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Is there life after grief? “Yes, you can get through this devastating time,” says Eileen Joyce, a Certified Coach and Grief Recovery Specialist who speaks from personal experience. Drawing on the guidance she received from coaching and grief recovery work when she herself experienced loss, she offers ways to move from “stuck and apathetic” to getting back in action and re-connecting with your innate passion and the joy of serving. Her powerful, reassuring talk helps you move through experiences such as loss of loved ones, divorce and single parenting and to help others do the same, using some of the same coaching skills that made a crucial difference in her life.

Eileen’s talks are not just for those who are going through intense life changes – they’re for co-workers, spouses, partners and friends as well. Do you know how to truly listen to a co-worker who needs to talk about a life-changing experience? In her energetic talk, Eileen reveals the “secrets” that certified coaches use to listen effectively and ask questions that help others communicate what they feel. You’ll learn to let go of your “strategic mind” – the part that wants to solve the problem – and simply listen instead. This knowledge alone can shift an ordinary chat into a talk that brings out something new or hidden – that “missing piece” that’s often left unspoken. “My two decades of coaching have taught me to ‘do’ conversation differently,” says Eileen. “When I’m being a coach, I listen, then speak, then think. Whereas in regular conversations we mostly think, speak, then listen.”

This talk will show you how to listen in a way that puts others at ease and encourages new levels of communication. Plus, tapping the skills that coaches use gives you the confidence to open a conversation with a friend or colleague that you may be avoiding – at great cost to you and your business or personal relationships. You’ll leave Eileen’s empowering talk knowing that you need not be unproductive or stuck if you’re currently experiencing loss, and with new tools to help others open up and keep communication flowing.

Eileen’s topics include:
• Coaching: Conversations That Can Make All the Difference in Everyday Life and Work
• Dying to Live: Moving from Pain and Anguish to Power and Passion for Living
• Grief Recovery: Moving Beyond the Devastation of a Broken Heart
• Parenting: Empower Your Child to Make Good Choices without Suffocating Them and Be the Invisible Advocate They Need

Eileen Joyce has 35 years experience in positioning people, products, and services in the world, and she’s used her coaching to create, expand and manage successful relationships and companies. She’s helped many clients move beyond loss and do the recovery work that leads to healing and supportive, empowering personal and business relationships. Eileen is a graduate of: the Grief Recovery Certification Program; The Grief Recovery Institute (Feb ‘08); the Coaching Certification Program; The Hudson Institute Core Essentials Program; Coach U, Inc.; Foundation Program and Life Navigation; The Coaching Exchange; and Grief Co-Leader Training, Our House grief support services.