Grief & Spiritual Care
Some weddings celebrated over recent years. Call me to discusss yours!
Some weddings celebrated over recent years. Call me to discusss yours!
G R I E F care
GRIEF GROUPS.
8 two hour sessions (in person or sometimes online).
GRIEF COUNSELLING.
One to one:
Zoom / Telephone / Agreed upon safe place.
Contact me with your questions:
705 493 9784 with text
(Or use CONTACT button near top of page ---- right of "HOME" button).
Visit: griefrecoverymethod.com
M A R R I A G E celebrant
WEDDINGS 2022.
As covid restrictions reduce,
options are opening up again.
Let's talk.
Contact me with your questions:
705 493 9784 with text
(Or use CONTACT button near top of page ---- right of "HOME" button).
Visit: griefrecoverymethod.com
M E M O R I A L care services
CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE / FUNERALS
Graveside, Memorials, Online Services, wherever and whenever it suits you:
funeral home or personal home, cottage or lakeside, in a field, on the water, or wherever makes sense to gather and honour the one you care about.
Contact me with your questions:
705 493 9784 with text
(Or use CONTACT button near top of page ---- right of "HOME" button).
Visit: griefrecoverymethod.com
Drop In
WEDNESDAYs
through first week June
12:30 to 3:30
to consult with
Anne,
Jeff,
Esther
Drop In
WEDNESDAYs
through first week June
12:30 to 3:30
to consult with
Anne,
Jeff,
Esther
New GRIEF RECOVERY
Support Groups for Fall 2022
Will be formed
once we have a sufficient core number interested and ready.
Currently: Enjoying our newest venue Wednesdays
at Canadore College’s Flex Room in THE VILLAGE.
(up right to end from Great Things Happen banner....
with its own FREE identified parking spots.
These sessions require openness and commitment for
Eight 2 hour sessions.
It is our first time at this awesome venue within The Village’s exciting evolution of programme.
Contact"
Esther 249 991 0035
Anne 705 840 6300 (bilingual)
Jeff 705 493 9784
A $75 non refundable Registration Fee is requested
once you are ready to secure your space.
We have 8 session groups in near north venues since 2015
with various Certified Grief Recovery Specialist Team Member combinations.
There are awesome "alumni" of its process out there
and you can read some
Testimonials.
Frankly, I cannot be sure how many more I can offer here. this one. But my current awesome teammates Esther Pennell and Anne Hampel are ready to commit completely to every participant start to finish (in between sessions, and even beyond them sometimes!).
It is a profound process which produces growth and healing. Don’t wait. We may run another for West Nipissing, Huntsville, and possibly New Liskeard areas towards late Summer early Fall.
Again, this is an EIGHT SESSION 2 HOURS PER WEEK journey into grief, what it is, and discover from your own and history of losses how to move forward into a recovery action. I results in a tool to complete pieces of your grief NOW, and, for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Its evidence-based method coordinated worldwide from The Grief Recovery Institute for over 40 years, around the world now.
Don’t wait to attend to your broken heart pieces.
Visit
www.griefrecoverymethod.com (HQ Institute)
www.griefandspiritualcare.ca (Jeff)
Grieve Out Loud (Facebook) by Esther Pennell
What Makes Us Different?
Our team of Grief Recovery Experts are dedicated to helping the world recover from tragic loss and overcome grief. We specialize in non-traditional groups, we speak straight from the heart, and the heartache resulting from loss is our only topic.
Non-Traditional Groups
Traditional support groups encourage grievers to talk about their pain but don’t always offer a path to recovery. You will use the official Grief Recovery format to guide your participants to take clear actions that will lead them to a happier life.
Straight From the Heart
Grief is a normal and natural emotional reaction to loss, but most of the solutions people are taught are intellectual. You’ll guide people from their heads to their hearts, which will improve the quality of their lives. Although the training is partially educational, the solution is emotional.
Loss is our Only Topic
If you’re like most people you relate grief to death, but here are over 40 types of loss people can experience in their lifetime! Since grief is normal and natural we don’t want to confuse it with personality disorders.
Who are we anyway?
40 Years and Counting
We have been refining our method for over 40 years. At last count, we have helped over 1 million grieving people between our books, phone support and all of the lives that our Grief Recovery Specialists have touched.
