Testimonials For One-on-One Online Support
I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in the GRM. The program is effective in walking a person through each step of recovery with care and understanding. The book and the facilitator worked together to help me complete each step but the burden of the emotional work was 100% on me. This provided the structure I needed to keep moving forward in the process and at the same time kept me accountable to do the work to complete my own pain. This gives me a sense of control over my own emotional life. I did the work so I know that the process is complete. I am hopeful in applying the new things I've learned to other relationships and also to come back to the GRM for other losses. I love you. I miss you. Goodbye :)
One-on-One Online Support05/17/2022
I have finally have rid of my anger with the terrible relationship I had throughout my life with my mother! She is no longer alive, but I had so much resentment towards her, and the Grief Councilling help me get it off my shoulders as I have never told anyone how I felt. I will be taking more with the recent death of my oldest son, but I cannot deal with his death yet, as it has been most recently. When I am ready I will attend the course again and go through our relationship we had with each other before he passed away. The course I have taken has given me confidence to deal with other relationships in my life! I truly appreciated the help from the course and the Coordinator’s, would take it again anytime!
One-on-One Online Support05/15/2022
The program was very good in getting me out of a dark place. Getting it out and having someone listen meant a lot.
One-on-One Online Support05/12/2022
The Grief Recovery Method provided direct support and a safe space to begin the process of healing. This practical approach kept me engaged and grounded while the one on one heart centered support Kristy provided kept me motivated to complete each exercise. The GRM and Kristy are a blessing I will be forever grateful for.
One-on-One Online Support05/12/2022
One-on-One Online Support05/11/2022Participant in Chicago, IL
What should have been my husband's 32nd birthday came and went recently. Then my first Mother’s Day without him here to help the kids recognize that and my first birthday without him chasing me around the kitchen trying to spank me and making fun of my age. Soon, I will experience our first wedding anniversary without him, and more firsts are to come… I continue to miss seeing his beautiful face when I get home from work, holding his hand as we watch TV together, hearing him laugh with the children, getting the most random texts from him, and so much more. While it all hurts and a sadness still lies deep in my heart, I am feeling the burden lighten, even if just a bit. I will ALWAYS miss and love Eric. I can also move forward and live my best life for our children and myself, which is exactly what he would expect and want. Never did I imagine that I’d say that only 6 months into this journey. I have to give a huge shout out and thanks to Kari Driskell :: Grief & Widow Coach. The tools I learned and the openness and understanding that I received through our sessions were invaluable. Thank you, Kari!
One-on-One Online Support05/10/2022
One-on-One Online Support05/10/2022
It helped me realize that I was grieving and how to overcome this terrible issue in my life. I now know how handle grief and the emotions, feelings and sadness that accompany it.
One-on-One Online Support05/06/2022
The Grief Recovery Method helped me process a complicated loss of a relationship with a living person and helped bring me feelings of freedom, lightness, and empowerment after completing the loss.
One-on-One Online Support05/04/2022
It has brought an awareness of what Grief really is...not just about physical death. I am able to use the Grief Recovery Method in other areas of my life now... which means healing is always present.
One-on-One Online Support05/02/2022
The program has allowed me to process resentments and losses that I have been holding onto for years. I am especially thankful that I was able to go through it with my facilitator, she truly created a safe environment for me to process everything. This program exceeded my expectations. I plan to continue applying the process to other relationships.
One-on-One Online Support05/02/2022
I've never known how to process grief before. I wasn't sure this was really going to work or not but I did what the book and my facilitator asked of me, and now finished, I feel such a peace. A weight has been lifted and I have hope for the other relationships that are incomplete.
One-on-One Online Support05/02/2022
I lost my father this January to COVID. The amount of pain I experience is without description and I was able to speak to Sarah in the time in which I needed to talk about loss with someone who wasn't going to be overwhelmed. I felt isolated and most of my friends or support would offer words that would only make me feel worse. Sarah was the ears and the heart that was able to hear me and give me the feedback that I needed. After the first time I talked to her, I felt a connection and something that felt like the friend that I needed. She then took me through the journey. I'm an avid reader and I can't say the style in which it was written would have hit home if Sarah did not share her personal examples and connected the book to the losses I described to her. The chart was very beneficial and I don't think I would have taken the time to truly reflect on my life and discover the importance of forgiving, apologizing and expressing emotional truths toward my other parent. I have found a new flow and a focus for my life, and a change of perspective I needed. I will forever be grateful toward Sarah for accompanying me through this and mentoring me.
One-on-One Online Support05/01/2022
I have learned that there are many types of losses, and the assignments that were given really helped me “dig deep” into my relationships and the feelings I didn’t want to feel. I loved using the Timelines, and the stories in the book were so helpful. I learned to be gentle with myself. As a professional in the healthcare field, I work with individuals who suffer from trauma. This program has given me tools to implement in the care of those I help. I think this program would be a wonderful certification to add to my skill set. Thank you so very much!
One-on-One Online Support04/25/2022
Sandy Engbretson is extremely knowledgeable and an AMAZING faciilitator!
One-on-One Online Support04/24/2022
I worked on the relationship with my Dad, who is still living. It has helped my relationship with him so very much. I understand so many things about our relationship that I didn't understand before the class. I saw some patterns that happened several times that I didn't recognize before this class. It has helped me realize my part and how I can move forward with a much better relationship with him.
One-on-One Online Support04/14/2022
I learned a lot about myself. One of the most impactful experiences was coming to understand my myths. That experience provided me with insight into how deeply closed off from my own emotions I have been. I found the grief and relationship timelines also very impactful. They showed me how much loss and grief I have carried with me and helped me notice that the issue that brought me to the GRM program was more nuanced than I realized. That loss included many positive moments, not just negative ones, and choices I needed to take responsibility for, and that I could not place the blame for my situation entirely on others. I found the recovery steps also impactful. I saw fully what I had been holding on to that had prevented me from moving through that grief, and I was grateful to be able to express it all via the completion letter.
One-on-One Online Support04/14/2022
The GRM worked extremely well. I finally feel the grief I felt over my mother's death and our relationship during her life is now complete. I feel complete peace for the first time since her death in 2009.
One-on-One Online Support04/12/2022Participant in Richmond, British Colombia
One-on-One Online Support04/12/2022
Outstanding! This program gave me a new perspective on my losses and how, unintentionally, I can be able to judge myself hard through them. Now, there is more acceptance and reconciliation in my life.
One-on-One Online Support04/11/2022
One-on-One Online Support04/03/2022
Detola helped bring me out of a haze. As someone who likes to move on from things very quickly, I had not been able to deal with all the pain from the loss of my daughter. I was surviving each day but not really 'living' or thriving. Detola listened, and I felt she truly heard me. Helping me identify my STERBs, my specific patterns when dealing with loss, and face the emotions surrounding the brief but intense relationship with my daughter has been a freeing experience. I feel better equipped to face my new normal. I feel complete.
One-on-One Online Support03/30/2022
The Grief Recovery program finally gave me a way to complete the experience of grief, instead of having it lingering over me for the rest of my life. This program gave me concrete actionable steps to follow and gave me tools to use in the future.
One-on-One Online Support03/29/2022
Thank you for offering this grief work. It really works!
One-on-One Online Support03/24/2022