Testimonials For 2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops
I have been grieving my father since I was a child. My father is still alive with me today. I never once realized that the correct word for my experiences with him was grief. I triggered it to just be toxic, abuse, PTSD. But the amount of loses I had in my relationship with him was unbearable. Gwen has opened my ears and eyes to realize what it is I actually went through. This past weekend at this workshop I was able to let go of the root of all my pain. And the reason I had been the way I am for my entire life. I can't begin to explain how thankful I am for taking this.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops09/22/2019Participant in Commack, NY
This program has helped me to understand that you can forgive and apologize without blame. In review, I have concluded that forgiveness is about me not the other person. I cannot expect that I should hold myself hostage from those who have passed on or those who are living. I can apologize for the things I have done wrong because I am not perfect and acceptance of that apology is up to the other person. I must move on.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/29/2019Participant in Newhall, California
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/20/2019Participant in Nixa, MO
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/17/2019Participant in northridge, Ca
It's a good way to learn how to put old, often unfinished conversations in your brain to bed.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/11/2019Participant in Valencis, Ca
I left the grief workshop with a greater sense of peace about the relationship with my mother. I have already been able to use skills I learned while leading my mental health support group.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/11/2019Participant in Valencia, CA
I feel like I have a lot of work left to complete, but the program has given me the tools to do it. I am now able to see myself more clearly.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/11/2019Participant in Valencia, CA
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/11/2019Participant in Valencia , CA
The program was a two intensive journey into the significant loss events in my life. Rachelle gave me new skills that will both heal myself and others.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/10/2019Participant in Valencia, California
It helped me to feel free and exalted from the anger I held about some grief and loss that I had experienced.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops08/05/2019Participant in Birmingham , Alabama
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops07/29/2019
The program made me acknowledged different types of losses I endured from early childhood, which I believed, I've been carrying with me thru the present. That helped me deal with those losses one last time and then eventually worked on what I considered grievous and more recent ones. The program also focuses on how to live at the present, which consistently aligned with what I learned from a very famous author and spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle. I considered the program very powerful and worth recommending to anyone who is experiencing grief of any kind, as a safe and effective alternative to healing emotional/psychological pains. Worth mentioning, however, guaranteed success depends on the participant's willingness to embrace the program and apply the tools provided as a means to heal continuously. Thank you!
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops07/28/2019
This program gave me the tools that I need, NOT to forget about my daughter but to learn how to deal with it . Deal with all the losses in my life. not just with my daughter but my overall losses . It taught me what I'm feeling is normal (isolation, anger etc) .
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops07/28/2019
I feel better equipped to start processing and releasing the things that deeply pain me through the tools that Darlene shared.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops07/28/2019
It was very helpful. I was surprised by how much better I felt at the end of the workshop.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops06/26/2019
In my experience with personal loss, every notion ever explained, taught to me, or expressed to me at the time of loss has been misinformation. Through no fault of their own, my parents, family and friends did what had been taught to them. The loss' I carry around are incomplete and at times became the heaviest weight I have every carried. Gwendolyn was able to show me what loss is and how to truly understand, and more importantly embrace and complete the pain of my personal loss'. Simply amazing.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops06/23/2019
I learned about the tools and resources that are available to me and how I could deal with grief in my life.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops06/23/2019
The Grief Recovery Method was THE BEST program that I have attended on how to move forward and get unstuck in the pain of my complicated grief. I look forward to continuing my journey through grief with the tools given to me during the program. The Grief Recovery Method takes the fear out of the future, no to be hostage to your thoughts, and no longer living in a broken state. The Grief Recovery Method is a must!
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops06/09/2019Participant in Commack , New York
I left the workshop feeling very clear about where my grief was blocking me from moving forward in my life today.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops06/09/2019Participant in Commack, Ny
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops05/19/2019Participant in Northridge , CA
The program more supported the work I have done previously. It just gave different names or terms to aspects of grief.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops04/28/2019Participant in Portland, OR
Actually I haven't completed the last segment yet, I had to attend a funeral and skip the last afternoon, but I look forward to working on that segment with Ed this afternoon.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops04/28/2019Participant in Portland, Oregon
I was at the point where even the thought of my brother and his mental illness would give me anxiety and send me into a panic for days. I was wrestling with resentment toward him as well as incredible fear surrounding his condition and behavior. I couldn’t physically be around him without feeling tense and erupting with anger. Doing Grief Recovery was the one of best things I have ever done in my life. I don’t feel panic or anger toward my brother - I feel love, compassion and sincere gratitude for him. I can enjoy my brother for who he is and where he is at in his own process and his burdens are not mine to bear. I was able to grieve some losses in our relationship without carrying the pain forward. Now our relationship is defined by fondness and appreciation - the pain is in the past and it will stay there. I will never be the same after Grief Recovery. This method works and it gave me back the parts of me and this relationship that I so desperately was missing and needed back. Thank you so much for this work - it changed my life.
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops04/14/2019Participant in Austin, TX
2 1/2 Day Personal Workshops04/13/2019Participant in Austin, Texas