Integrated Wellbeing

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

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By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA)

Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

This interview explores:

• Neuro Imagining reveals the brain will re-wire itself in 67 days with a daily practice of a new thought/habit/skill
• The biggest barrier for those bereaved by suicide is GUILT
• Caro’s ‘How to’ to move through Guilt to Freedom
• Join her community of 850 :
  https://www.facebook.com/suicidebereavementcoaching/

After losing her beloved Mum to suicide in November 2013, Caro quickly realized that there isn't enough support out there for suicide loss survivors.

She struggled with the complex grief that comes with losing a loved one to suicide, including feelings of guilt. After trying every healing strategy under the sun, Caro finally found the one which works when she learned all about refuting untrue and unhelpful thoughts, as well as rewiring the brain. It had such a profound impact on her life that Caro decided to help others who suffered the same fate as her.

Caro is now a Certified NeuroCoach and suicide bereavement coach. She uses brain based, science backed methods, as well as drawing from her vast experience, to support her clients to find inner peace and even joy again - for good.

Email: caro@carobrookings.com

Website: https://www.suicidebereavementcoaching.com

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions: By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA) Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

Have you and your survivor experienced those first few days, weeks, months or maybe even years during which you can’t get your brain to even understand? That’s what I’m talking about. I call that place the grief cave.
This interview explores avoiding the words:
* At least you still have
* Look on the bright side
* Anything that attempts to lead them away from their immediate grief...
* Time will heal
* You’ll feel better soon.
* Just give it time
* He’s with God now and out of pain.
Just say, “I’m so sorry. This is awful, and I am here for you.”
If you really want to help them, DON’T try to make them feel better.
Instead, listen to and support them by saying:
“I’m so sorry. This does suck.” As the founder of Inhabit Joy, Michelle Ann Collins partners with individuals who have suffered grief, injury, or other types of loss as they recover, reclaim their wholeness, and build resilience for life’s inevitable challenges. After a series of losses, including the death of her mother, her husband’s suicide, and estrangements from primary family members, Michelle combined the tools she had collected as a yoga therapist and wellness coach and studies in positive psychology, neuroscience, meditation and mindfulness, and spirituality to turn post-traumatic stress disorder into post-traumatic growth and resilience. With the addition of certifications in grief education and grief yoga, and several bestselling books in which she shares her story, Michelle helps others transform from barely surviving to joyful thriving. Michelle teaches and coaches in private, corporate and small group settings, and enjoys sharing her skills and experience through speaking and facilitating workshops and retreats.
Deeply connected with the healing powers of nature, Michelle spends her leisure time hiking among the trees or paddling on the rivers near her home in Portland, Oregon.
website: https://www.inhabitjoy.com email: Michelle@inhabitjoy.com Author of the books:
• Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss: A Mindful Guide for Your Journey through Grief
• Supporting a Survivor of Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss: A Mindful Guide for Co-journeying through Grief

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions: By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA) Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

This interview explores:

* Setting aside time to process, experience, and think through your loss isn’t selfish.
* A vacation can be whatever you want it to be.
* Ideas for activities to help heal and restore you.
* Key things to remember about a vacation.
* Giving yourself a permission slip to gain new perspective and insight.

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions: By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA) Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

This interview explores:

* The 2019 griefs of her cancer diagnosis, treatment, her mother’s passing, and how her body was the way through grief.
* Wailing to release your grief.
* The Benefits of Singing while in nature.
* Singing to her mother as Monifa’s unique way to grieve.
* A process to “Let IT Go.”
* Recognizing Yourself results in being recognized by others.

Monifa Harris, The Vocal Alchemist or (Voice Confidence Coach) is committed to helping the visionaries and transformative space holders to fully realize their vocal power and potential to make a big impact. 
She is passionate about educating the world on how to use voice as a tool for mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Monifa incorporates Voice Healing, Astrology, Gene Keys, Human Design & Kemetic Wisdom into her work. She is also a certified Energy Codes Coach©.
Monifa Harris is the creator of the OMance: Vocal Resonance Method to help visionaries really resonate with their audience with ease, passion, and presence.
She would love to help you discover your true voice and inner strength for deep confidence on stage and in life. Once your voice is fully activated and integrated, you’ll be able to use your Vocal Superpowers to make a big impact!

