Grief

Nancy is a leading authority on grief and has developed the most comprehensive grief support program of any cemetery or funeral home in the country. People turn to Nancy to find tools they can use to help them ease the pain of grief and find some relief now. Professionals hire Nancy to help them reach out to their community with innovative programs, conduct staff training courses with a lasting impact and to learn how to develop or expand their own aftercare programs.

Grief Support Group
When you feel the least like laughing, is when you need to the most. With Nancy’s expertise in the benefits of therapeutic laughter, she shows you the way to utilize the healing benefits of laughter during times of loss. She has conducted research into the ways Humor is used as a Coping Mechanism and provides programs and products that uplift and transform.

Discover why funeral homes, cemeteries, hospices and other companies turn to Nancy when they need a speaker who can bring relevant information in a fun way to their employees and the families they serve.

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The “Why” and “How” of Aftercare
Are you ready to create a lasting relationship with your families following their loved one’s funeral and burial? Do you want to reach out to your clients in an entirely new way? Excited about building your business through positive, free PR and outreach to local groups?

Aftercare programs allow you to offer something beyond the ordinary duties of your business. It lets you create lasting relationships with people…and relationships lead to future sales and referrals.

There’s no time to wait! The families you serve are counting on you to support them in their time of need, not just for a day or a week, but for the duration.

As a result of this program, you will leave:
• Understanding the unique journey of grief
• Discovering the Power of Presence
• Convinced of why Aftercare makes good business sense
• Knowing how to put together a meaningful community memorial service
• With a concrete Plan of Action t start your program now!

Handling Cranky People
Does your team need the strategies to take care of even your most difficult customers? Would you like every interaction to leave you feeling great, rather than drained? Imagine if you were able to transform a negative situation into a “wow.”

Corporate, association and non-profit leaders look to Nancy Weil to deliver on her promise to show you how to provide exceptional customer service, no matter the situation. Nancy’s programs provide a perfect combination of practical content, plenty of laughter, and on-the-job tools.

As a result of this program, audience members will be able to:
• Disengage the ego and keep your cool
• Have the right toys tools for the job
• Bring positive energy into every client interaction
• Convert even the crankiest of customers into your friend

Relax, It’s Only Your Paycheck
Stop taking your job so seriously, so you can make some serious money. Learn how to stop stressing over cold calls, sales quotas and new product roll outs. Use humor to build relationships with clients, not destroy them with an offensive joke. Discover the three simple steps you can take to eliminate stress from your life now. Thousands of people have adapted these simple tools in order to improve their personal and professional life.

As a result of this program, you will be able to:
• Understand the health benefits of laughter
• Use humor skillfully and avoid toxic humor
• Counteract the effects of stress before they set in
• Build lasting relationships with clients through humor
• Improve performance, results and attitudes…now

Caregiver Rescue
Do you want to help your audience members develop new approaches to taking care of their clients and themselves? Do you want them to reconnect, re-engage, and rediscover their passion for their work? Imagine if your audiences left your event saying “I can’t wait to get to work tomorrow.” Nancy’s programs provide a perfect combination of practical content, plenty of laughter, and on-the-job tools.

Corporate, association, and non-profit leaders look to Nancy Weil to deliver on her promise to teach audiences how to “Care for Yourself and Others with Laughter” to groups as diverse as death care professionals, hospice staff, caregivers, and nurses. This program has been hailed as “transformational” and is a perfect fit for events meant to uplift, inform, and deliver meaningful workplace change.

As a result of this program, audience members will be able to:
• Build joy into your jobsite – even when dealing with death
• Unlock better teamwork and stronger leadership at every level
• Fight compassion fatigue and reconnect deeply to your purpose
• Develop innovative ways to help your clients, patients and their families

Humor In Hard Times
Do you want to help your clients, patients, and their families transform their lives during the most difficult times imaginable? Imagine if your audiences left your event saying “Finally, a program with information I can use.” Nancy’s programs speak to both the heart and the head and they are the perfect combination of content, laughter, and healing.

Corporate, association, and non-profit leaders look to Nancy Weil to deliver on the promise of teaching your group how to “Cope with Loss through Laughter” to audiences as diverse as death care professionals, the bereaved and social workers. This program has been hailed as “extremely comforting” and is a perfect fit for events meant to uplift, inform, and deliver a lasting positive impact.

As a result of this program, audience members will be able to:

• Begin to cope with loss in a healthy way – even alone at 3am!
• Deploy short-term and long-term tools to help ease the pain
• Use the healing power of laughter to process emotions
• Rediscover hope, laughter and connectedness after a loss.


Articles & Interviews

Buffalo News Refresh 12 13 14
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Bee Group Grief Article 10-30-13

Articles written about Grief Support, on Legacy.com

Nancy’s column in Funeral Home and Cemetery News

Listen to Nancy speak about Hope After Heartache on the popular radio program “Spotlight on Health” with Tom McNulty. (30min)

Listen to Nancy on WBEN Buffalo Means Business

Listen to Nancy about Holiday Grief

Helpful Materials

FREE copy of “A Brief Exploration of Grief”. A booklet designed to give you an overview of some of the common physical and emotional aspects of grief.

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Testimonials

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