. This is the face of grieving and healing. Some of these days were brutally hard, others were extraordinarily wonderful. Each and every moment since I heard that my son Mike...
They are SO much more than the Way they Died!
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
The Blurt Factor
The Blurt Factor I wrote this many years ago, only a few months after losing my son to suicide in December of 2010. Recently, a client brought up how this helped her, knowing that she was not alone in 'blurting' And so I thought I would share it with you. Quote The...
What is my Purpose?
What is my Purpose? There was a time when I found that question to be incredibly overwhelming. And so like many steps along this journey of grief to healing, I broke it down to what felt better. What do I intend for today? Ah, that felt much easier and more gentle. It...
Grace Redwood – Coach, Teacher, Author and Writer
Do you have great ideas, programs, and courses but are unsure of how to properly structure them? Let’s work together to bring your ideas and teachings into a format that best showcases your talents. E-books, courses, workshops, books,...
Grief is Hard. Messy. Complicated. Make Room for Healing
Grief. It's hard. It's complicated. It's messy. And so very often there are misunderstandings. I've been thinking quite a lot lately about the times of loss and grief that I have experienced. I found myself becoming quite emotional as I considered the death of someone...
What are the Rules for Grief and Grieving?
That may sound bizarre at first, but I've got to say that for me, it was more than a bit overwhelming to try to determine how I 'should' feel, what I should do next. I turned to experts, books galore. I looked for websites to show me the way. What did the experts have...
Forgive Abandonment
Please know, and I mean really know, you are not alone. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Namaste, Sandy Master Grief Coach Master Grief...
Kindness
Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate...
Alone, You are NOT Alone
So often grievers feel all alone, even when they are in a group of people that love them. The loneliness is profound for many. And it's not because we don't care about or appreciate those who are with us, it's because we are longing for the one who can never be with...
If Grief is our Language, Method of Dying and Relationship is our Dialect
Alone
So often grievers feel all alone, even when they are in a group of people that love them. The loneliness is profound for many. And it's not because we don't care about or appreciate those who are with us, it's because we are longing for the one who can never be with...
Perspective
For instance, we have 3 different places to sit and relax in our backyard. This has been done deliberately because we enjoy the various perspectives. The different places provide different points of view and we really like seeing things that way. And so I went out...
Shame? Stigma? Taboo? Blame?
Shame? Stigma? Taboo? Blame? They are NOT yours - let them go! Your precious child left this planet for reasons that you may or may not know. After 10 years, I still don't know and have accepted that I never will during this lifetime. What matters is that you love and...
Grief Healing begins with a Choice
- Have you been told that you will fill this tremendous pain forever? - Do you feel as though there is no way to feel better? - Is it okay to open up to the possibility of healing? Healing is as natural and normal as breathing in and then...
What is My Purpose?
What is my Purpose? There was a time when I found that question to be incredibly overwhelming. And so like many steps along this journey of grief to healing, I broke it down to what felt better. What do I intend for today? Ahhhhhh, that felt much easier and more...
Does the Cause of their Death Disqualify You from Support?
At first, that may sound like an absolutely absurd question - and I wish that it was. At the same time, a lot of people feel as though their pain is dismissed because of the manner of death. Let me be absolutely clear about this. Because when someone you love died -...
Time Heals All Wounds – Really?
We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into healing is just that – YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin...
Why do I Ask You to Commit, Realllllly Commit for the 12-Week Grief Healing Group
Register to save your spot in this Grief Healing Group - it matters. We walk this path, through grief and into healing one step at a time. It’s easier when we are accompanied by those with caring hearts. Your journey through grief and into...
You’re So Strong!
You're So Strong There was a time that phrase almost brought me to my knees. Each time I heard it, it felt almost like a physical blow. To the person who utters these words, with the best of intentions, I have a few thoughts and questions. You say I'm strong. Let's...
Acknowledge all Loss and Pain – this is Grief
Your pain your hurt deserves to be acknowledged and tended to. With tenderness, compassion, and understanding. Always. Namaste, Sandy Master Grief Coach Master Grief Coach Trainer Grief Recovery Method Specialist Reiki Master/Teacher...
Master Grief Coach Certification
Personal – Enhance your personal toolkit with the understanding and skills to effectively work through your own personal pain. This will also serve you well with family, friends, or anyone with whom you interact that is dealing with grief. Know that you are never...
I’m Not Dead
This deeply touching work is by Sean Dietrich. I encourage you to read this, print it up, and read it again and again and again. Our loved one are closer than our heartbeat. Mr. Dietrich expresses this more eloquently than I ever could. Dearest loved one, I know you...
12-Week Grief Healing Groups, Forming NOW
All too often we feel lonely, alone in our grief. Even surrounded by those who care for us, it can be hard to express what is in our hearts, to tell our stories, to explore what we feel, and to be heard. For me, the answer is Community. And that's why I have developed...
What might Your Healing Progress Look Like?
Your journey through grief and into healing is just that - YOUR journey. When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Is Grief Realllllllly the Price of Love?
Introducing Gwen Sinclair, Master Grief Coach
In 2019 my son took his own life which brought me to my knees. How could my youngest child be gone? How could I bury him 4 days before Christmas? I had to find ways to live again! Suicide is a completely devastating shock. The pain...
Have Others known I was HERE for them?
Grief. It's hard. It's complicated. It's messy. And so very often there are misunderstandings. I've been thinking quite a lot lately about the times of loss and grief that I have experienced. I found myself becoming quite emotional as I considered the death of someone...
Concidence or Connection?
What are your thoughts about this? How do you discern connection with your loved one? Sending you my love, Sandy Master Grief Coach Master Grief Coach Trainer When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
What Grief Brings
Guest posby by Jan McDaniel It's easy to see many of the things grief brings into a life: sorrow, confusion, loneliness, longing, change. Sometimes even trauma and fear. Perhaps wisdom, increased compassion. But there is more. Loss brings us, ultimately, a new life....
Getting Out of the Loop
Guest post by Jan McDaniel There is a terrible "loop" of thoughts that can trap people who are grieving. It can be an overwhelming process, painful and difficult to get out of. It starts with questions like "Why did this happen?" and "Could I have made a difference?"...
Listen, Just Listen
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy Master Grief Coach Master Grief Coach Trainer When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk...