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Telephone: (902) 761-3010 or (902) 740-6237
Email: outreach@dawncoveabbey.org
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Did you arrive here because:
Through Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online, I can assist you in your healing and recovery journey; to help you discover and
develop Self-Empowerment through Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Healing and Wellness counselling, seminars and workshops.
Dawn Cove Abbey is a place and approach that recognizes the importance of involving both mind and spirit in healing and growth.
Discover that most of the "problems" people have are NOT "mental illness". But instead, they are showing their way of dealing with
certain circumstances in their lives - and that they can learn better ways to cope, recover and heal.
Support counseling/counselling, coaching, therapy and information is available to help you to:
- you suffer from emotional, mental and spiritual turmoil or imbalances? - or
- you engage in “dysfunctional and unquestioned thinking”? - or
- you have thoughts that are limiting, and self-sabotaging, instead of self-affirming? - or
- are you in a relationship, family or friendship that is not functioning properly?
- or is your career a source of problems or turmoil for you?
Through Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online, I can assist you in your healing and recovery journey; to help you discover and
develop Self-Empowerment through Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Healing and Wellness counselling, seminars and workshops.
Dawn Cove Abbey is a place and approach that recognizes the importance of involving both mind and spirit in healing and growth.
Discover that most of the "problems" people have are NOT "mental illness". But instead, they are showing their way of dealing with
certain circumstances in their lives - and that they can learn better ways to cope, recover and heal.
Support counseling/counselling, coaching, therapy and information is available to help you to:
- clear and transform fear, blockages and old negative patterns.
- change from self-defeating and self-sabotaging behaviours to empowering ones.
- reduce or manage stress, anger, anxiety, guilt and fear etc.
- reconnect with your inner self (child) and the wisdom within you.
- experience deep relaxation, peace and rejuvenation.
| Seminars-Workshops-Lectures (Healing Circle) |
| Inspirational/Motivational Section (MorningStar) |
| Spiritual Dimension of life and healing |
| Information Resources: See Navigation Bars along left side of this page |
Dawn Cove Abbey holistic Mental, Emotional & Spiritual Wellness Outreach Online
welcomes and invites you into a safe, healing and nurturing environment
that encourages awareness and education, and promotes balance of mind and spirit.
Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online: a stopping-point for those on a healing,
growing journey to self-renewal and empowerment.
helping people with their New Beginning.
Helping people:
Helping people:
Providing assistance in Recovery and Healing, through:
Helping "victims" become Survivors: "Only the Wounded Heal - Only the Separated Reconcile"
welcomes and invites you into a safe, healing and nurturing environment
that encourages awareness and education, and promotes balance of mind and spirit.
Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online: a stopping-point for those on a healing,
growing journey to self-renewal and empowerment.
helping people with their New Beginning.
Helping people:
- Recover & Heal from the inner wounds life causes:
Helping people:
- heal & build Better Relationships
- heal & build Better Families
- heal & build Better Friendships
- build Better Careers
- build Better Lives
Providing assistance in Recovery and Healing, through:
- Seminars
- Workshops
- Retreats
- Personal and Group coaching/counselling
- Motivational lectures
Helping "victims" become Survivors: "Only the Wounded Heal - Only the Separated Reconcile"
The Dawn Cove Abbey Tradition: where the wounded come for healing; and the separated come for reconciliation.
It is a tradition built on the original retreat centre activity, offering empowerment and healing services and information: it was
established in 1995, in commemoration of Abbey Dawn in Kingston, Ontario.
It began as a concept: it's first public service was electronic outreach through a Computer Bulleting Board System (BBS). In 1998,
it became an actual place: with 11+ acres of nature trails and gardens (for retreat, and a centre for coaching/counselling), and
included a chapel.
Dawn Cove Abbey has grown over the years. It is now mobile (and electronic) in presenting the various services offered. The
chapel, too, exists in mobile form.
Its focus has shifted to presenting it's Healing Circle Seminars, Workshops, Retreats, and Lectures as well as a travelling
Coaching/Counselling Clinic, while continuing its original mode: electronic outreach and connection and offering Distance
(email) Life Coaching/Counselling.
Although headquartered in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada, its electronic reach is international.
At Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach the focus is on Human Healing, Growth & Potential through Empowerment - still providing
various outreach services and programs. It is fully in the 21st century.
It is a tradition built on the original retreat centre activity, offering empowerment and healing services and information: it was
established in 1995, in commemoration of Abbey Dawn in Kingston, Ontario.
It began as a concept: it's first public service was electronic outreach through a Computer Bulleting Board System (BBS). In 1998,
it became an actual place: with 11+ acres of nature trails and gardens (for retreat, and a centre for coaching/counselling), and
included a chapel.
Dawn Cove Abbey has grown over the years. It is now mobile (and electronic) in presenting the various services offered. The
chapel, too, exists in mobile form.
