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Grief Journey, 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...
When Grieving, Look For Signs, Guidance
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...
Grief May Reveal 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 about grief. 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...
Dreams And Visitations Can Heal Grief
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. Namaste, Sandy Master...
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, Part Of Grief Healing
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...
While Grieving, 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...
Grief And Acceptance
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 Now?
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...
Part Of Grief 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...
When Grieving 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. Namaste, Sandy Master Grief...
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, Part Of Grief And Grieving
Grief can bring surprises. The process of grieving may show us experiences that we never imagined. The Blurt Factor I wrote this many years ago, only a few months after losing my son to suicide in December 2010. Recently, a client brought up how this helped her,...
Grief And Grieving We Might Ask, What is my Purpose?
Grief and grieving can have us reevaluating everything about our life. 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....
Introducing Master Grief Coach, 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,...
What Are The Rules For Grief And Grieving?
When I began my grief journey, I found myself at a loss about 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, and what I should do next. I turned to...
Forgive Abandonment In Grief
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 In Grief, You are NOT Alone
We can feel so alone in our grief. Frequently, I hear from grievers that they feel lonely, isolated, and 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...
If Grief Is Our Language, Method Of Dying And Relationship Is Our Dialect
Frequently, I find myself searching for ways to expand the vocabulary around death, dying, grief, grieving, and healing. Let's talk and explore this further. https://youtu.be/5OEt7cX4ugY
Alone In Grief
Do you feel alone in your grief? 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...
Grief Healing Begins With A Choice
- Have you been told that you will fill this tremendous pain of grief 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...
In Grief, 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 Grief Wounds – Really?
Have you received the message that if you simply give it time, your grief will heal, and your grieving will end? Is it enough to turn the pages on your calendar? Or is there more to be done? We walk this path, through grief and into...
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...
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 Greif Healing Course Together, we walk through GRIEF, into...
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
Grief makes us question our beliefs. When I came across this work by Sean Dietrich, I felt as though it spoke to my soul. I encourage you to read this, print it up, and read it again and again and again. Our loved ones are closer than our heartbeat. Mr. Dietrich...
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 Grief Healing Progress Look Like?
Does grief healing linear? Is it possible that grieving may look different than you expect? 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...
Is Grief Realllllllly The Price Of Love?
Have you heard that grief is the price of love? If so, does it feel as though you must grieve to prove to yourself or others that the love you feel continues? Let's talk about this. https://youtu.be/9CyBFGxWbag
Introducing Gwen Sinclair, Master Grief Coach
Gwen explains a bit about her grief journey. Quote '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...
Grief Has Prompted Me To Ask, 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...
Coincidence or Connection?
Grief may prompt us to question what we see, hear, or feel. What are your thoughts about this? How do you discern connection with your loved one? Namaste, Sandy Master Grief Coach Master Grief Coach Trainer Greif Healing Course Together,...
What Grief Brings
Guest post by 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?"...
After Grief, Relationships Continue, Change, Evolve
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Introducing Robin Stegall, Master Grief Coach
Do you have a grieving heart? Reach out to Robin to learn more about working with her as you walk your healing journey. Facebook: Robin Stegall - Master Grief Coach Email: robinstegall.mgc@gmail.com Riding 4 Ryan Motorcycle Organization ...
What DO I Do Now?
Guest post by Jan McDaniel This article first appeared April 2019: mindfulnessandgrief.com/what-do-i-do-now/. After my husband died, I was not even sure I existed anymore. We had been married for thirty-three years, and my identity was tied closely to his. After some...
Grieving We Ask Why? What if We Never Answer that Question?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Was it their Time to Die?
Grief prompts many questions. Among them for me is this, was it his time to die? Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
Grief Feelings and Emotions, Who is in Charge Here?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Interview with Rev. Debbie Malison, Certified Medium
Today we are discussing working with a Medium and answering more of your questions. At the end of the day, this is all about healing. The deepest healing comes from connection and understanding that our connection shifts, changes, evolves,...