149: Embrace the Grief as Love because it is with Pat Sheveland

Patricia (Pat) Sheveland sees herself as a holistic healing guide for families. Helping them find healing of mind, body, and spirit from the impact of emotional trauma such as grief and abandonment. In 2012, Pat began the reinvention of her life to pursue her dream of being a life coach and was certified by the International Coaching Federation in 2015. She became certified as a Spring Forest Qigong teacher in 2017 and is a certified Funeral Celebrant serving those who are not affiliated with any religion or church. She also is a volunteer at Children’s Grief Connection, a non-profit organization providing grief services for children and their families in Minnesota and Wisconsin. As Pat stepped into her second half of life, she realized her soul purpose: to be a light for those who grieve. As a child born to grieving parents, Pat understands firsthand the impact long-term buried grief from the death of a child can have on the family as a whole, including the trauma of having the family broken apart through divorce and abandonment. She began her journey as a life coach working with grieving mothers by helping her own mother find peace and healing after sixty years of buried and “failed” grief after the death of Pat’s brother which happened years before Pat was born. For over a decade, countless mothers have shared their stories with Pat and have found peace and purpose in their lives with Pat’s compassionate guidance. She is the founder and lead faculty of The Confident Grief Coach School, and mentor coach providing grief coaching certification for coaches and other helping professionals. Pat is a three-time Amazon best-selling author of, How Do I Survive? 7 Steps to Living After Child Loss, Living Life in The Middle: The Caregiver’s Guide to Healing, Hope and Harmony Through Multigenerational Living and The Confident Grief Coach: A Guide for Helping Clients Process Loss.

Key Topics we talked about:

• Buried and "failed" grief
• Not talking about trauma
• Finding your tribe
• Stepping into purpose after loss
• OK to not have a huge grief experience

"Many blessings to all the people who listened to your podcast. Know that there is a life, there is a life in the future even though it may not feel that way and there are so many people like Teresa and myself that we want to love you up and help you walk this journey and find that light again because you deserve it." Pat Sheveland

FREE ebook: How Do I Survive? 7 Steps to Living After Child Loss available on Pat's website: www.healingfamilygrief.comConnect with Pat:

www.linkedin.com/in/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/familygrief instagram: @pat_sheveland

Connect with Teresa:

EMAIL: teresa@livingaftergrief.com

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Website: www.livingaftergrief.com

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