“Be good to people on your way up because you never know who you might meet on the way down”. Chris Loves this quote because of his special interest in people. Always be good to others, there is enough rotten attitudes in this world, we don’t need to help promulgate them.

Many years ago when Chris first started out helping others with their grief he read a book by Niraj R. Shah call the Quest of the Phoenix. Chris was so impressed with this man’s story that he contacted Niraj for permission to use a few of his teachings out of this book in the grief classes he taught. Once Chris got permission they communicated  several more times that year. Thus The Phoenix, the name and method in which Chris Breyer associates with his guidance in grief.

Chris Breyer holds many certifications in many areas as to best fulfill the needs of the people he finds himself working with. Chris served as a Patrol Chaplain for the Sheriff’s Department in San Bernardino County and Riverside County and a Full-Time Chaplain with the Big Bear Fire Department all in California, heading up a Crisis Response Team made up of Chaplains trained in Crisis Response, he also worked in healthcare for 17 years. In his time in healthcare he built and ran a crisis Chaplain program for the facility, he was part of their Trauma Team, the Hope Coach for the Cancer Center counseling the cancer patients and their families. He was the Living Donor Advocate for their Transplant Center, he also sat on the Ethics Committee. Chris was also one of the founding members of the Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition. He is a Lifetime Member of the FBI Los Angeles Citizens Academy Alumni Association, trained and certified as a Trauma Specialist by the American Association of Trauma Specialist, certified as a Master Chaplain with The Office of Homeland Security, Chris also has many certifications and awards in Crisis Response, and Grief and Stress Management. He has trained Chaplains for Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Healthcare. It s is obvious that Chris loves people, he has been helping others deal with grief issues for over 25 years on many levels. He is a Grief and Stress Management Specialist and facilitated a grief group and held Holiday grief seminars for over 13 years. He has spoken at conferences and has done seminars in different areas on many topics. He has a Podcast called Healing With Hope, a Guide for Grief Survival which can be heard on Spotify, Castbox, Apple Podcasts, and Anchor. Chris also hosts a Online Grief Support Group also called Healing With Hope.

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