I have a personal relationship with activating sacred actions for myself to keep memories and love alive.
Michelle Ann Ryan is an author and public speaker that shares potent stories and credible images of how resiliency can be built through practicing during the hardest parts.
About Michelle
Michelle Ann Ryan is a mother, grandmother, retired school teacher with her master of arts degree from CU Boulder in Multi-Cultural and Social Diversity Education specializing in Special Education and English as a Second Language.
She has traveled with several nonprofits to Central Asia, supporting people-to-people connections and self-esteem work. Michelle has thirty years of experience volunteering on the boards of three humanitarian organizations.
She has facilitated women's retreats and loves being with women.
Michelle enjoys working with all children and families with a particularly warm spot for mothers and their young children.
She currently lives with her husband, a beekeeper, on a farm in Boulder County and spends her time being an active grandmother and listening to the Universe and creating.
“Sacred actions give expression to my grief”
- Michelle Ann Ryan
If we as adults see all children’s behavior as a call for help, a call for expression, a call to be heard, we can show up in a way that supports the children’s expression and learning.
“I appreciate how honest, personal and not didactic this book felt. The author gently takes you on her journey with the grief in her life and the way she studied to discover the actions that continue to help her as she navigates the ongoing cycles of grief. As a mother, grandmother, teacher and friend she has successfully recognized how to share and customize these practices to compassionately help others.
I have never been a consumer of “self help” books but came to this one when needing resources to help the important kids in my life who have been going through some very difficult times. I was surprised to recognize that I was overdue for incorporating this work into my life as well.”
What people are saying about Michelle Ryan’s book, Helping Children Grieve Through Sacred Actions and Images
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Heroine Of Joy
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Creating Sacred Images
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Home Ceremony
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Supporting Clients with Joy
“I see all behaviors of children as communication.”
— Michelle Ann Ryan
