What a Great Blue Heron, Three Eagles, and One Grieving Mother Taught Me About Continuing Bonds
There are days when nature has a way of slowing us down enough to hear what our hearts already know. This week, I found myself floating quietly down a river in my kayak. No agenda. No destination. Just the gentle rhythm of the current carrying me downstream. Earlier, a magnificent great blue heron stood motionless […]
From the Margins to a Movement: The Evolution of Grief Coaching Over the Last Decade
By Patricia Sheveland, Founder of The Confident Grief Coach School When I first began working with grieving clients over a decade ago, I didn’t call it grief coaching. I was simply a coach sitting across from people whose lives had been forever changed by loss. They were grieving the death of a child, a spouse, […]
Opening My Heart to Love Means Opening My Heart to Grief
By: Cami Thelander, Certified Grief Coach, Community Engagement Leader, Confident Grief Coach School Father’s Day has always been a time when I feel especially connected to my dad. He died when I was 11 years old, yet I still carry a deep belief that he continues to “parent” me. His death has shaped the way […]
When the Coach Becomes the Student: Why Professional Coaching Requires Continuous Learning
Five years ago, I founded The Confident Grief Coach School with a vision of creating a compassionate, evidence-informed, heart-centered approach to grief coaching. Like any meaningful body of work, our program has evolved over time — not because the foundation was flawed, but because growth requires humility, listening, and the willingness to keep learning. One […]
Mother’s Day: A National Holiday or a Daily Reminder?
Do you know the history of Mother’s Day? I love to research the history of holidays and wondered how Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and all those “… Days” came into existence. Apparently in the United States, Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration in 1908 to honor her late mother, Ann Reeves […]