Learn With Yvonne
Since 2015, Yvonne has delivered workshops, keynotes and online programs to medical professionals, business leaders, government staff and community organizations. Her empowering approach has helped thousands of people navigate life’s most challenging moments with compassion and care.
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Thank you for Just Showing Up and Making a Difference.
Keynotes & Speaking
Yvonne brings heart, humour and humanness everywhere she goes, whether she’s on a TED stage or a team meeting room. She helps audiences move from avoiding grief and difficult topics to embracing them with courage.
Paramedics consistently described the experience as insightful, empowering and profoundly impactful…the type of training that has long been missing. We wholeheartedly recommend Yvonne and her team to any organization seeking support and to strengthen the emotional wellbeing of their healthcare professionals. - Tom Smith, Community Paramedic Superintendent
Workshops & Training
Healthcare professionals and organizations are there when life falls apart—when families are grieving, when people are scared, and when nobody knows what comes next. Yvonne’s customized workshops and training programs provide practical skills on how to navigate difficult conversations, build compassionate communities and Just Show Up for each other.
Organizations Supported
Huntington Society of Canada
Victim Services
Ontario March of Dimes
Paramedic Services
Indigenous Communities
ALS Canada
VON
Community Paramedic Training
This customized training is led by Yvonne, a former registered nurse with extensive experience in many areas, and her husband Geordie, whose paramedic career started in 1999 and includes community paramedicine, peer support and a role on a provincial disaster response team. Together, they bring immeasurable knowledge as they deliver workshops that are safe, fun and life-changing! Through in-person and online education, they provide healthcare professionals with practical tools and meaningful perspectives on life, grief and death.
We’ve trained many healthcare professionals across Ontario, and the feedback has been incredibly positive. Yvonne’s specialized training programs have received high praise from community and 911 paramedics, peer support and management/leadership teams. Many participants share that this type of training has long been missing from the paramedic profession. There was unanimous agreement that this course should be offered to all paramedics or to anyone working in a healthcare role.
Topics Include
Navigating difficult conversations, grief, dying and death
Personal and Professional self-care
Compassionate Communities
“We wholeheartedly recommend Yvonne and her team to any organization seeking support and to strengthen the emotional wellbeing of their healthcare professionals.”
– Tom Smith, Community Paramedic Superintendent
Programs
Get Ready for Grief
This on-demand online program teaches you how to prepare for grief before it arrives. You’ll learn how to develop coping skills and strategies, create your village of support and Just Show Up for others without burning out. Options include on-demand or working 1-1 with Yvonne.
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Last Aid®
This public education course is open to anyone who wants to learn practical ways to support their loved ones through grief, dying, death and bereavement. Yvonne is one of the certified facilitators for this course, provided through the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.