Its focus has shifted to presenting it's Healing Circle Seminars, Workshops, Retreats, and Lectures as well as a travelling
Coaching/Counselling Clinic, while continuing its original mode: electronic outreach and connection and offering Distance
(email) Life Coaching/Counselling.
Although headquartered in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada, its electronic reach is international.
At Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach the focus is on Human Healing, Growth & Potential through Empowerment - still providing
various outreach services and programs. It is fully in the 21st century.
| Many studies have shown that Prayer Works! Dawn Cove Abbey has formed a world-wide Prayer Circle, to be called upon for assistance in healing and growth. If you wish to join, or need prayer, please contact me. There is no obligation. |
My emphasis is on empowering you to process past abuse issues that led to your negative, dysfunctional lifestyle – or resulted in
other painful situations using the following strategy:
Using the services and information resources of Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach, I focus on in teaching people how to become
empowered by having internal boundaries so they can learn to relax and enjoy life while healing.
Dawn Cove Abbey's Healing Recovery and Empowerment programs & Services:
To succeed on your healing/recovery and growth journey, you will need some "tools" - new personal skills (life skills), an expanded
vocabulary to help understand yourself and others better and to support your new attitude and behaviour towards life.
The Navigation Bars at the left provide 3 "inventories" of what this site offers:
(1) - Services & Info (in Brown)
(2) - Topics that help Growth after awakening - and start the re-invention process - (In Green)
(3) - Topics on the negative aspects of not having awakened yet (also, a section on the
extreme outcomes of dysfunctional/sick living) - in Purple.
(4) - other information on the top horizontal bar - in Blue.
I specialize in “inner child" work, especially working with those who fall under the “lost child” category.
My belief is that we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience and that the key to enjoying life is awakening to consciousness
of our True Spiritual Nature
We achieve this through integrating our emotional health, mental health and spiritual health. This allows the Loving Truth into
people’s relationships with themselves, others and with life.
In that process people learn to Love themselves, and as you Love your self, you gain the capacity to Truly Love your neighbour.
Changing our relationship with life can transform life into an exciting adventure.
Changing our relationship with self will change the world." ~ Robert Burney
Help and services are available through in-person, and online counseling / counselling/coaching, seminars, workshops and lectures,
as well as spiritual guidance through the mobile chapel (plus a collection of on-site information pages).
People who really want to heal will find a way; those who don't, will find an excuse.
other painful situations using the following strategy:
- Pain/hurt reduction first
- Functional & emotional imbalance next
- Investigation into causes & external influences
- Inquiry into dysfunctional and unquestioned thinking patterns, and
- Finally, prevention & healthy life sustaining choices.
Using the services and information resources of Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach, I focus on in teaching people how to become
empowered by having internal boundaries so they can learn to relax and enjoy life while healing.
Dawn Cove Abbey's Healing Recovery and Empowerment programs & Services:
To succeed on your healing/recovery and growth journey, you will need some "tools" - new personal skills (life skills), an expanded
vocabulary to help understand yourself and others better and to support your new attitude and behaviour towards life.
The Navigation Bars at the left provide 3 "inventories" of what this site offers:
(1) - Services & Info (in Brown)
(2) - Topics that help Growth after awakening - and start the re-invention process - (In Green)
(3) - Topics on the negative aspects of not having awakened yet (also, a section on the
extreme outcomes of dysfunctional/sick living) - in Purple.
(4) - other information on the top horizontal bar - in Blue.
I specialize in “inner child" work, especially working with those who fall under the “lost child” category.
My belief is that we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience and that the key to enjoying life is awakening to consciousness
of our True Spiritual Nature
We achieve this through integrating our emotional health, mental health and spiritual health. This allows the Loving Truth into
people’s relationships with themselves, others and with life.
In that process people learn to Love themselves, and as you Love your self, you gain the capacity to Truly Love your neighbour.
Changing our relationship with life can transform life into an exciting adventure.
Changing our relationship with self will change the world." ~ Robert Burney
Help and services are available through in-person, and online counseling / counselling/coaching, seminars, workshops and lectures,
as well as spiritual guidance through the mobile chapel (plus a collection of on-site information pages).
People who really want to heal will find a way; those who don't, will find an excuse.
| Emotional Health is a state of being where you are in control of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It means you have ways of dealing with, and overcoming depression, anxiety, chronic pain, loneliness and grief. When you are in good emotional health, you feel good about yourself and your relationships and you keep problems in perspective. Emotionally healthy people still have emotional problems and mental illness, but have learned of ways to cope with stress and problems, and know when to seek help from their doctor, counsellor (coach) - therapist. Mental health is a state of psychological and emotional well-being that enables you to work, love, relate to others effectively, and resolve conflicts. It provides you with the capacity to form harmonious relations in your social and physical environment, and to achieve a balanced satisfaction of your own drives. Mentally healthy people are in a relatively enduring state of being in which they are reasonably satisfying to themselves, which is reflected in their zest for living and feeling of self- realization (empowerment). Spiritual Health: spirituality is unique to each individual person. Your “spirit” refers to the deepest part of you; the part that lets you make meaning of your world. Your spirit provides you with the revealing sense of who you are, why you are here, and what your purpose for living is. It is that innermost part of you that allows you to gain strength and hope. You may not often give much thought to your spiritual wellness, yet its impact on your life is unavoidable. The basis of spirituality is discovering a sense of meaningfulness, and connectedness in your life and coming to know that you have a purpose to fulfill. For some people, spirituality may be equated with traditional religions. For others, it may mean growing in their personal relationships with others, or through being at peace with nature: a sense of connection. |
- My name is Klaas Tuinman and I established Dawn Cove Abbey as a healing/learning community in memoriam as a
tribute to Abbey Dawn of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and in honour of it’s founder: Wallace Havelock Robb (see
Abbey Dawn).
