About Me

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I created A Piece of Hope because I know what it feels like when life doesn’t just break once, it breaks in layers. Sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly, and sometimes in ways you can’t explain.

My path into this work didn't begin with a certification.

It began with grief.

In 2006, my sister Manjit was murdered. That loss changed the entire shape of my life. I went through years of courtrooms, shock, numbness, survival mode, and trying to hold my family together while my world kept falling apart.

But grief didn't start or end there.

I've lived through divorce, the loss of a parent, miscarriages, and friendships I thought would last forever. I've carried the quiet grieving that happens when you realize your life no longer looks like the one you imagined.

I've also lived through sexual trauma. I share this because it taught me something critical: grief and trauma don't just live in your mind. They live in your body, in your breath, in your nervous system, long after the moment has passed. And that understanding changed how I help people move forward in their own journey.

Through all of this, I learned something most people never talk about: grief shows up in many forms. Grief isn't just death. It's identity. Safety. Relationships. Dreams. Childhood wounds. Health. The version of yourself you thought you'd become. Grief touches all of it.

And most of us are never taught how to carry it.

For years, I tried to find support that truly reached the places that were hurting.

Most things helped for a moment, but nothing created lasting change. Healing began when I found practices that met me where I actually was, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Sometimes grief needed slow movement. Sometimes it needed breath and stillness. And sometimes, it needed the kind of movement that lets your body release what your mind has been holding.

These practices didn’t ask me to “get over it.”

in a way that didn’t judge me or rush me.

Those approaches finally helped me breathe again.

So I chose to get trained in the methods that truly supported me. Not just to understand them, but to offer them to others who are searching for the same kind of relief I once needed.

Everything I’m certified in is something that supported my own healing long before I offered it to anyone else.

Part of My Education Includes :

Certified Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist

Grief Recovery Institute
The only evidence based program proven to help people complete what feels emotionally unfinished after loss. Backed by over forty years of research, this program is structured, action oriented, and creates real, measurable emotional change.

Certified Traumatic Loss Facilitator

BC Bereavement Society
Specialized training in sudden, violent, and complicated grief, the kind of loss that shatters your sense of safety and leaves you searching for solid ground. This certification deepened my ability to support people through some of the most difficult and destabilizing forms of grief.

Certified Yoga Teacher

Red Door Yoga — Training under Kavita Maharaj
Kavita Maharaj is known across Canada for her deeply knowledgeable, alignment based, therapeutic approach to yoga. Training under her meant learning from one of the strongest foundations in the country for understanding the body as a pathway to emotional healing. Her teaching helped shape how I understand breath, posture, nervous system regulation, and how the body holds grief.

Certified Yoga for Kids Instructor

YogaKids International
One of the original and most respected children’s yoga education programs in the world. YogaKids is recognized for combining movement, emotional regulation, mindfulness, and nervous system development in a way that supports the whole child. This training strengthened my understanding of how grief affects early development and how to support younger nervous systems gently and effectively.

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma & Resilience Certificate

Langara College — Training with Maggie Reagh and Nicole Marcia
Maggie Reagh and Nicole Marcia are two of Canada’s leading trauma informed yoga educators. Training with them is considered a significant accomplishment in the field.

• Maggie Reagh is known nationally for her work in yoga therapy, biomechanics, and functional movement, bringing a level of precision and depth that few teachers offer.

• Nicole Marcia is a pioneer in trauma sensitive yoga and has worked extensively in clinical settings, addiction recovery, and mental health programs. Her work is at the forefront of understanding how trauma lives in the body.

Studying under both of them meant learning trauma and resilience work at the highest standard available in Canada.

I learned firsthand how grief and trauma store themselves in the body, and how movement, breath, and nervous system work can release what words cannot.

These aren't just credentials. They're the foundation of how I support people: gently, honestly, and with full awareness that grief affects your breath, your sleep, your nervous system, and the way you move through the world.

I'm not a therapist. I'm a Certified Grief Educator and guide.

My work is not about diagnosis or treatment.

It's education, real support, and grounded tools rooted in lived experience.

I guide people through grief in a steady, simple, human way using methods that helped me and have helped thousands of others.

With me, you can expect:

A calm, honest presence
No pressure. No timelines. No "be strong."

Body-based support
Grief lives in the body, not just the mind. We work with breath, movement, and the nervous system. Gently.

Evidence-based tools

The Grief Recovery Method is the only evidence-backed program of its kind, proven to create lasting change.

A space where you don't have to pretend
You don't have to be okay. You don't have to hold everything together. You can show up exactly as you are.

I’ve held many roles in my community but my proudest is being a mother of 4 kind and compassionate children, 3 daughters and 1 son.

I'm also a vocal advocate in the fight against violence, particularly violence affecting women. I speak publicly on these issues, working to create safer communities where healing is possible.

A Piece of Hope isn't a brand to me.

It's a promise I made to myself and to anyone who is grieving: no one should have to walk through the darkest parts of life alone.

If you're past the initial shock but still feel stuck. If therapy helped but didn't reach all the places that hurt. If your loss was months or years ago and you're tired of carrying it alone. Whether it's death, divorce, identity, safety, or a future you thought you would have, you are welcome here. 

There is no right way to grieve.

There is only your way.

And I would be honored to walk with you, one steady step at a time.

*Note: If you're in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic loss, I encourage you to seek crisis support first. This program is designed for people ready to do structured grief work.*