Testimonials For One-on-One Online Support
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
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 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
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
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
The Program provided insight and guidance with my grieving process
One-on-One Online Support03/23/2022
One-on-One Online Support03/22/2022
The program was so helpful. Kari was so kind and open in sharing her journey and being a safe space for me to scream and cry and grieve. I feel so much better equipped to deal with the loss of my husband and the hard times I know I have ahead.
One-on-One Online Support03/21/2022
One-on-One Online Support03/11/2022
Tools to help with grief and loss
One-on-One Online Support03/09/2022
It has helped me understand more about greif and how to move forward. The relief of feeling a relationship is complete is uplifting. Life changing. I feel that I have learned skills that will help me move forward I life in life without the burdens of re past.
One-on-One Online Support03/09/2022
The program gave me words to describe my feelings and activities to help me process and complete my pain. It also showed me how I have coped with grief over the years and equipped me with the strength to recognize and reject those habits to walk in healthy ways of dealing with my emotions.
One-on-One Online Support03/07/2022
It gave me new tools to work with as well as a new way of thinking about my own personal experience
One-on-One Online Support03/04/2022
Program has been very beneficial in that I got to close and complete the pain I had been bearing for more than a decade. I am now free and lightweighted.
One-on-One Online Support03/03/2022
The program helped me learn about grief and the way it has manifested in my life. I came to the program due to the grief around the death of my husband. I was able to address the loss associated with an emotionally absent mother since childhood which clearly needed to be completed before i addressed the loss of my husband. I look forward to completing other relationships in my life.
One-on-One Online Support02/25/2022
I was stuck 2.5 years after my brothers unexpected death. I realized I didn't want to think about him because of the pain and guilt and suffering I felt. Robin turned that around and helped me to see how I was blaming myself for his death. "Even if" I say to myself 10 times a day now, and going down every day
One-on-One Online Support02/24/2022