Monifa Harris has performed in Florida, California, North Carolina, Washington DC, New York, Greece, Canada, and Bulgaria. She has taught at Durham Arts Council and now works online through her business Impact Online Voice Studio, and acts as CMO & Performance Coach in her LLC, Feel Free Marketing & Consulting. She has been cited as a voice specialist in 4 publications, including “Breathing with Luce Irigaray” by Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner.

Email: impactonlinevoicestudio@gmail.com
Website: monifaharris.com

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⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions: By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA) Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

This interview explores:

• The journey to Chocolatier
• Science-based benefits of chocolate for people grieving.
• What products have you created to boost the mood of people feeling down?
• Chocolate may soothe anxiety for some people.
• An Invitation to visit Milieu Collective: 7836 SE 13th Ave. Portland, OR 97202

What started as an idea for a chocolate box that doubled as a chocolate meditation, Kian and Ayomide opened Portland Chocolate Laboratory inside Milieu Collective in 2018. You are invited to delve deep into this sacred relationship with Chocolate and grab a box. Email: Portland Chocolate Laboratory -- chakralot@gmail.com
Website: www.Chakralot.com

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions: By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA) Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

This interview explores:

• What prompted Bobbi to become a coach.
• How her coaching evolved over time and is relevant to you.
• A client in grief that was holding them back from moving forward.
• Life happens. Her father's illness and recent death on 11/11/2022.
• What prompted Bobbi to seek support.

Remember, Awareness is Curative.

At the heart of what Bobbi does is she teaches people how to find their way forward. They might be facing a dead-end, a life transition, or the unexpected.
She knows what that’s like. She's been there, and because she's coached more than 3000 people since 2002, she knows there’s always a way forward – no matter where you are.

Podcast Episodes mentioned in our conversation:

• Jim Vaive: https://www.bobbikahler.com/podcast/episode076/
• Jenny Jetson: https://www.bobbikahler.com/podcast/episode021/
  

Find Bobbi: Website: https://www.bobbikahler.com/
Email: bk@bobbikahler.com

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Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

This interview explores:

• Being with Someone who knows what to do with our grief
• Journal your feelings so you can see and read your story
• Reach out to a Counselor so you have somebody to hold your grief
• Grief is Both And – Moments of Joy. Moments of Sadness.
• Your Heart gets so much bigger with a deeper understanding and appreciation for life
• The friend who never stopped calling and was never offended with my NO
• Developing the ability to feel into what works for you as the person grieving
• The Meal Train, Caring Bridge tools
• Soul Musing story – Are You Listening? New language for people grieving
• Inspiration to discover you are not alone
• Developing New Awareness
• Wisdom of the Heart - Women’s Retreat October 22-25, 2023

The most important thing right now in this transformative time is to make our inner connection which raises everyone and everything around us.

Christine Green finds her inspiration in empowering others to grow beyond their limitations and discover their inner strength and courage. She is an author, facilitator, speaker, and minister and has a background in business, education, and a Master's in Religious Studies. As an ordained CSL minister, Christine served as Assistant Minister for NTCSL and is currently on the Interim Ministry Team and is one of the facilitators of the New Minister Co-Creation Process.

Her latest book, Soul Musings: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, was launched in September 2021.

Christine finds joy in offering seminars, workshops, and retreats providing participants with tools and practices to expand their awareness and overcome life’s obstacles. Learn more at: www.revchristine.com.

Website: https://www.revchristine.com/

Email: revchristine@revchristine.com

Order Soul Musings: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary here: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Musings-Finding-Sacred-Ordinary/dp/0917849973

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Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

This interview explores:
* Dr. Daniel initially learned about ritual, why it is important, and why it works through shamanism from about 2009-2010

* Began incorporating rituals in every class she was in as she advanced her education

* Ritual is a way to move trauma out of the body. Using external representational objects such as blowing into a rock to release trauma.

Afterlife Conference began in 2010. It was a very successful metaphysical conference for ten years. As Dr. Daniel was in graduate school, she learned about toxic theology. She wanted to reach a different audience. The Conference on Death, Grief, and Belief Conference was created in 2020 for those people who are still formulating their own beliefs.

Dr. Terri Daniel is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain and death educator. She is the creator of The Conference on Death, Grief, and Belief and teaches in the thanatology and chaplaincy programs at Marian University, The University of Maryland, and the Graduate Theological Union.

