Yvonne Heath

Preparing for Grief Before It Arrives

Biography

In her 27 year nursing career, Yvonne Heath worked in in many areas including emergency, chemotherapy, palliative care and hospice. She became disheartened by our society’s reluctance to prepare for grief, transitions and end of life—causing excessive suffering. She suffered too,know knowing how to do it differently.

In 2015 she blazed a new trail to create social change and founded Love Your Life to Death and the I Just Showed Up Movement. She delivered her TEDx Talk, Transforming Our Grief—by Just Showing Up. Ten years later in 2025, she shares her journey as her eldest son navigates addiction and recovery. As always, she delivers her message with Heart, Humour and Humanness.

She is most passionate about Supporting the Supporters and Creating Compassionate Communities When they are not traveling, Yvonne and her husband Geordie can be found wearing socks and sandals in their happy place in Huntsville, Ontario (Canada) with their cats, Calvin and Hobbes.

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