Who are we?
Our Story
Grief doesn’t follow a timeline. There is more and more need for finding supportive communities and that can offer compassionate guidance to ease the journey and live life with meaning.
What sets us apart is the deeply personal nature and respect for our work. We’ve each walked the path of loss many times, and those experiences have become our inspiration to be of service. Here, our focus goes beyond support; we’re committed to creating a space where you are genuinely seen, heard, and understood. We honour the power of both individual and shared healing, offering tools, insights, and compassionate coaching to help you find ways to move forward alongside grief.
We provide you with grief education, coaching, and guidance rooted in compassion and deep respect for each person’s unique journey.
Our Mission
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With our combined experience as Certified Grief Educators along with hospice volunteering, life coaching, psychotherapeutic approaches as well as group facilitation, we are committed to creating a safe and supportive space for all. In addition, our values, presence and compassion make up the foundation for holding open-hearted space for healing work.
Our approach to grief is to bring and invite authenticity and to welcome vulnerability. This creates a safe container where judgments are left at the door and meaningful connections are present.
Your Facilitators
Certified Grief Educator & Coach and Group Facilitator, Hospice Volunteer
Sometimes our purpose is born from personal experiences with profound loss and the healing that can follow. Colin’s path began early in life, with the loss of his parents, who both had cancer. During his mother’s illness, a hospice worker provided invaluable care and support, leaving a lasting impression on Colin.
This experience inspired him to volunteer with the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (COHA) in early 2022, where he found a calling in supporting others through their final moments and was asked by COHA to guide grief groups because of his ability to connect with everyone, from family members, nurses and practitioners, to those in the dying process.
To deepen his understanding and ability to help others, Colin completed the David Kessler Grief Educator Certification and has led numerous support groups, including men’s groups and most recently individuals in an addiction recovery healing centre.
Certified Grief Educator and Group Facilitator, Life Coach and IFS & CI Practitioner and more
Marielle’s path has been shaped by her own lived experience with loss, beginning with the death of her grandmother at a young age, and then her father in 1993 and has continued through the loss of many others loved ones over the years.
Since 2013, she has walked alongside those facing death and grief, serving as a trained shamanic practitioner and worked for 22 years as a life+soul coach with a background in psychotherapeutic approaches such as CI and IFS.
In 2022, she completed the David Kessler Grief Educator Certification and has since become a volunteer moderator with David’s Tender Hearts online community groups as well as supporting her coaching clients through life transitions, building authenticity as well as navigating grief and losses.
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Our approach is gentle yet empowering, offering both group and individual support to help you move forward on your grief journey.
Grief and loss are often topics left in the shadows, yet they touch us all. We believe in bringing these conversations to light with compassion, understanding, and a safe space to explore the profound impact that death and loss of loved ones has on our lives.
Our intention is to be of service and create a space where you can find relief from the sadness and discover moments of love and hope amidst the pain. We will walk with you through the hardest moments, helping you emerge into a life that, though changed, can still be balanced and filled with new moments.