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Meet Carol

Grief and Loss Counsellor | Certified Grief Educator | Former Physical Therapist

Helping people through all kinds of loss

Grief doesn’t only follow the death of a loved one.
It can show up after divorce, illness, job loss, or when life turns out nothing like you’d hoped.
I’m Carol Banens, and I support people through all kinds of loss.

Before this work, I was a physical therapist for over 36 years.
But everything changed after my husband Brian died.
I did what most people do. I Googled grief.
And up came the five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

I looked at the list and thought, I’m not angry. I’m not bargaining.And for a while, I truly believed I was grieving incorrectly.

What I didn’t realize then was that I’d already known grief. I just hadn’t named it.
I’d felt it during my divorce.
When I lost a job I loved.
When I left my country.
I just didn’t know those counted as grief too.

I became a grief and loss counsellor and coach to support people through all kinds of loss, especially the ones that are often overlooked or dismissed.

There’s no single way to grieve.You don’t need to follow a formula.You don’t need to “get over it.”

You just need a space where you feel seen, heard, and understood. Someone who knows grief from experience.
That’s what I offer.

  • "Death ends a life, not a relationship."
    — Mitch Albom
    A bit more about me

    *Certified Grief to Gratitude Coach

    *Certified Grief Educator (trained by David Kessler)

    *Former physical therapist (36 years)

    *Author of Kintsugi Your Heart:
     The Art Of Living With Grief and the Short Grief Series

    *Host of monthly Grief Café sessions

    *Lover of poetry, classical music, jazz, and travel

    *Piano player and lifelong reader

    *Most mornings you’ll find me with a cup of coffee, doing a meditation and my cat nearby

    I want you to experience the beauty of reconnecting with your soul. Of discovering what you truly love to do, and finding meaning in life again.