"My mission is to empower you to rise above adversity, embrace your gifts, and live your life with self-compassion and real joy! The key to thriving isn't avoiding hardship, but recognizing the hidden gifts within it".
- Catherine Clark M.Ed.
There are few things I enjoy more than connecting with people, holding space, and witnessing profound transformation.
Have you ever wondered if the pain you've experienced could actually be a pathway to transformative growth and joy? Catherine believes it can!
Find out how in her book, Gifts in Dark Packages: How to Embrace Adversity, Transform your Life
and Experience Joy.
Now available in audible format as well!
Catherine is also the co-author of Cancer Heroes: Lovingly Woven Stories of Healing, Survival, and Profound Transformation (all proceeds to Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation) and Third Act Encore: Inspirational Stories to Unleash your Sage at Any Stage (all proceeds to IMHF: International Mental Health Foundation for the Arts)
Gifts in Dark Packages
Are you facing personal challenges or seeking strategies to build resilient teams? Then Catherine’s message of hope, strength, and turning adversity into a competitive advantage might be just what you need. She empowers organizations to build psychologically safe workplaces where people want to come to work because they feel valued, supported, and inspired to innovate.
With over 25 years of experience in trauma counselling and her unique mental health resiliency roadmap, Catherine teaches that adversity isn't something to simply survive—it's a catalyst for profound transformation. By reframing challenges as opportunities, we unlock our inner strength, shift pain into growth, and find joy in unexpected places.
Her dynamic keynotes, mental health leadership workshops, and compassionate counselling will arm you and your teams with the confidence to turn adversity into resilience, silence into connection, and fear into trust. Ready to transform?
Testimonials
“If the worst thing I can imagine happened to me – I lost a family member in a plane crash, I lost a limb, any unimaginable event you can think of, whatever – Catherine is the first person who would show up at the scene and help. Catherine is one-of-a-kind, unique, rare, and possessing of a kind of empathy and depth that allows her to show up for others when circumstances are at their worst. You see, Catherine is a survivor. Her many and varied life experiences only serve to deepen the gifts she shares with the world.”
Tracy Shea-Porter
CEO and Co-Founder, Yes Unlimited
“I’ve always believed that Catherine was born a natural storyteller and speaker. Catherine has a gift for bringing life lessons alive by sharing her most vulnerable and authentic stories in a refreshing manner. Catherine has an ability to engage and influence leaders in the corporate setting, which sets her apart from others. I highly recommend this book for those who are looking for inspiration and motivation throughout their own life journey."
Rachel Turner
Director, Global Strategic Initiatives and Integrations, TELUS Intl.
“Catherine is someone who has a lot of valuable tools and techniques to share – acquired through her own personal turmoil as well as professional acumen – that will benefit your life too.”
Tracy MacLeod
Certified Trauma Treatment Specialist MSW, RSW, CTTS
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