Mission:I teach adults how to heal from the pain of loss so they can have a whole-hearted life via an action-based one-on-one method and in small group settings.
Vision:I have a vision of helping people learn to confidently, proactively, and freely navigate the hard feelings of loss, pain, isolation, heartbreak, and grief.
When we are able to process the hardest feelings in a healthy, intentional way, we can work, communicate, love, play, and share this life experience with more harmony, greater satisfaction and confidence, and more joy. Can you imagine??? I have all the energy in my heart for this work and this vision. Let's do it! I'm Wendy Sloneker.I’m Wendy Sloneker, an end-of-life midwife, a.k.a. a death doula. During the Coronavirus and COVID19 pandemic, I trained and became a Grief Recovery Specialist®, and then immediately after, an Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist®.
My most recent training allows me to offer a special new program called Helping Children with Loss. How I went toward, then in...In 2019, I began to get interested in end-of-life, grief, and loss work. And true-to-my-nature, I began to read, research, train, and develop more skills - and heart - around these tough topics.
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Grief Recovery Specialist, Wendy Sloneker
My dog Rosie under an old dogwood tree.
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I was called to this work in a similar way that I was called to my previous professional and business endeavors.
And the funny thing is, when I looked back over my life, because we do exactly that when we're learning about grief, loss, and end-of-life...
When I looked back over my own real experiences I saw that loss, end-of-life, change, and sometimes death have been with me all along. Intense breakups, change and loss of jobs, change and loss of business/es, pet deaths, grandparent's and friend's deaths. Change and loss of health, including chronic pain and a few injuries.
With the COVID19 virus, there's been a personal spike in feelings of uncertainty, like all of us. And more than that, a loss of structure, change and loss in the "old normal". What else?
Feelings of loss in trust and loss in safety sometimes too.
I also saw that I'd been
The full transformation story of how I went from content expert to grief expert is right here.
And the funny thing is, when I looked back over my life, because we do exactly that when we're learning about grief, loss, and end-of-life...
When I looked back over my own real experiences I saw that loss, end-of-life, change, and sometimes death have been with me all along. Intense breakups, change and loss of jobs, change and loss of business/es, pet deaths, grandparent's and friend's deaths. Change and loss of health, including chronic pain and a few injuries.
With the COVID19 virus, there's been a personal spike in feelings of uncertainty, like all of us. And more than that, a loss of structure, change and loss in the "old normal". What else?
Feelings of loss in trust and loss in safety sometimes too.
I also saw that I'd been
- Showing up for others in the waiting rooms or as they went into surgery for cancer;
- Taking friends and their beloved pets to the vet or be there when a pet was ready to transition;
- Present for a few who had near-death experiences;
The full transformation story of how I went from content expert to grief expert is right here.
Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist®
The main tool we use to achieve Heart Healing from Loss is called the Grief Recovery Method.
It's a proven, educational method that's been around since the mid-1980's.
It is evidence-based and is continually being studied for its effectiveness through Kent University. I worked through the program myself before I became certified in sharing this method.
It could also be considered a critical skill in "adulting". I think it is critical information for our society, our growth, and emotional healing too.
I work exclusively online to deliver:
One-to-One Healing, 8-week courses. Learn by doing with me. I bring my own losses as well as my own healing. We will work through the Grief Recovery Handbook together... and, I will personally demonstrate each step for you, before I ask you to follow with your own recovery task. You won't have to go first or share anything first. I go first. This is how we work, griever-to-griever, into recovery and heart healing.
Program for Parents, 4-weeks each, with 8 adults max per group. Concepts based on the Grief Recovery Method are shared, plus a new tool for parents to activate around deaths, yes, but more than that. Significant changes that can bring on feelings of grief and loss around moving, divorces or breakups, siblings moving away to college or other changes in the household, or when friends move away, when a school must be changed, or the way of schooling has changed.
Podcast, this twice-monthly podcast is for all of us. There's so much to talk about and share. But I won't overwhelm you; episodes last between 8-30 minutes. There's lots of room in these topics, I leave lots of space, a few ideas. It's not a somber experience: I take my work seriously, but I don't tend to take myself too seriously. The main thing here is... grief, loss, end-of-life, and death are each still a part of life.
I specialize in working with
It's a proven, educational method that's been around since the mid-1980's.
It is evidence-based and is continually being studied for its effectiveness through Kent University. I worked through the program myself before I became certified in sharing this method.
It could also be considered a critical skill in "adulting". I think it is critical information for our society, our growth, and emotional healing too.
I work exclusively online to deliver:
One-to-One Healing, 8-week courses. Learn by doing with me. I bring my own losses as well as my own healing. We will work through the Grief Recovery Handbook together... and, I will personally demonstrate each step for you, before I ask you to follow with your own recovery task. You won't have to go first or share anything first. I go first. This is how we work, griever-to-griever, into recovery and heart healing.
Program for Parents, 4-weeks each, with 8 adults max per group. Concepts based on the Grief Recovery Method are shared, plus a new tool for parents to activate around deaths, yes, but more than that. Significant changes that can bring on feelings of grief and loss around moving, divorces or breakups, siblings moving away to college or other changes in the household, or when friends move away, when a school must be changed, or the way of schooling has changed.
Podcast, this twice-monthly podcast is for all of us. There's so much to talk about and share. But I won't overwhelm you; episodes last between 8-30 minutes. There's lots of room in these topics, I leave lots of space, a few ideas. It's not a somber experience: I take my work seriously, but I don't tend to take myself too seriously. The main thing here is... grief, loss, end-of-life, and death are each still a part of life.
I specialize in working with
- Parents who want to feel more emotionally equipped to walk through some of the hard stuff with the kids in their life, without shutting them down, and without shutting down themselves.
- Professionals who have experienced recent losses, painful career transitions, or people who are carrying around residual hurts that continue to negatively affect them now... they just haven't been taught how to release them or move beyond them, but they are ready to take action now to learn.