I took the Life Skills Train the Trainer with Ruth in January 2019.  I did not know what to expect, I was excited and at the same time anxious.  Ruth let us know throughout the training that we would be doing our good work.  She let us know that during any process that we will learn to scan the room so that we will know how to best support participants.  She said that at any time if we see someone having a hard time while they are doing their good work, we stop everything and focus on the participant.  This created safe healing space for me as a participant to do my good work.  During the course of the training, there were times I felt raw and vulnerable but Ruth was always there guiding and supporting us as participants.  Ruth also offered her own stories and her honesty made it easier for me to share my truth.  Ruth encouraged her participants and continued to encourage us throughout the remainder of the training.  Ruth’s training helped me to understand my behaviour and the inter-generational trauma that was keeping me from growing.  The skills I learned are life changing as Ruth guided me to uncover the lessons I needed to move forward in my life to be the best version of me for myself, my family and my community.  

Miigwetch Ruth,

~Raven H. (Life Skills Coach Graduate)

I didn’t know what to expect when I came into the Life Skills Course; I knew we would be coaches at the end of the course. I didn’t expect to get so many personal life lessons from the course.

The course is really focused on your personal growth so that you, in-turn, can go out and help and support others.

Ruth was so supportive of our growth; she guided us gently with the material that would make us take a look at ourselves truthfully.

When you become an adult, you think you know who you are and maybe you’ve begun to understand some of your life experiences. Life Skills Coach Training and Ruth gave us the tools and lessons to delve a little deeper and to know that we will be okay.

I am so grateful for the teachings so that I can go onto help guide and support others.

Miigwetch Ruth,

~Nicole S. (Life Skills Coach Graduate)