Speaking & Workshops

Grief-informed talks
for the people who show up for families.

Practical, warm, evidence-informed sessions for senior-living owners, hospice and home-care teams, and the staff who sit at bedsides and answer late-night phone calls. Built to leave your team more confident, not more overwhelmed.

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  • Based in Boise, ID
  • Delivery In person or Zoom
  • Formats 20-min keynote → half-day training

Signature topics

Eight talks, tailored to your room.

Every talk is shaped to your audience, timeframe, and setting. Tap any title below to see the full curriculum, session outline, evidence base, and handout contents.

  1. Grief-Informed Care: Supporting Families Without Trying to Fix Them

    Practical language and small shifts that help staff feel confident in tender moments instead of freezing or over-reassuring. Includes phrases to keep, phrases to retire, and a simple frame for staying present when there's nothing to fix.

    • Owners & ED audiences
    • All-staff training
    • 45–60 min

  2. Anticipatory Grief in Senior Living

    What families (and residents) are actually carrying before a loss, and how your team can meet it without overstepping clinical roles. Especially useful for teams working with dementia, hospice-eligible residents, and long-decline diagnoses.

    • Nursing & care staff
    • Social work & chaplaincy
    • Keynote or workshop

  3. After the Loss: What Bereaved Families Wish You Knew

    The months-later needs that often go unmet, and simple, low-lift ways your community can stay a soft place for families to land. Ideal for teams building or refining a bereavement-follow-up program.

    • Hospice bereavement teams
    • Community-relations staff
    • 45–90 min

  4. Caring for the Caregivers on Your Team

    Recognizing cumulative grief and compassion fatigue in staff, and building small rhythms — before, during, and after a loss — that protect them. A talk your team will feel in their bodies, not just their notebooks.

    • Staff-development days
    • Leadership retreats
    • Half-day workshop available

  5. Separating Pain From Suffering: The Grief Myths That Keep Us Stuck

    A warm, myth-busting session on the “shoulds” of grief and what actually helps. Retires the timelines, stages, and closure language that keep grieving people (and the professionals who love them) stuck.

    • Mixed community audiences
    • Staff development
    • Keynote or workshop

  6. Continuing Bonds: Carrying Love Forward Without “Moving On”

    A gentler framework for families who aren’t ready to let go — and don’t need to be. Grounded in decades of continuing-bonds research and rituals your team can offer without overstepping clinical roles.

    • Hospice & bereavement teams
    • Chaplaincy & social work
    • Community events

  7. The 2 a.m. Grief Hour

    Why grief spikes at night, and simple, body-based rituals that bring the nervous system back down. Especially useful for hospice family-services teams supporting the callers no one else answers.

    • Hospice family services
    • On-call & overnight staff
    • Community audiences

  8. Grief at Work and in Daily Life

    What “performing okayness” costs us, and how to give ourselves (and each other) more room. Built for HR leaders, managers, and any team that meets grief in the middle of a Tuesday.

    • HR & people leaders
    • Manager training
    • Keynote or workshop

Formats & delivery

Meet your room, not the other way around.

Every talk is shaped to your audience and setting. Here are the most common formats — mix and match to fit your day.

20–30 minutes

Short keynote or in-service

Ideal for staff meetings, huddles, in-services, and conference breakouts. One clear teaching arc, two or three practical language shifts, room for questions.

60 minutes

Signature talk

The most-requested format. A full teaching arc with case examples, one or two small practices, and time for a real Q&A. Fits most staff development, community events, and conference sessions.

Half-day (3 hrs)

Workshop or training

Deeper practice, group work, and handouts your team can take back to the floor. Best for retreat days, in-service intensives, or annual staff development.

Custom

Series, retreats, and mixed-format days

Multi-session series for staff development, family-caregiver support cohorts, or community programs. If you have an idea, tell me what you’re building — I’ll shape it to fit.

Delivery

In person in the Treasure Valley, or on Zoom anywhere. Hybrid on request.

Audience size

From small breakout groups of 10 to keynotes for 300. Half-day workshops work best at 30 or fewer.

Fees

Fees vary by format and audience — inquire for a quote. Sliding scale available for community and faith groups.

Bring one to your team

Let’s find the right talk for your room.

Tell me a little about your audience, timeframe, and setting. I’ll respond within a couple of business days with a tailored quote and any questions I have.

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