Today's guest is Dee Bird, a Grief and Life Coach who helps people find comfort in their grief when so many others turn away from the pain. Dee's Journey in Grief began when her son died from Muscular Dystrophy and she was left comfortless in a time when she needed it the most. Now she teaches people how to provide that emotional support to the bereaved. Dee is also host of the Unplug Grief Ministries Podcasts. In our time together we discuss what it means to be an effective comforter even when we're experiencing our own grief. 

Dee is originally from the concrete jungle of NY, but has lived in the south for most of her life. She is currently completing her certification as a Mental Health Coach as well.

Dee can be found at:

Website:www.UnplugGrief.org

Podcasts: Anchor.fm/unplug-grief

FB page: Unplug Grief Ministries- Grief & Life Coaching & Consultants

Jenny Dilts is a certified Grief Coach who specializes in helping people transform grief into growth. She does this one conversation, one heart, one experience at a time. From her personal experiences with grief, she has learned to lean in, ask questions, and reflect with gratitude on the lessons she's received from Grief. She now uses this pattern to help her clients transform their grief from foe to friend.

If you'd like to learn more about Jenny's work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com. She's also on Facebook, @jenny.rencherdilts and LinkedIn, @jennydilts-grievingcoach.

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This is an easy-going  interview with Claire M. Schwartz. We talk about grief and the trauma journey and how we can find healing and a better version of ourselves from our experiences. One of my biggest takeaways was the simple step by step process Claire shared of healing from trauma.

1) Recognize you're stuck

2) Want to get help

3) Untangle the mysteries and stigmas attached to grief and trauma

4) Find resources to help.

The process is individual and can be very organic. It can start with an aha moment or a gradual realization, or combination. And the change doesn't come over night. It's a process. So be gentle with yourself along the way. As Claire says, "Be as gentle with yourself as you wish others would be to you."

Claire M. Schwartz has survived traumas including shame, violence, fear and pain, rape, and cancer. Not only did she survive, she has thrived and today she uses what she learned from her personal experiences to help others do the same.

At age 25, the loss of her mother was the jolt that started Claire's journey of change and healing. She had a nervous breakdown and then began the painstaking realization that she had no idea who she was or how to manage in Life. And she has spent decades learning to grow into a stronger, wiser, more grounded woman.

In our time together Claire shares her story and what she's learned in her 15 years of working as a Grief Relief Expert, using her unique combo of compassion, perspective & humor. Claire has a BA in Psychology and is also a Reiki Master Teacher, Spiritual Counselor and Interfaith Minister, and Certified Professional Coach. 

Claire can be found at: 

https://www.youcanhealyourgrief.com/.

FB: @Claire M. Schwartz

Instagram @fearlessgrieving

Jenny Dilts is a certified Grief Coach who specializes in helping people transform grief into growth. She does this one conversation, one heart, one experience at a time. From her personal experiences with grief, she has learned to lean in, ask questions, and reflect with gratitude on the lessons she's received from Grief. She now uses this pattern to help her clients transform their grief from foe to friend.

If you'd like to learn more about Jenny's work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com. She's also on Facebook, @jenny.rencherdilts and LinkedIn, @jennydilts-grievingcoach.

Share your thoughts about the show by leaving a message with some of your takeaways.

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For a free introductory coaching session with Jenny, schedule a time in her online calendar at https://GrievingCoachScheduler.as.me/?appointmentType=16815876.

This week’s guest is Allison Pilling, an advocate for empowering lives! She is a mom, widow, Mindset Coach and doTERRA Wellness Advocate. She works with people who are ready to start Restoring Inner Peace (R.I.P.). She helps them to release fears and build confidence as they embrace their empowered life.

She is also the author of the upcoming book, R.I.P.- Restoring Inner Peace: A Young Widow’s Story of Being Transformed by Love.  This book contains Allison’s personal story of Restoring Inner Peace (R.I.P.) as part of her grief journey after the death of her husband in February 2016. When a loved one dies we wish for them to Rest In Peace (R.I.P.), but as survivors we rarely allow ourselves to do the same. She believes that love connections imprint our souls forever and she moves forward with acceptance of what is. Allison made the choice to grant herself permission to choose love over fear allowing herself to be Transformed by Love. This decision has created a life she would have never dreamed of after the death of her husband. To honour his legacy she practices releasing fears and embracing empowered action knowing that her husband's wish for her would be the same as hers for him...R.I.P.