Website: SpiritualityandGrief.com

Conference: deathgriefandbelief.com

Email: terri@danieldirect.net

Certification Program: PortlandInstitute.org

Suicide Bereavement Support: SBSNW.org

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Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

This interview explores:
* Bob’s beginnings as a boy with the death of his grandmother and
father.
“My Grandmother died in our home when I was 8. Ten days before my
twelfth birthday, my father ended his life in an act of suicide.”
* The Goal of Grieving as Integrated Adaptation
* Continuing Bonds Approach
* Narrative Therapy
* The Grieving Styles Grid
* Post Loss Growth
* Discriminating Grief from Depression and Anxiety
* The Portland Institute for Loss and Transition Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, and maintains an active consulting and coaching practice. He also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition (www.portlandinstitute.org), which provides online training internationally in grief therapy. 

Neimeyer has published 33 books, including New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond, and serves as Editor of the journal Death Studies. 

The author of over 500 articles and book chapters and a frequent workshop presenter, he is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. Neimeyer served as President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and Chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. 

In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty Award by the University of Memphis, made a Fellow of the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both ADEC and the International Network on Personal Meaning. New Techniques of Grief Therapy
Portland Institute for Loss and Transition:
https://www.portlandinstitute.org/

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In this episode, you'll hear about:

*Richard Ireland, Mark's father, gave people the awareness that there is a continuity of Consciousness after physical death. http://www.drrichardireland.com/

*Mark knows there is just more than physical existence. Consciousness is not generated by the brain but is regulated by the brain as a sifter of Consciousness that helps us survive in this world.

*Connecting with his son, Brandon, shortly after Brandon died and the image of an ank. http://www.drrichardireland.com/brandon.html

*His son's death transformed him and Mark's books have changed the lives of thousands around the world.

*Helping Parents Heal has over 100 affiliates and 25,000 members https://www.helpingparentsheal.org/

*The term "Shining Light Parents" was coined by Suzanne Giesemann, Medium

*Mark serves as the Chairman of HPH Board and Elizabeth serves as the President of HPH

*Near Death Experience, coined in 1975 by Raymond Moody

*Mark has been instrumental in creating certification for mediums: https://www.findacertifiedmedium.com/

Remember, you are here for a purpose. It is about Soul growth and serving others. Be open to the Hope element.

Mark Ireland is the author of ⁠Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go⁠ and ⁠The Persistence of the Soul⁠, moving accounts of his personal quest for answers about life after death—subsequent to the passing of his youngest son. He is also the son of renowned mid-twentieth-century psychic Richard Ireland. In addition to his own books, Mark contributed an essay to medium Allison Dubois' We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us. Other projects include the previously unpublished, ⁠Your Psychic Potential: A Guide to Psychic Development⁠, authored by his father, now available for the first time.

The release date of The Persistence of the Soul is October 2023, but you can ⁠pre-order⁠ a copy through various booksellers now.

⁠https://www.markirelandauthor.com/⁠ Mark is also the Co-Founder of Helping Parents Heal (HPH) with Elizabeth Boysen in 2011.

See his other links here:⁠ https://www.markirelandauthor.com/links/⁠

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https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

Losing a child is an Out-Of-Order Death.

The Grief that follows is like swimming upstream in a river of mud with a 1000 lb. backpack.

Yet, Marc and Annie Adams have made that journey. They began immediately when their child, Zenzi, died on March 30, 2018.

Today you will experience not only their story. You will receive many tools for your grief journey.

Marc Adams is a multi-dimensional facilitator that believes everyone has the innate ability to heal themselves. His life’s journey through profound grief, gratitude, fatherhood, and 26 years of marriage have cultivated a practice of acceptance, forgiveness, creativity, and abundance. Marc has a private practice guiding clients one-on-one, in small groups, and in larger workshops and retreats. He can be reached directly at roadrunner.pdx@gmail.com.

Annie has been teaching for over 20 years.  Diving into her passion for health and well being she became a Nutritional Therapist in 2009.  She worked with clients one on one along with teaching food classes.  It was a wonderful profession while she raised her two children.  Then she was called back to school to become an elementary school teacher.  Teaching children and working in schools brought great joy and satisfaction.  

