Let's Get to Know Norfolk Virginia Native Deborah Juniper - Frye

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As a longtime Grief Specialist, Deborah Juniper-Frye has worked with countless families, individuals, and organizations through the grief process, to gain understanding, new hope, and self-awareness. She has also witnessed, endured, and overcame the stress and trauma that comes with grief.
Deborah is currently employed with the Grace Hospice Organization as a Volunteer Coordinator and Trainer. She was formerly employed with a mega church for 22 years and with a premier funeral home as their Grief Care Follow-Up Coordinator and a Special Events Organizer. She organized and established the Dinner & Discussion Workshops to discuss different grief topics, such as Loss of a Child, Loss of a Spouse, and Coping with Grief During the Holidays. She has been proficient in the past, as the liaison between Church Leadership, Families, Funeral Home Establishments, Caterers, and Cemetery with tact and diplomacy.
Deborah is the Business Owner of Grief Care Consulting LLC and the Author of eight books, “Grieving Under Grace”; “What About Me? I’m Sad Too.” A Children’s Grief Activity Book (in English and Spanish version); a co-author of the best-seller, Complicated Alliances; a co-author of the best-seller, Finding Joy In the Journey; a co-author of the best-seller, SurvivingHer; co-author of the best-seller, Sister Leaders and Grief In Colour. She is an Ambassador for the When Black Women Talk (#WBWT) Organization and a Grief Recovery Method Specialist, through the Grief Recovery Institute. She has taken additional certificate courses at Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Behavior Institute, and Power House Leaders University.
Deborah has lived abroad as a military wife, resides in Virginia Beach, VA and has been madly in love with her husband, Michael for over 35 years. They have three adult children ~ Antione, Michael, Jr., and Whitney, as well as, three grandchildren, Antione, Jr., Aaliyah, and Raevyn.