Starting January  2025

Life does not always give us what we expect. Through my journey of the love and loss of my oldest son through his mental illness, addiction, and losing him when he was 26 years old, I learned how to be present, cherish each opportunity I was given, spend time on what is truly important. 

I want to help you do the same.

That is why I created Grieve Fully, Live Fully, a group grief coaching program, to help you whether you are grieving the death of a loved one or grieving the loss of your life prior to your child's mental illness or addiction.  

Included in the program:

• Five sessions - each session will be live over Zoom and include education on the weekly topic, coaching related to the weekly topic, and homework on the weekly topic

• Facebook group – in between sessions, I will answer your questions related to the weekly topic and assist you with your questions that come up when doing your homework

Topics:

• Week 1 - Feelings

  • When you don’t feel fully, you can’t live fully. We will explore getting to your true feelings.  It may feel easier to do everything you can to avoid your difficult feelings.  Unfelt feelings may come up again in other ways you may not realize.  We will also cover dealing with unexpected feelings.  Expressing your pain and discomfort may not be easy.  We will explore finding the language and your voice to express your feelings.

• Week 2 - Releasing the burden of guilt

  • Some people feel guilt around their actions, inactions, things they wish they could change, interactions, or even the way they are living their lives now. We will explore the role of guilt in your grief and how it can be released.

• Week 3 - Old wounds

  • Old wounds tend to come up when you’re in grief, creating additional pain in the present. We will explore how to identify the old wounds in order to get to the pure grief to be able to start to address it.

• Week 4 - Integration of the pain and love

  • There is no going back to before the loss. You have changed after experiencing grief and loss, yet you are still whole.  We will explore how to integrate the loss into your lives – a whole life includes pain and sorrow as well as joy.

• Week 5 - Find meaning in life after loss

  • We will explore creating and finding meaning. This is an important step in the healing process. While it doesn’t take the pain away, it gives it a cushion.  The meaning is not in the loss, it is in you and the way you live life now.    Finding meaning will help in focusing on the love and not just staying with the pain.