Professional Development
Talks & Workshops
Crafted for: Caregivers, Chaplains & Counsellors
Drawing from her daughter Amy’s journey through terminal illness and her own experience as a practicing chaplain, Raewyn Elsegood offers caregivers practical frameworks and permission to integrate their wounds with their calling, transforming personal devastation into deeper, more authentic service.
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Each of these talks are designed to be 30 minutes in length or a 60 minute workshop - great for conferences, retreats and professional development events serving chaplains, counsellors and caregivers.
Talk/Workshop 1
"When the Caregiver Grieves: Integrating Personal Grief and Ministry Calling"
Every chaplain will face the moment when personal loss collides with professional calling. After a decade of ministry, Chaplain Raewyn Elsegood thought she understood grief—until her 19-year-old daughter Amy battled terminal illness for seven months.
This compelling 30-minute talk shares how Amy's extraordinary grace became Raewyn's greatest teacher about authentic ministry. Discover practical strategies for navigating the three voices every chaplain carries, transitioning between personal grief and ministry presence, and the "doorway ritual" that can save your calling during crisis.
Your wounds don't disqualify you from ministry—they qualify you for deeper, more authentic service.
Talk/Workshop 2
"Dancing Through Darkness: Supporting Clients Through Grief"
When professional training meets personal devastation, what emerges can transform grief support. This workshop bridges theoretical knowledge and lived experience, offering counselors a practical approach to walking alongside clients throughprofound loss.
Drawing from a 19-year-old's journey through terminal illness, discover how grief operates like learning to dance with an unpredictable partner rather than progressing through linear stages. Participants will learn the DANCE framework—a clinical tool for helping clients determine capacity, acknowledge emotions, and embrace the coexistence of joy and sorrow.
Leave equipped with strategies that deepen therapeutic connection while honoring professional boundaries.
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Fors Grieving Hearts
Find honest companionship through the valley of loss with talks that offer permission to grieve at your own pace, practical tools for unwrapping grief layer by layer, and hope that doesn't deny the pain but shows you how to keep dancing anyway.
For General Audience
Discover how to live with courage, purpose, and grace through life's unexpected challenges—drawing wisdom from stories of loss transformed into universal lessons about presence, connection, and choosing meaning over circumstances.
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I provide grief support, memorial talks, and workshops for individuals and communities navigating loss, inspirational talks for women's groups, and professional development for chaplains and caregivers through training, podcasts, and panels. Please select the path that best fits your need.
Raewyn Elsegood | Sydney, Australia