Allison's vision is to create an Empowerment Ripple Effect - One Person, One Family, One Community at a time. And this journey starts with you...Your Life Matters!

Throughout our conversation we talk about how to recognize and stay true to our inner messages, what we can learn from them, and how we can take a logical approach to being Transformed by L.O.V.E.

Allison can be found on her website, www.allisoncoaches.com

https://www.allisoncoaches.com/love - To Get Transformed by L.O.V.E. 4 Step Action Plan

https://www.allisoncoaches.com/call - To Book an Empowered Life Discovery Session

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If you'd like to learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com. I'm also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/jenny.rencherdilts/ and LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydilts-grievingcoach/.

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In this episode we meet Michiel Van Dorp, a Life Perspective Coach who helps people affected by childhood traumatic events and suicide. His desire to help people in these areas stems from his own experiences with complex childhood trauma and two suicide attempts. Michiel also leads groups in Positive Intelligence. Michiel currently resides in the Netherlands.

Through our conversation, we learn the difference between a catastrophic traumatic experience versus complex childhood trauma. Michiel shares how his life has been impacted by childhood trauma and a wobbly foundation of insecure attachment growing up. In his journey to find healing, he has learned much from Gabor Mate, who explains that trauma is having lost contact with your essence, with your sense of self. Michiel openly talks about his two suicide attempts and what he learned about himself and his situation from those experiences. 

After his second attempt, a friend and coach asked two powerful question that changed his life. 1) How do you remember yourself, at your earliest memory? and 2) What would be the legacy you left behind if you succeeded with this attempt? The first helped him get in touch with his essence, who he really is; and the second gave him a goal in life, something to live for.

"Whatever circumstances you get in, if you really put your mind to it, you can overcome everything."  Looking into the future, Michiel sees a wealth of experience leading to multiple gifts-- gifts to himself and others. He is committed to help other people to not only survive, but to thrive in life.

Michiel can be found on LinkedIn and Facebook at Michiel van Dorp

I'd love to know your thoughts about the show. Leave a message sharing your takeaways from it.

If you'd like to learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com. I'm also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/jenny.rencherdilts/ and LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydilts-grievingcoach/.

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In this episode I talk with my High School Principal, John Aune, about his experiences with Loss and what he's learned from them. Mr. Aune is an amazing example of the strength of faith and relying on God in the tough times and in the easier ones. Throughout his life he has experienced numerous losses including his baby brother, both parents, and his 2 month old daughter. During our time together we talk about how his relationship with Jesus has helped him through challenging times and how his faith has grown because of his journey. Some of the lessons he's learned are to let the bitterness and the anger go, focus on the good memories and blessings, and share your gifts with others. To sum up our conversation I'll use something that Mr. Aune said in our time together, "Grief is real. But so are the blessings." 

You can reach out to Mr. Aune on Facebook @John Aune, or https://www.facebook.com/jaune49. 

I'd love to know your thoughts about the show. Leave a message sharing your takeaways from it. 

If you'd like to learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com. I'm also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/jenny.rencherdilts/ and LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydilts-grievingcoach/. 

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Dedicated to and in honor of Bady, an incredible dog with incredible power.

Kristabeth Atwood is the founder of Rites of Passage, LLC. She was a local church pastor for 18 years and today she brings her pastor's heart to people of all spiritual and secular worldviews as they move through life's transitions.

Kristabeth can be found at https://ritesofpassagevt.com/ and on social media @ritesofpassagevt on Facebook and Instagram and on LinkedIn @Kristabeth Atwood.

In 2001, Kristabeth survived a life-threatening assault. She lived with undiagnosed debilitating PTSD for seven years before finding help and reclaiming her life. Her dog Bady has had a central role in this journey. Today Kristabeth feels called to share her story to help people (survivors and allies) understand the long term effects of trauma and know they are not alone.