After a life changing event in March of 2018 Annie was called for a different type of teaching.  Grief became her focus. She became a Certified Grief Facilitator in 2020.  Companioning grieving people through their darkest days to help remind them of their magnificence is her gift to the world.  Annie offers one on one grief support as a grief companion, supporting her clients along their grief journey to eventually create and live a life they love, in spite of, and because of, their loss(es).  

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace

You may reach out to learn more about Helping Parents Heal: hphportlandoregon@gmail.com

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

People grieving often experience fatigue, emotional tumult, and the confusion of brain fog. “What’s wrong with me?” “Nothing you are grieving.”

In this podcast, Dr. Aruna shares valuable guidance for people grieving and the professional who serve them:

• The three root causes of any disease.
• How she healed herself of thyroid disease, early arthritis, and infertility
• If someone offers to help, say “YES” to the casserole, help with gardening, wash the car, or watch your children.
• Be mindful of what you are eating
• Shop outside of the supermarket & avoid boxed foods
• Check your healthcare products – toothpaste, face, and hair products. Are they toxic?
• We are a “Culture of Convenience.” Go back to the kitchen to touch real food and prepare it mindfully for yourself.

Dr. Aruna Tummala is a board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist and founder of Trinergy Health in New Berlin, Wisconsin. She is also board certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine (by the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine) and has received training in Functional Medicine and Ayurveda, the oldest medical system in the world.

Her 6-month program for patients results in only 1% to 2% of her patients taking psychotropic medication.

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace

Find Dr. Tummala Aruna:

https://bit.ly/3Jyw2jV

Dr. Tummala’s resources:

https://bit.ly/3RrO49z

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

We are here to shatter the stigma of suicide by interviewing those bereaved by Suicide, mental health professionals, and Grief specialists. Our mission is to awaken the griever to their Inner Peace through the guidance of their body.

During this episode, Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW and I discuss the following:

• What is a suicideologist and how did Stacey become one
• The Myth: Everyone who dies of suicide has a mental illness
• What is Depression, and what treatments are there
• Asking the person with suicidal thoughts if you may share this with others which supports you
• Why calling 911 is a terrible idea
• Brave listening, according to Stacey

Dr. Stacey Freedenthal is a suicidologist, author, therapist, and educator. She is an associate professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. She has a private practice as a psychotherapist.

Book: Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts; What Family, Friends and Partners Can Do and Say

Email: Stacey.Freedenthal@du.edu

Websites: www.StaceyFreedenthal.com
www.SpeakingOfSuicide.com

Resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 (TALK)

SafetyPlan: https://www.suicidesafetyplan.com

Remember:
You can do everything you can, but know you can't do everything.
Don't believe everything you think. The mind lies. The body tells the truth.
Some challenges are unchangeable. So navigate them because you will not
Eradicate them.

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠

We are here to shatter the stigma of suicide by interviewing those bereaved by Suicide, mental health professionals, and Grief specialists. Our mission is to awaken the griever to their Inner Peace through the guidance of their body.  

During this episode, Dr. Stanley Kripper and I discuss the following:

• How Stanley became "The Dream Expert"
• How dreams can be a way to create new connections with those who have passed, and how to invite these kinds of dreams
• Stanley's dream book recommendation
• The impact his book "Understanding Suicide's Allure" had on readers
• What may help shatter the stigma of suicide

Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., has held faculty appointments at Akamai University, Fordham University, Kent State University, New York University, Saybrook University, Sofia University, The University of Puerto Rico, Wagner College, and the California Institute for Integral Studies. He is the former Director of the Child Study Center, Kent State University in Kent, OH, and of the Dream Laboratory, Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.  

He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Parapsychological Association, the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and the Society for Humanistic Psychology. He is the past president of all three groups as well as the Society for Psychological Hypnosis, which awarded him its 2002 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis. Krippner is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and five divisions of the American Psychological Association, which granted him its 2002 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Development of Psychology. 

He is co-author of the award-winning book Personal Mythology and co-editor of the award-winning book Varieties of Anomalous Experience and has published over 1,000 peer-reviewed articles.

Since 2010, he has held international certification as an Advanced Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor.

International Association of the Study of Dreams
https://www.asdreams.org/

Stanley's book:
Extraordinary Dreams