Dina Bell-Laroche's guest appearances

Dina Bell-Laroche

Coaches Rising

That’s So MLS

Player's Own Voice

Michael Woods

Brian Burke

Kendall Coyne

Stephen Hart

Stu Grimson

Leon Draisaitl

Jayna Hefford

Arianne Jones

John Morris

Patrick Anderson

Joe Willis

Chris Mosier

Alexandre Despatie

Nancy Lee

Jennifer Jones

OwlTail

Life is a series of ongoing losses; of people, places, and parts of self, and yet grief - the emotion we can experience as a result of loss - is rarely mentioned in coaching training. In this conversation with integral coach Dina Bell-Laroche we explore grief and how to encounter it with our clients, the social perception of grief and grieving, the identity transformation catalyzed by loss,  building safety and self-soothing, and the language of continued bonds. Dina Bell-Laroche, BJ, MA, is an Integral Master Coach™ and partner at Sport Law. Dina has worked for a number of sport organizations since 1991 including the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the True Sport Foundation, and Equestrian Canada. Dina specializes in Integral Coaching®, strategic planning, communications, risk management, change management, loss and grief, and leadership development. Dina is currently enrolled in a Thanatology Certificate Program at the University of Western Ontario’s King’s College.Visit coachesrising.com to see our acclaimed online coach trainings and other offerings.

Life is a series of ongoing losses; of people, places, and parts of self, and yet grief - the emotion we can experience as a result of loss - is rarely mentioned in coaching training. In this conversation with integral coach Dina Bell-Laroche we explore grief and how to encounter it with our clients, the social perception of grief and grieving, the identity transformation catalyzed by loss, building safety and self-soothing, and the language of continued bonds. Dina Bell-Laroche, BJ, MA, is an Integral Master Coach™ and partner at Sport Law. Dina has worked for a number of sport organizations since 1991 including the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the True Sport Foundation, and Equestrian Canada. Dina specializes in Integral Coaching®, strategic planning, communications, risk management, change management, loss and grief, and leadership development. Dina is currently enrolled in a Thanatology Certificate Program at the University of Western Ontario’s King’s College. Visit <a href="http://coachesrising.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">coachesrising.com</a> to see our acclaimed online coach trainings and other offerings.

147 - Dina Bell-Laroche: The wisdom & role of grief in coaching

After years of working on communications for high performance sports,  Dina Bell-Laroche has witnessed many extremes of emotion. But the moment that altered her career forever was the death of her sister, nearly twenty years ago.  The grief and her experience in sport combined for Bell-Laroche and led her to coaching and councelling athletes who are dealing with loss in its many forms.  With national athletes enduring the Post Olympic Blues right now, the time is fitting for some clear thinking about how we process setbacks and loss in sports.  Part of the goal is to get rid of myths. Grief is not the exclusive privilege of people who have had a death in the family. For athletes,  bereavement can flow from a big loss, naturally, but it can also accumulate slowly and creep up on competitors.  After a career devoted to sport- retirement can churn up many underexamined disappointments and losses, too.  The trouble starts when sports rewards a stoic approach. Shake it off. There’ll be another game. Focus on getting that next win. These attitudes mean well, but they can push athletes into traumatizing silence. Bell -Laroche’s discipline is Thanatology. The study of grief and death.  The ancient Greeks, who knew a thing or two about tragedy, said there are only two themes: Eros and Thanatos. Love and Death. Bell- Laroche would argue they are inextricably linked. We only mourn losing what we love. And that can include a dashed dream of Olympic glory.

After years of working on communications for high performance sports, Dina Bell-Laroche has witnessed many extremes of emotion. But the moment that altered her career forever was the death of her sister, nearly twenty years ago. The grief and her experience in sport combined for Bell-Laroche and led her to coaching and councelling athletes who are dealing with loss in its many forms. With national athletes enduring the Post Olympic Blues right now, the time is fitting for some clear thinking about how we process setbacks and loss in sports. Part of the goal is to get rid of myths. Grief is not the exclusive privilege of people who have had a death in the family. For athletes, bereavement can flow from a big loss, naturally, but it can also accumulate slowly and creep up on competitors. After a career devoted to sport- retirement can churn up many underexamined disappointments and losses, too. The trouble starts when sports rewards a stoic approach. Shake it off. There’ll be another game. Focus on getting that next win. These attitudes mean well, but they can push athletes into traumatizing silence. Bell -Laroche’s discipline is Thanatology. The study of grief and death. The ancient Greeks, who knew a thing or two about tragedy, said there are only two themes: Eros and Thanatos. Love and Death. Bell- Laroche would argue they are inextricably linked. We only mourn losing what we love. And that can include a dashed dream of Olympic glory.

Living with Loss: Dina Bell-Laroche, athletic grief counsellor

Nick and Bates come back for the final episode of 2019, featuring a bevy of offseason news! Lucas Cavallini and Alan Pulido make their appearances, Charlotte joins the party, and the Reign got bought. Also, we talk the Whitecaps' Safe Sports review with Dina Bell-Laroche, partner in the Sport Law and Strategy Group firm who conducted it.  Read the review: https://vancouver-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/elfinderimages/2019/safesport/SLSG_REVIEW_Findings_and_Recommendations_Report.pdf 

Nick and Bates come back for the final episode of 2019, featuring a bevy of offseason news! Lucas Cavallini and Alan Pulido make their appearances, Charlotte joins the party, and the Reign got bought. Also, we talk the Whitecaps' Safe Sports review with Dina Bell-Laroche, partner in the Sport Law and Strategy Group firm who conducted it.  Read the review: <a href="https://vancouver-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/elfinderimages/2019/safesport/SLSG_REVIEW_Findings_and_Recommendations_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vancouver-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/elfinderimages/2019/safesport/SLSG_REVIEW_Findings_and_Recommendations_Report.pdf</a>

Bringing in the Tanque (With Dina Bell-Laroche)