Services
Where Barb walks beside you
Think of these as rooms rather than a menu. Each one holds a different kind of company for a different kind of moment. Most people come in through the first, because something is unfinished. The others are there when what you need is a coach, a mentor, a voice at a service, or a patient hand with a computer.
The first room
Grief Recovery classes
Grief is love unfinished: the things we wish had been better, different or more in a relationship that may have been great or awful.
In 1-on-1 Online, Weekly Grief Recovery Classes, Barb teaches specific tools for finding completion in those unfinished relationships. You meet on Zoom every week for 7 to 10 weeks, adjusted to what you need, using The Grief Recovery Handbook©. The program began in 1977, and Barb has led it since 2004, one on one online since 2018.
- Death, divorce, estrangement, abandonment: the work does not depend on whether the person is still in your life.
- Wherever there is an internet connection. Barb’s personal focus is North America, and she is open to anyone serious and ready to do the hard work.
- There are no stages to move through, only tools and safe support.
Beside the classes, and after them
Grief Recovery Support Group, available on request
Seven to ten weekly Grief Recovery Method® support groups, led by Grief Recovery Method Specialists™ certified by The Grief Recovery Institute®. A safe, evidence-based place to take effective and lasting action, whatever kind of loss you have lived.
It is unlike any other support group. It gives you support, and it also gives you proven tools, so you do not stay stuck in your feelings.
- When you finish the homework and at least three relationships, Barb asks for a confidential evaluation online at The Grief Recovery Institute®.
- She gives you a Certificate of Achievement, so you can give yourself credit for the hard work.
- Alumni consults are available whenever a new loss is coming, so you do not have to face it alone.
Life and faith
Life coaching
Barb uses the same tools with her coaching clients, and she is a Certified Life Coach (Life Coach Training Institute, 2019).
- Relationships, boundaries and communication
- Career coaching and brainstorming
- Setting positive goals and building new habits
- Spiritual direction and purpose
- Life after divorce: it is never too soon or too late to process the loss
Christian faith mentoring
Non-denominational, with the Bible as the main source, and no need to be at any particular point in your faith. One on one, in a group, or online, including Bible study online 1-on-1 and prayer requests. Barb has been a mentor for decades.
About faith mentoringCeremony, voice and practical help
Celebration of Life
Barb leads Celebration of Life and memorial services in the Okanagan Valley, in person or online. Non-denominational, shaped around the wishes of the person who has died and the family.
About the services- She helps plan the service, including the bulletin, which can save you paying separate services for each piece.
- She sings and plays piano, organ or keyboard.
Speaking to your group
Grief, moving forward from abuse and more, locally or on Zoom. Barb speaks with adults, teens and children ages 6 and up about grief, divorce and changes in the family, at an office, a facility, a veterinary clinic or a boardroom.
About speakingComputer tutoring
PC programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, setting up a smartphone, and learning the basics.
About computer tutoringThere truly is hope. Come and say what has been left unsaid.
Book a free consultWondering about cost? See pricing and donations. Barb says it plainly: don’t let $ stop you, she will work with your budget whenever possible.