Most people do not realize the suicide rate amongst farming families is 5x that of the military veterans. Both sets of numbers are staggering. Having grown up on a dairy farm, married into a dairy farm family overseas; The Netherlands and operating a 3rd dairy farm in Michigan I know firsthand the need for farm women to receive Joy Coaching® Sessions. There is always hope. Sometimes it just takes a listening ear and heart from a fellow farm owner to share tried and true words of encouragement.
Carol: How very sad. Our world is certainly much different than it has ever been. Hopefully, can the sessions be done remotely?
Ramona: Despite the challenges of rural living Joy Coaching® is made possible with the internet and apps like Zoom. Sessions can be done online or even on the phone. The ideal session would be done in person, but with the current environmental challenges many are taking advantage of ZOOM…. Normally, a client would come to me for a session. When someone may be confined to a living situation or bed ridden there is the possibility I could come to their location.
Carol: Joy Coaching® is a faith-based program. Why did you choose a faith-based program of study?
Ramona: I rely on God for everything. I am a faith-based person. I was not always so. As a farmer and Shepherdess, I have seen miracles happen in the barn and in the pasture that left no explanation except by the hand of a Compassionate Creator. To find a program that is faith-based, also enhances the compassion of God. Through the music and oils, I can help point people towards the Healer in the Healer’s Touch Method. Deep Consolation and lasting comfort comes through Christ. I consider it an honor to be a conduit for such work. Mending broken hearts is tender work. My heart is so congruent to this kind of work. I cannot think of any greater Joy in my life than to see someone transition from tears and deep grief towards looking forward to their next day, their next discovery in the gift of life. It is my belief and experience firsthand A compassionate God is, waiting like a Gentleman to lavish His gentle mercies on those willing to receive Him. He is never rude and does not force us to do anything we are not comfortable with. Joy Coaching® is very much like that. Every client has walked away feeling loved and cared about.
Not all clients understand or know of the Love of God (higher power), but that should not stop someone from discovering the true blessing of a Heavenly Father wanting to bestow the gift of peace, love and Joy upon His greatest creations.
Many of the songs used in the sessions help clients visualize the opportunity to experience such a love for themselves.
There are also such songs for children. There are many children’s songs that are delightful. Some of my most memorable sessions are those with children. They love the scents of the oils, especially the citrus oils. One of the beautiful things about doing sessions with children is seeing the Joy in their mom’s eyes as she sees the children become calm, sometimes hear her children express their inner thoughts and seeing their children doze off to sleep with a face that shows peace written all over it.
Sessions with children are always done with their caretaker; parent…usually their mother.
Carol: That is special and touching. SO happy to hear of this type of work and services available.
Your regional certification also separates you from certified “Joy Coaches” because?
Ramona: As a Regional Certified “Joy Coach”,” I am able to teach parents the “Healer’s Touch” Technique. This allows parents to bless their children at home. Getting kids to bed is usually a challenge with mom being tired already. Joy Coaching® sessions for children utilize the Lullaby Connection series of CDs combined with the Song & Scent method by Karyn Lynn Grant, LMT. Some of the CDs include titles like: “Magic Kisses”, “Sense of Peace” “Angel Dreams”, “The Morning Star”, “Just Beyond the Rainbow”, “Where Does Love Go?”. There is even a coloring book to accompany the Lullaby Connection Series. What better way to spend time with your children while getting them to bed than with these ministering songs playing as children receive light whispers touches while smelling the wonderful scents of the oils like Lavender, Frankincense, Siberian Fir, Wild Orange and more.
Carol: I’d like to delve more now into your Turning Hearts Towards Hope, more specifically as well, as it is how and where your Joy Coaching® studies and life has led you.
Will you share 3 points that you absolutely want the readers to know about Turning Hurting Hearts Towards Hope?
Ramona: I’d be happy to.
1: Finding someone to talk to you can trust. My own experience in having someone to talk to, to have someone to really understand what I was feeling; when you feel like no one on earth could possibly understand what you are going through; to find someone I could trust was in my case, my ““Joy Coach””. What gives me hope is when I talk to someone who understands so I share: find someone to talk to.
