Grief's Walking Stick: A Personal Journey from Sorrow to Service

With profound insight and heartfelt candor, Grief’s Walking Stick takes readers on a transformative journey from death and grief avoidance to embracing these inevitable parts of life. The chronicle of Rev. Stephen Garrett’s evolutionary path serves as a beacon of hope and guidance for those seeking to navigate their sense of grief and loss in a more heart-centered way.

Filled with encouragement and practical wisdom, this book is an essential read for facing life’s inevitable transitions and is an inspiring and invaluable resource for anyone looking to approach the subject of dying, death, and grief with grace and meaning.

Take it in!

Michael Bernard Beckwith
Founder & CEO, Agape International Spiritual Center
Author, Life Visioning and Spiritual Liberation & Host, Take Back Your Mind Podcast

Stephen Garrett has experienced success in life as a teacher, investment banker, social worker, author, cremationist, Interfaith Minister, executive director of the Memorial Society of BC, grief and loss counsellor for the Campbell River Hospice Society, and in his current role as a trainer for Rhodes Wellness College in Vancouver. He has written four books, including When Death Speaks: Listen, Learn, and Love (2018) and When Cancer Came Knocking: How One Family Answered (2019).

Arising out of his personal experience with hundreds of deaths, Stephen’s heart passion and life energy are focused on changing our conversation about death from one of fear and denial to one of embrace and inspiration. He combines his life experience with his master’s in leadership and training as he trains and mentors people interested in dealing with dying, death, and grief in new and inspiring ways.

Stephen lives in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, with his family and his two cats, and he enjoys cribbage, gardening, and music.

ISBN: 9781038314345
Format: Hardback
Pages: 132
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: December 17, 2024