During our conversation Kristabeth openly shares her journey with us and how Bady helped her move from living in a false sense of security to living and functioning in a normal life again. Other tools that helped he along the way are counselling and talking about her experiences. She says that sharing her story has helped her become more confident and heal from the trauma. Her biggest piece of advice to others who are struggling to share their story is "Be gentle with yourself. You don't have to climb Mt. Everest on the first try. Try some of the shorter hikes first and surround yourself with friends and loved ones."

To learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com.

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What is Grief and what do we do with it? Find out what happens when two Grief Coaches get together to talk about their passion for Grief in this fun and enlightening conversation. Today I am joined by my friend and fellow Coaching at End of Life alumni, Jenna Bonner. 

Jenna is the founder of Grief Forward. She is a listening ear to anyone feeling stuck in their grief and needing to move forward. She helps people discover their new normal after loss and live the life they were meant to. She has experienced a lot of loss and grief in her own life and she has developed compassion and empathy to hear people out and bring some normalcy to opening up about their grief, loss and pain. 

We talk about how we met, how she got into this field, and how she's dealt with the grief from her own personal losses. She also shares her secrets for getting through the heavy times of being a Grief Worker. We end our time together with Jenna's advice for anyone who is currently going through grief.    

I met Jenna in a coaching support group where I introduced myself saying, “I love Grief!”. I knew we’d be friends when Jenna’s face lit up at my introduction. Then I knew I wanted to collaborate with her when she later commented on it and said that she feels that same passion. Now we co-facilitate a workshop called What to Do When you Don't do Grief to help people understand Grief better and learn that their processing style is healthy, even and especially when it's not "normal".

Jenna can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/griefforwardinspirations and via email at [email protected].

To learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com.

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With a degree in Communication Studies and Certified Professional Coach credential from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), Raina Sweeney is poised to take your life to the next level. Not only has she studied what makes people go from status quo to thriving in all aspects of life, she has lived it herself. For the majority of her teen years and all the way through her 20's Raina struggled with self-acceptance, self-love, and compassion which showed up as mental health issues, self-sabotage, and never thinking she was worthy of her many accomplishments. She felt she was living someone else's life. Happiness was fleeting and joy was nowhere to be found. She searched everywhere for answers and slowly began to uncover what true joy was all about. Now, after homing in on this practice, she has made it her life's journey to share what she has learned first hand with the world.

In this episode we talk about how Raina overcame mental health challenges, two suicide attempts, and years of negative self-talk. She shares from her personal experience what she's learned from these painful experiences and her gratitude for them. Other topics that we discuss are depression, anxiety, suicide, and how to have those deep and necessary conversations. These conversations can decrease the stigma of mental health struggles and increase connection with ourselves and others. We also explore self-care and how it relates to mental health.  Throughout our time together Raina encourages us to dig deeply, honestly, and objectively in order to forgive ourselves, accept who we are, and transform our pain into joy.

Raina can be found at:

website: www.rainasweeney.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnout_coach_raina

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rainasweeney/

email: [email protected]

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Mention this Podcast and receive 15% off your program package!

If you'd like to learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit www.grievingcoach.com.

Today, we are joined by Bobby Clark, a financial coach who has a mission to promote financial literacy throughout the world. He does this one individual at a time, helping them find and create their own path to where they want to be. Bobby shares of his rich cultural heritage as an African American and the legacy his people have given him. Bobby is passionate about connecting with others and serving those in marginalized communities.

In this episode Bobby likens his journey, the journey of the African American people, and the journey of all of us, to a relay race where we receive the baton from our ancestors, run as long as we can, then pass the baton on to the next generation. Through our conversation we explore topics including:

"Hope is where the love is and that drives out the hate. And that's forgiveness. That's why it's so powerful."

You can find Bobby on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyclarkfinancialcoach/, his website clarkonmoney.com, and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/clarkonmoney/.

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To learn more about my work and the Share Your Story podcast visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydilts-grievingcoach/and www.grievingcoach.com. I'm also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/jenny.rencherdilts/

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