Build a Grief‑Resilient Organization
Facilitated workshops with training that strengthen psychological safety and cohesion across your workplace or community.
LR Wellness translate 36 years of community-building practice into practical tools leaders can use today—no therapy required, just better leadership.
When grief goes unaddressed, it silently erodes your foundation
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Reduced productivity and heightened presenteeism
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Tension within team dynamics and communication failures
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Leaders feeling unprepared to assist their teams
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Increased burnout and preventable turnover
Ignoring grief creates a culture where people hide pain to look “professional.”
LR Wellness help you change that.
Why Grief Warrior?
Community-development expertise, applied practically. Led by Lise Robinson, Community Resilience Strategist with 36 years of community-building leadership. Our methodology bridges community wisdom, evidence-informed practice, and organizational change—so teams can respond to loss and disruption with clarity, dignity, and cohesion.
Real life experiences personal and professional expiernce
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Personal experience of dealing with multiple losses my parents, three brothers and my ex-husband.
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Coordinated emergency support for Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees relocating to Edmonton. Dealt with a lot of loss of homes, jobs and people being displaced for months.
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Launched a COVID-19 food pantry that fed thousands of families.
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Led social workers who were part of Truth & Reconciliation gatherings where 6,000+ people shared residential school stories. Leading a team of social workers who recorded stories and was there to support individuals through sharing the facts of the abuses suffered.
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Built programs in food security, poverty reduction, diversity & inclusion, and nation-to-nation partnerships with First Nations.
Lise Robinson is the founder of LR Wellness and the Grief Warrior program.
With 36 years of community-building leadership, Lise has:
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Emergency response for Fort McMurray wildfire assisted evacuees settling in Edmonton and providing supports to help them get through this very difficult time. Helping families access the basic needs and also emotional supports.
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Launched a COVID-19 food pantry that served thousands
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Led Truth and Reconciliation gatherings where 6,000+ people shared residential school stories
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Built programs in food security, poverty reduction, diversity & inclusion, and nation-to-nation partnerships with First Nations
Grief Warrior is not a generic wellness program. It’s built on real-world community development leadership and crisis response—from wildfire evacuations and COVID food security to large-scale Truth & Reconciliation gatherings. LR Wellness turn that lived, evidence-informed experience into simple tools leaders can use to strengthen psychological safety and team cohesion.
LR Wellness give leaders simple, humane tools that turn difficult moments into trust-building culture.— Lise Robinson, Founder of LR Wellness, Community Healing Strategist
Being Grief-aware leadership isn’t soft—it’s how communities stay strong in hard times
Practical, scalable programs for a healthier culture
Grief Warrior turns lived community experience—wildfire evacuations, COVID food security, large-scale reconciliation work—into simple, humane tools leaders can use to build psychological safety and cohesion.
Who we serve
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HR & People Leaders
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DEI/ERG Leads • Municipalities
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• First Nations & Indigenous Organizations
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• Healthcare
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• Education
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• Non-profits
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• Mid-size enterprises
Download the Guide: The Grief-Aware Leader
A clear, 5-step framework leaders can use right away to build psychological safety and team cohesion—grounded in 36 years of community-building practice.
What you’ll get (3–5 bullets):
The 5-Step Grief Warrior Framework (acknowledge → advocate)
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Conversation scripts for tough moments (what to say / avoid)
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A manager quick-start checklist for the next 7 days
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A 10-item self-assessment to spot growth areas
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A mini case snapshot (how a team rebuilt trust)
Programs
1) The Grief-Aware Leadership Workshop (90 minutes)
Format: Virtual or in-person; managers & leaders
Outcomes:
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Understand the spectrum of grief (beyond bereavement)
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Apply the 3 pillars of a grief-aware response
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Use empathetic scripts for hard conversations
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Boost psychological safety quickly
Ideal for: Leadership days, manager series, executive retreats, -
Investment: $3,500 (includes custom 1-page quick-start guide)
2) Community Capacity Bootcamp (6 weeks)
Format: Virtual cohort; weekly 2-hour sessions; HR, ERG leaders, community champions
Outcomes:
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Shared Grief Warrior framework grounded in community practice
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Practical skills (listening protocols, peer support, response playbooks)
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Tailored implementation plan for your context
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Internal Grief Warrior Champions certified
Investment: $9,500 (founding-partner pilot rate)
3) Grief Warrior Circles — Facilitator Certification (1 day)
Format: Virtual or in-person; up to 10 facilitators
Outcomes:
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Certification to run peer-support circles
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Licensed curriculum & materials (annual updates)
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Sustainable internal support model (lightens EAP load)
Investment: $5,000 training + $1,000/year curriculum license
