Born Into A Grieving Family with Pat Sheveland

Episode Summary In this episode, Ian and Pat try to delve into the energy of the afterlife and your relationships with deceased ancestors.How your life changes for the better once you start listening to the clues your environment and body are sending you.Understand that gaining insight into your life's journey will alter your perspective.How to pull yourself back into the present when grieving.Heal your unresolved and unknown grief: https://www.ianhawkinscoaching.com/thegriefcodeAbout Guest: Patricia (Pat) Sheveland has been in the healing profession since she was in her teens. She became a Registered Nurse after high school, beginning her career caring for patients in the hospital setting and ultimately transitioning to a very successful twenty-five-year career as a corporate executive in the medical and claim management field of workers compensation. 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.Pat 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. 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 a professionally certified life coach through the International Coaching Federation, the founder and lead faculty of The Confident Grief Coach School, a qigong teacher and mentor coach providing grief coaching certification for coaches and other helping professionals. She is a certified funeral & celebration of life celebrant, and the 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. She and her family live in Minnesota.Guest Links: website: www.healingfamilygrief.comLinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/patriciashevelandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@healingfamilygrief/featuredAbout the Host:Ian Hawkins is the Founder and Host of The Grief Code. Dealing with grief firsthand with the passing of his father back in 2005 planted the seed in Ian to discover what personal freedom and legacy truly are. This...