Transition Guide Training Program

This train the trainers course will teach you the Art of Conscious Dying into the Light so you, in turn, can develop your own program to teach others to be Transition Guides for their clients, patients, family members or friends. This course will benefit you and enhance your work if you are:

• a nursing educator in a Thanatology degree program or end-of-life continuing education program
• a healthcare educator in an assisted-living or long term care facility
• a CEU course developer of caregiver or nursing courses
• an alternative healthcare practitioner offering complementary services (yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy, massage, reiki, light/energy healing)
• a hospice trainer teaching volunteers or continuing education classes for nurses, aides or community educational classes for families
• a community educator offering end-of-life care classes
• a life coach helping clients overcome fear and grief
• a minister counseling caregivers and terminally ill members

The curriculum is designed as a 6-week Self-Study course consisting of reading chapters in the training manual and practicing the relaxation and guided imagery exercises, practice CDs included. A CD with the author reading the manual is provided for those who prefer an audio version. There is a recommended reading list and a list of internet resources available to help you broaden your knowledge.

Our openness about my illness has allowed so many channels of communication to blossom. My friends and colleagues have told me that dying isn't usually like that, more a sad and slow withdrawal from life with loss the dominant theme. In our society people get medicalised and pitied and feared and isolated when they are dying. They have so much to offer if we can just accept it as a time of specialness and privilege. One friend commented that what we really need are midwives for dying. The essential elements of particular skills of companionship, passage, and journey with a prescribed endpoint mirror each other in birth and death.

--Clare Vaughan, died July 6 in London from cancer

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Pre-training Suggestions

These are things you can do to better prepare yourself for this work. These will give you more depth as a Transition Guide Trainer.

1. Enroll in a hospice training course for volunteers and spend time with dying patients
2. Volunteer at a nursing home to visit/sit with elderly patients
3. Take classes in meditation and yoga (these will help you when you teach others and be beneficial to your own spiritual growth)
4. Have a few sessions with a hypnotherapist who uses guided imagery
5. Do some personal growth work to heal your own wounds and figure out who you are
6. Do your own forgiveness and gratitude work
7. Deal with your own issues with grief and bereavement
8. Begin purchasing books on the Recommended Reading List for a reference library
9. Start reading the books on the Recommended Reading List and reading web sites listed in Recommended Links

There are many other good books I could have added to the list but I had to draw the line somewhere so if anyone has a particular favorite they think is a must read for Transition Guides, let me know. The same goes for web sites for the list of Online Resources. These lists will be dynamic so students can check back to see what new books and web sites have been added since their last visit. As a nondenominational program, I have not included the Bible, the Koran, or other religious books; this is an individual's choice whether to use. The list is broken down into four categories: Textbooks; Background Information; Death, Dying & the After Life; Reference Books. I suggest that anyone interested in this field read all of them and keep a good many of them in your personal library for reference and to share with clients/patients. You won't be required to purchase the textbooks but I highly recommend that you do as they will continue to be helpful to your teaching for years to come.

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If you think you might be interested in becoming a
Transition Guide Trainer...

Read the Table of Contents and the Introduction to the
Trainer's Training Manual

If you're starting to feel like this may be your calling, it's time to decide whether you are prepared to invest the time, effort and money to be part of this growing movement toward conscious dying and become a Certified Transition Guide Trainer or Coach as added service for your clients.

Read over the syllabus

Do you have a couple of hours a day to devote to studying this course?

If you've decided this does feel like your calling,

download an application packet

download License Agreement.

If after filling out the paperwork you are still interested, order the Transition Guide Trainer's Program and set a date to begin the 6- week self-study course mentored by Diane Goble.

Those who decide to become certified in this technique and develop their healing practice in this direction, will have an amazing experience working one-on-one with Diane through the 6-weeks. Once a week you will have a one-hour weekly skype or teleconference call to discuss the readings and assignments with her. Following completion, you will receive a Certificate, and the license to teach this method and to purchase products for resale to help you market your services.

If you need longer than 6 weeks to complete the course for whatever reason, Diane will do her best to accommodate you.

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For your privacy, please snail mail your application to:
Diane Goble
Cosmic Creativity
PO Box 2158
Sisters, OR 97759-2158

To discuss your interest, ask questions, seek direction, get to know your mentor, call Diane at 541-588-6611

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Transition Guide Trainer Certification

Level I (6+ hours)

Training Manual, 4-CD audio program, 6-week Self-Study Guide, 3 practice meditation CDs, and one-on-one mentoring with Master Transition Guide Trainer Diane Goble

Time: 1 hour per week Skype or teleconference call discussing assignments, 30-minute daily practice, 1 hour/day study

Certification includes a Certificate of Completion, 1 year directory listing, 1 year licensing, 1 hour of follow up phone support, trainer's newsletter, and wholesale pricing on teaching materials.

$400.00

6-week Self-Study Course

U.S. and Canada only at this time.

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Master Transition Guide Trainer Internship

Level II (12+ hours)

For Trainers who wish to train other Transition Guide Trainers, there is a 6-month supervised internship available leading to Certification as a Master Transition Guide Trainer (Level II). During the year, Interns will chronicle their Transition Guide training experiences and submit monthly reports, which will be reviewed with their supervisor (via Skype). Master Trainers will use the same curriculum and Trainer's Manual to train others to teach the Art of Conscious Dying and integrate it into their end-of-life healing services.

6-month Supervised Internship . . . . . . . . . . $600.00

One-on-one mentoring by Diane Goble during 6-month internship
Time: 2 hours per month Skype or teleconference calls plus occasional email discussions.

Stundents may take up to a year to complete their internship depending on how many clients/classes they have to work with.

Includes Certificate of Completion, 1 year online directory listing, 1 year licensing, and wholesale pricing on teaching materials)