“I am a Hope Dealer!”

So, I am posing this question to you…If  you could chat with anyone – positively any living person, who would it be?  The individual I would choose would be Rita Davenport.  For years I wanted to be just like her “when I grew up.”  She is a stellar human being and is the greatest speaker I have ever heard – and I am super picky!  She will make you laugh so hard that, according to her, “you need to pinch your butt cheeks together so you don’t cry.”  And then, she will say something so touching that your very soul will weep.  She is the author of Funny Side Up, former 20-year president of Arbonne International, and she is “A Hope Dealer.”  Rita coined the “Hope Dealer” phrase and now I am claiming it.  I offer people hope.  That is what I am doing, now that I have finally grown up.

It took a tragedy to wake me up spiritually and emotionally, and to force me to “grow up.”  In the past three years, I have lost several people that I loved.  I was shocked, traumatized, and saddened.  As a result, I lost my desire to live. To my astonishment, I am now flourishing and want to help others to arrive at this same destination by guiding them through my five spiritual steps for healing grief.  These are what I wish I had, when on July 10, 2017,  my life forever changed . By healing my grief, I also lost my fear of dying, and even my fear of living.

As human beings we can’t escape grief or grieving.  I cannot eradicate your grief, but I believe I can help to heal it.  Grief has been described as keen mental suffering, sharp sorrow, and painful regret.  And grief comes in many forms.  It can be the loss of a pet, a job, one’s youth and vitality, or a failed marriage.  (I even help people with weight loss. See my blog, We Don’t DiET.)

Finding Hope is the name of my seven-week online Zoom class which guides folks through my Five Spiritual Steps:  Knowing, Loving, Forgiving, Trusting, and Flourishing.  The course is offered on an individual one-on-one basis or as part of a group of four.  If you are not familiar with Zoom, it is a simple online improved version of Skype.  I send you a link and you click on it at the designated time and we can see each other and interact.  I have been using it effectively for several years and believe it is the wave of the future.  The individual program is on-going and the next group starts on January 6, 2020.  Please email me directly for more information, pricing, or to reserve your space.  deeringdianne@gmail.com

I am offering hope and this is who would benefit from the program:

• a person who is unable to move forward after a loss
• an open-minded individual who has suffered a very recent loss
• someone who believes “it’s too late”
• a person who thinks they, or their loved one,  did something unforgivable
• someone who has heard, seen, or felt signs from a loved one and is confused or afraid
• one who is fearful to date or love again after the death of a spouse
• a loyal pet-owner
• someone who wants to make peace with their past
• a person who is afraid to die
• someone who wants to be make amends before they pass on
• a lonely suffering person during the holidays
• someone curious about what I have learned and witnessed from the other side

This is a spiritual program, not a religious one.  I honor all religions.  I am a licensed non-denominational minister.  When I was in my twenties, I was fortunate enough to live on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai where there were over 100 different religious affiliations.  I attended every one, rotating weeks over a two-year period.  What I discovered was that we are all trying to get to the same place.  Many different paths to the top of the mountain exist.

Who am I to be facilitating this healing program?

First, I will tell you who I am NOT.  I am not a psychic.  I am not a medium.  I am not a grief counselor.  I am a person who has had a life-changing healing experience who wants to share my spiritual steps and my story with those searching for it.  I am a certified Life Coach with a Master’s Degree in Energy Medicine.  I have been a vice president for a health and wellness company for 14 years.  I am a teacher, speaker, minister, and  trainer.  I have read over 100 books on death, grief, and the afterlife in the past couple of years.  I went from wanting to die, to wanting to help.  Maybe I can help you or someone you love?

My story in a nutshell:

At 62-years old, my long marriage was ending, when Craig came into my life.  We had plans for our future together, but he tragically died before anything materialized.  He “courted” me, from the other side, every single day for 16 months after he passed, showering me with gifts and signs that literally “blew my mind.”  I had never experienced anything like that before or ever heard of anything so outlandish as a courtship beyond the grave.   I felt his energy, heard his voice, and saw his spirit.

Mediums were something I knew nothing about, but through a series of synchronistic events, I contacted one about a month after Craig died and was able to “communicate” with Craig on the other side.   Through the gifted medium, I “spoke” with Craig each month and he shared with me his list, “Craig’s List,” from and for the afterlife.  The list is comprised of the five spiritual steps that helped me to heal that he wants me to share.  (See my blog, A New Way to Grieve.)

During the second “conversation” and subsequent ones with the medium, Craig told me that he would be sending me someone to be my life partner.  He wanted me joyful and able to do all the things that we had planned to do before he died.

Nineteen months after Craig died, I dated a lovely man for one month.  Shockingly, after a perfect medical report, he had a heart attack and died in my arms.  Now with a different consciousness, I was able to “connect” with this man on the other side and my knowledge expanded.

I wrote a blog about this experience in April of 2019 titled, When Someone Dies in Your Arms.  In years past I may have said that it was ironical that a Facebook friend of mine, whom I had not seen in 37 years, just happened to see the blog post and shared it with the man I was in love with in my twenties.  I also had not seen my past love in 37 years and it “just happened” that he was single.  We have reunited and now I believe this was part of a “heaven sent” divine plan.  I have come full circle.

As a “Hope Dealer,” these are some of my favorite quotes:

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.  Emily Dickinson

I love the country song by Luke Bryan,  Most People Are Good.  I particularly resonated with these lyrics:

“I believe that days go slow and years go fast
And every breath’s a gift, the first one to the last.”

Di’s Claimer or Disclaimer   

This is the disclaimer at the beginning of my book that is nearing completion.  I felt it pertinent to include it.

I believe with all of my heart and soul that it is my God-given purpose to write this book that will help thousands move through their grief, guilt, and fears.   In so doing, I accept that there are people who will say this is an unbelievable tale and the imaginings of a grief-stricken woman.

This is my true story exactly as it unfolded to me, without exaggeration and without malice.  I have had almost three years to digest this information. You will be getting all of it in the time it takes you to read the book.  I am certain some of the content will be as shocking to you as it was, and still is, to me. Because of religious beliefs, some will deem this narrative invalid, perhaps even blasphemous.  I understand that. I mean no offense. My only goal is to serve the grieving or frightened people in need of this healing message.

I ask only that you read this with an open mind and an open heart and then, follow your heart.