These groups are so moving. They've helped me connect with other people on a topic no friends or family often want to talk about. Everyone is super patient and understanding. Thank you!
Thank you for your support and encouragement during the group sessions. Connecting with others who are going through the same issues is helpful and does bring comfort to know you're not alone.
A big thank you to Natalie and Good Grief Central for the Grief Support Group. Being able to relate to others who are grieving and having Natalie as the host has been very comforting for me. Thank you so much!
As a long-time educator, I am very familiar with the wonderful work done by Natalie Segall and her dedicated volunteers at the Good Grief Workshops. I recently suggested to a grieving family that they attend a Good Grief Workshop. Afterwards, when I enquired how things had gone, the child and her parents couldn’t stop talking about what a positive experience it had been, and how much the Workshop had helped them!
Having taken over when Dawn Cruchet (founder of the Good Grief Workshops) retired, Natalie has worked tirelessly to ‘take things to the next level.’ She has brought in many new volunteers, and the latest Workshop had the biggest enrolment ever! Natalie’s team spirit, professionalism, and compassion are greatly appreciated by all of us volunteers. Kudos, Natalie!
As a health care professional working in social services almost 20 years with Children, Adolescents and adults with disabilities I simply can't speak highly enough of what a valuable resource Natalie is to persons in need of grief support and counselling.
I highly recommend Good Grief Central's six week support group facilitated by Natalie. It was incredibly validating to be in the company of others also experiencing profound loss. It reminded that what I am going through is neither outside the human condition nor wrong. Thanks to Natalie's wise counsel, skilful facilitation; her willingness to share from her own experiential encounters with loss, I felt so much less alone. The depth of her authenticity, integrity and genuine care for others is humbling to witness. I wish dearly loved ones didn't have to pass but if so--rather, and it is painful to write this--when so--what gifting to know that Good Grief Central and Natalie are there. Thank you Natalie and Good Grief Central for your generosity, kindness, professionalism and wise stewardship. I think of you as a safe harbour I can return to just by remembering what was shared in these past sessions. And, no longer shy to join another group session or ask for individualized help when the waters of grief become too much! I cannot express my gratitude enough. Thank you!
I was very grateful that I was able to connect with Natalie Segall, to be on Zoom, in her Grieving Support Group, on the recent loss of my dear husband. I want to acknowledge Natalie, with her advice and guidance, her sessions helped me cope with my loss. Listening to Natalie's feedback with the other group members, was comforting. Thanks Natalie, for your support
I was so grateful to attend Natalie's online six week support group in the Spring after the loss of my father a few months prior. Natalie's accepting and open demeanor as well as the words she speaks have a way of honoring your own grief journey. While everyone in the group had a unique experience of their grief, the discussion and witnessing of these lived journeys provided a commonality that you know that you are not alone in the process. I wished a resource like Natalie had existed 30 years prior when my mother passed. How is it that we are still so challenged in our culture to have safe places to discuss our experiences of death with loved ones? Thank goodness for Natalie's ability to provide sheltering and a safe place to share. I would highly recommend this service to anyone I know going through a grief process. Pauline Beharry
The best gift you can give yourself is to attend Natalie Segall's Loss and Grief support group. We learn to deal with triggers and understand regret and guilt. We discover how to cope better with overwhelming feelings of sadness. The groups are reassuring and comforting. Natalie Segall makes a beautiful difference in the world. I feel blessed and happy to have taken part in these heart warming sessions. I can never thank Natalie enough for this perfect gift in my life!
Thank you for the help you provide to those in need of it.