Testimonials For Support Groups
Though this program was hard because it made me dig into and face the loss I had been emotionally hiding from, it was a great step in my discovery and recovery
Support Groups05/12/2022
The program helped me to work through the negative emotions I was holding onto and didn’t even realize it. I was able to move past those and for that I am grateful!
Support Groups05/11/2022
I’ve been grieving the loss of a loved one for over a decade . I felt as I did when they loss initially happened. This program helped me see and understand some of the things I had done and why I did them. I am now able to recognize when I am doing it. One of the biggest things I learned was to not leave any relationship incomplete, say what you want or need to say when you want or need to say it. This has helped me in all of my relationships.
Support Groups05/11/2022
We love our instructor
Support Groups05/11/2022
The Grief graph was an incredible eye opener to the depth of grief I have survived. The grief I experienced was years ago and it brought back to the surface many feelings I had buried. It is always comforting for someone to listen to my stories or history with my child and this was strongly encouraged.
Support Groups05/10/2022
Been feeling better and better. The grief is still there of course, but the program 100 percent helped me come to terms with it.
Support Groups05/09/2022
Outstanding. I feel like I have the tools to heal more parts of my life that need healing, and I’m not alone in learning the methods, and I can move forward in life now.
Support Groups05/06/2022
I found the program for many losses, and an overwhelming grief. I left in peace. I left with a new outlook of choosing to be HAPPY. It may have saved my 20-year marriage and saved hours and hours of couch therapy!!
Support Groups05/05/2022
Support Groups05/05/2022
Support Groups05/05/2022
Grief recovery program helped me to look at the death of my spouse from an entirely new angle. A review of our life together helped me to “complete the pain”. I feel more complete, whole and healthy. I’m deeply grateful to have taken this method.
Support Groups05/05/2022
Facing it and feeling it was helpful. It motivated me to feel better and assured me I was on the right track. I wish there was more time for group discussion and feedback from the facilitator as opposed to so much one on one time.
Support Groups05/05/2022
The program not only helped me work through a childhood loss, it provided closure for this loss in a way that I hadn't been able to achieve before. It also taught me how to help others suffering a loss, it opened my eyes to how listening is invaluable. I was surprised at how much trust I felt to share in front of my group, and that in itself was also very therapeutic.
Support Groups05/04/2022
This program has taught me some tools to use when overwhelmed with grief/loss. It gave my helpful communication tips and ways be authentic in how I talk to people to share my truth, my story.I found this program at the right time in my grieving process and o am thankful for the message and encouragement of hope that it brings to others.
Support Groups05/03/2022
This program has been positively life-changing!!! I began in the program relatively hopeful. As I began the book, I became excited!! Dispelling the myths gave me hope that I just hadn't yet hit the truth I needed to be able to move forward. I personally copied quotes from throughout the book into a notebook and responded to them. That was a benefit due to my ADHD. It helped me connect with the text in a way that I was able to take the truths of it with me. I was overwhelmed to prepare and share my Grief History Graph, but Louanne listened attentively without comment or judgment. My first Relationship Graph was EXHAUSTING to prepare. I couldn't wait to get to group to share it and have that behind me! What a relief it was!! Then I had to categorize. Hmmm. That was somewhat tedious, but DEFINITELY HELPFUL!!! Then came the first letter. I was thorough, because that is what I needed. It was a marriage of 22 years that included increasing abuse. The 10 years since have continued the abuse, to the point that I have a Protective Order in place, which is violated more than once daily, because my now ex-husband lives in a different state than I and has been able to get away with it for over a year. The hurts that I experienced were individually experienced and for the most part my letter individually forgave and set in the past the abuses I had experienced one-by-one. When the letter was completed, I felt exhilarated while driving to class!! Sharing the letter was emotional, but FREEING!!! Being PAST all of that and having it completed has been INCREDIBLE!! When I noticed that thoughts about another relationship were clouding my mind, that relationship graph came next, with categorizing and a completion letter. Shortly thereafter, another relationship that NEEDED to be completed for the good of my daughter and grandchildren, because it was connected to her now ex-family, came to the forefront. In one day, I completed that relationship graph and was able to jump straight to the letter, including the appropriate categories as I wrote. The increased energy and lack of those hurtful, distracting thoughts spurs me on, looking forward to completing all that is ahead. I am grateful for TOOLS that are ACCESSIBLE!!! These tools are guiding me in how to "take every thought captive" and to not carry my anger into tomorrow. I bought another copy of the book for my grown daughter, and I bought a copy of When Children Grieve in order to have additional support as I work to organically share these tools with my children and grands as we walk through life together. I already hear myself responding to their hurts with a different perspective. Additionally, I have supported my 21yo son with special needs to transition out of school and onto what comes next. He had begun to have meltdowns, almost like a 2yo. We created the Relationship Graph for the exceptional school he has attended for the last years, where he will graduate on Friday with an academic diploma!! He made his notes above and below the line along the graph. Then he added smiley faces or frowns... We did it his way for him, and it has helped him. :) THANK YOU!!! May you be blessed for all that you have given to so many of us!
Support Groups05/03/2022
Support Groups05/02/2022
It was really good to learn about how to look back on things that happened in the past and deal with them. I liked that now that I know some of the steps I can possibly re-do some things and work on others.
Support Groups05/02/2022
Helped me deal with loss
Support Groups05/01/2022
It was ok
Support Groups05/01/2022
Support Groups04/29/2022
I took this course first online in 2020 and in a small group in 2022, processing different losses. Both methods helped me to heal from multiple losses and Louanne was an incredible source of information and comfort. My broken heart can smile again! I’ve already recommended this to so many people. We don’t have to live with our hurting hearts, we can process our feelings in this magical way… and put the pain in the past. A loss of love, death or job… all can be managed much better after GRIEF RECOVERY!
Support Groups04/28/2022
Support Groups04/28/2022
I don’t have words for the sense of relief that I feel after completing this process. Bringing the relationship to completion has released me from something that would have gnawed away at me over time. I feel I’ve moved from grief to mourning and I now understand the difference. It’s too soon to really tell, but I feel that this experience has profoundly changed me. It has been an amazing healing experience. Thank you.
Support Groups04/28/2022
Support Groups04/28/2022