Three certification pathways — Kintsugi, Spiritual, and Legacy — each a five-level ladder from first presence to certified guide. Non-clinical, practice-rooted, and built around the Everlight ecosystem of remembrance and companioning.
Every credential follows the same stages — Entry, Core, Transform, Community, Certify — so your training builds in a predictable rhythm, no matter which path you choose.
“You are not ruined by what broke you.”
The foundational companioning path — presence, reflective listening, and the kintsugi mindset. Learn to sit beside grief without fixing it, sustain yourself, and hold space with trauma-aware care.
The shared language of companioning. Learn what grief is across cultures and kinds of loss, and the posture of a non-clinical companion.
The core discipline of companioning: reflective listening, holding silence, and refusing the urge to rescue.
Mending with gold. Learn the kintsugi mindset — honouring the seam, finding meaning without forcing it — and carry it as a guide.
Sustain the companion so the practice endures. Recognise burnout and secondary trauma, and build a self-care rhythm that holds.
The certifying capstone. Hold space with trauma-aware presence, and complete your competency review to earn the Kintsugi Guide credential.
Completing Level 5 earns the Everlight Kintsugi Guide credential.
An internal Everlight certification — not clinical licensure or ordination. Retakes are supported.
“The light shines in the darkness (John 1:5).”
For those who companion grief through faith in Christ. Learn biblically-rooted companioning — the God who draws near in sorrow, the psalms of lament, and how to hold the question without supplying easy answers — meeting the mourner in the hope of Scripture without proselytising the grieving.
Begin where the Bible begins — with a God who draws near to the brokenhearted. Learn the scriptural ground of grief companioning.
Sit beside someone in the night without demanding dawn. Learn the companion's place in the dark season, comforted to comfort.
Lead simple, meaningful rituals grounded in Scripture. Learn to shape remembrance rites that hold the whole person before God.
Carry Biblical companioning into the workplace. Support grieving employees and shape bereavement-aware practice that carries Christ's care.
The certifying capstone. Walk beside someone before and during a loss through the valley, and complete your competency review to earn the Biblical Companion Guide credential.
Completing Level 5 earns the Everlight Biblical Companion Guide credential.
An internal Everlight certification — not clinical licensure or ordination. Retakes are supported.
“What deserves to be remembered?”
The remembrance path. Learn story-gathering, ceremony design, peer circles, and digital legacy — helping the bereaved tell, keep, and carry a loved one's story forward.
Gather a loved one's story with care and consent. Learn the legacy interview and the small true details that hold a life.
Shape a memorial that holds the whole person. Learn to design gatherings that invite the room to remember together.
Hold a circle of mourners. Learn the simple structure and facilitator posture that keeps a grief circle safe.
Keep memory where it will last. Learn ethical digital memorial practice and the story vault — with consent, privacy, and stewardship.
The certifying capstone. Carry remembrance into leadership and community, and complete your competency review to earn the Story Guide credential.
Completing Level 5 earns the Everlight Story Guide credential.
An internal Everlight certification — not clinical licensure or ordination. Retakes are supported.
“A practice you can carry — built ethically.”
How to run a grief practice ethically. Learn to start, package, market, partner, and build membership circles — without exploitation. For companions ready to carry their practice into the world.
Begin a grief practice on an ethical foundation — scope, consent, boundaries, and the difference between a practice and a promise.
Shape what you offer. Learn to package 1:1 companioning, grief circles, and workshops into clear, sustainable offerings.
Reach the people who need you without trading on their pain. Learn grief-aware, honest marketing.
Build the relationships that sustain a practice. Learn to partner with hospice, funeral homes, and community organisations — with respect and clear scope.
The certifying capstone. Build ongoing membership circles that sustain a practice and a community — and complete your review to earn the Grief Practice Builder credential.
Completing Level 5 earns the Everlight Grief Practice Builder credential.
An internal Everlight certification — not clinical licensure or ordination. Retakes are supported.