Grief + Recovery
No one used the words grief and recovery together until we did. The only people authorized to use the phrase are Grief Recovery Specialists who attended Grief Recovery Certification Training.
GRIEF RECOVERY® SUPPORT GROUPS
Anne, Esther, & Jeff currently co-facilitate groups as a
Team of Certified Grief-Recovery® Specialists Team
Jan.2022: Current 8 session set in North Bay (CLOSED)
Mar. 2022: New group at The Villlage at CANADORE College
Mar. 2022: Find us also helping weekly Nipissing Serenity HOSPICE
- Seasoned by Personal Losses
- Educated in the School of Life
- And Professional Credentials to guide you through
8 Two-hour Sessions
Questions & To Register: Call /Text
Jeff 705 493 9784 Facebook: Grief and Spiritual Care
Esther 249 991 0035 + Facebook: Grieve Out Loud
Anne [email protected] (Bi-lingual)
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I collapsed at 42, not knowing my own grief from incompletely recognized and un-communicated feelings. At that time I was what I'd now call (with humour) "male challenged". I was a human DO-ing, not a human BEing. Give. Give. Give.
Recent losses includ a Life role, employment, my Mom, a buddy of 25 years, and --- my Best Friend / Wife / Life Partner Joan ---followed immediately by my Dad, my home, and much much more.... We each have a story. Yet, I am still standing and learning to live with loss, change, and grief.
Phrases I coined to guide myself evolved and included:
- "I am Ok, except when I am not";
- "I don't know if I am coming or going: so I just do both";
- "I am strong enough to be weak" ( = vulnerable).
- "I hurry if I have to, but cannot rush"
- "Anybody can learn from easy"
- "It's okay to feel sorrow-y for your SELF"
What I want to convey is this: today, I am remarkably recovered and feel alive, despite, through, and because of it all. I was able to be open to my grieving.
And, I continue in my passion to accompany others through all of theirs.
I am a Chaplain at North Bay Regional Health Centre again, as well as in the Community. I have professionally assisted others in psychiatric & general hospitals, correctional settings, previously in University and Churches.
My life prepared me for grief care having always noticed it and named it for others, and then for myself!
Society often rushes us or wants us to skip the process. It may not know how to deal with it . Resources may be limited.
My Life Learnings:
- Kindergarten (how to share)
- Sociology ( People & Culture)
- Master of Divinity (God talk)
- Institute for Black Catholic Studies (Sing & Move Spirituality)
- Clinical Pastoral Education ( Professional spiritual healthcare)
Post Kindergarten and the School of Life:
Grief Recovery Method deepened my ability to BE OPEN and SHARE & TALK about feelings, and accompany people to the DEPTHS of their pain.... and onward from sheer survival to feeling alive again through both the pain-tears and a joy-laughter. Don't do it all alone. I tried that. Check it out. www.griefrecoverymethod.com
One tool I use is Grief Recovery Method: structured, clear, methodical, evidence-based, and most importantly, available! It helped me through mind bending losses, and became an effective primary tool to help others through their waves of crazy-making, soul wrenching, spirit crushing life changing losses and events.
GRIEF GROUPS.
8 two hour sessions (in person or sometimes online).
GRIEF COUNSELLING.
One to one: Zoom / Telephone / Meet in agreed upon safe place.
WEDDINGS 2022.
As covid restrictions reduce, options are opening up again. Let's talk.
MEMORIALS & CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE.
Graveside, Memorials, Online Services, wherever and whenever it suits you:
funeral home or personal home, cottage or lakeside, in a field, on the water, or wherever makes sense to gather and honour the one you care about.
Contact me with your questions:
705 493 9784 with text
(Or use CONTACT button near top of page ---- right of "HOME" button).
Visit: griefrecoverymethod.com
* * Covid Protocols when required during in-person sessions
- Come with no symptoms
- Certificates of vaccination when required OR rapid testing at some venues)
- Your own mask to wear throughout
- Bring your own beverage container
- Follow sanitizing routines
- Keep 6 foot distancing,
- Initial Covid Sign in Register * * (March 1, updated guidelines expected)