- Abbey Dawn was a retreat, study-centre and sanctuary presided over by the late Wallace Havelock Robb, Canadian
nature poet, writer, historian and naturalist; and most importantly, my friend.
- Dawn Cove Abbey is modelled on that format.
- Abbey Dawn was a gathering place for scholars artists, poets, writers & religious folk of all kinds: creative & spiritual
people. - The entire focus was on the inherent good of people, and the true history of how we came to be, rather than the one
promoted normally in schools and in public. - Abbey Dawn embodied a reverence for all life, including nature, and it was also a sanctuary for birds: Wallace was the
first to begin the nesting boxes for Eastern Bluebirds (Canada) program.
- Dawn Cove Abbey formerly reflected that with its walking & Nature trails for bird and wildlife watching, as well as for
retreats. - Now, in its mobile, portable form, other places, anywhere, of a similar nature provide such retreat settings.
Dawn Cove Abbey commemorates the Abbey Dawn tradition, and honours it by incorporating its name (and including a
reference to my Maritime locality), and reflecting Abbey Dawn's spirit, while having added my own "flavour".
I try to continue the tradition of blending body, mind and spirit in that reverential, holistic manner. To achieve that goal, I have
provided resources for human growth: mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Dawn Cove Abbey is truly a community - with members locally and around the world - members "communicate" - talk &
write. There is also a chapel/sanctuary, but the Abbey's main focus has shifted to electronic "distance services": offered
wherever they may be needed.
Dawn Cove Abbey is made possible, in part, through generous gifts, help and donations of members past and present - no one
has ever been turned away, or refused services or help because of financial difficulty - much of he outreach help is done on a
"pro bono" basis.
I shall always be grateful to all of them. I sincerely hope that Dawn Cove Abbey may be of benefit to you.
I firmly believe in the "Pay It Forward" principle (where you pass along to others any good deeds that have been done to you).
reference to my Maritime locality), and reflecting Abbey Dawn's spirit, while having added my own "flavour".
I try to continue the tradition of blending body, mind and spirit in that reverential, holistic manner. To achieve that goal, I have
provided resources for human growth: mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Dawn Cove Abbey is truly a community - with members locally and around the world - members "communicate" - talk &
write. There is also a chapel/sanctuary, but the Abbey's main focus has shifted to electronic "distance services": offered
wherever they may be needed.
Dawn Cove Abbey is made possible, in part, through generous gifts, help and donations of members past and present - no one
has ever been turned away, or refused services or help because of financial difficulty - much of he outreach help is done on a
"pro bono" basis.
I shall always be grateful to all of them. I sincerely hope that Dawn Cove Abbey may be of benefit to you.
I firmly believe in the "Pay It Forward" principle (where you pass along to others any good deeds that have been done to you).
About Abbeys
Abbeys began early in the medieval ages (as outgrowths of monasteries). They were based on a model from the Egyptian
desert where the Coptic Christians had already been operating them for centuries.
Abbeys (and monasteries) were not only places of contemplation and worship.
They were also literary, cultural and artistic centres which preserved language, written culture, habits and national
self-consciousness.
Abbeys were also important centers of learning and peaceful arts. In many countries, they were the only places of learning,
since scholarship had gone into a decline in the Dark Ages - they were also places of worship.
The Church's monasteries/abbeys were seats of learning and study which evolved into modern universities. They also
provided the first hospitals for the care of the sick.
The healing tradition is continued here by offering services for spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
Abbeys began early in the medieval ages (as outgrowths of monasteries). They were based on a model from the Egyptian
desert where the Coptic Christians had already been operating them for centuries.
Abbeys (and monasteries) were not only places of contemplation and worship.
They were also literary, cultural and artistic centres which preserved language, written culture, habits and national
self-consciousness.
Abbeys were also important centers of learning and peaceful arts. In many countries, they were the only places of learning,
since scholarship had gone into a decline in the Dark Ages - they were also places of worship.
The Church's monasteries/abbeys were seats of learning and study which evolved into modern universities. They also
provided the first hospitals for the care of the sick.
The healing tradition is continued here by offering services for spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
To address the spiritual side of life, Dawn Cove Abbey has an "un-church" church - an itinerant, mobile chapel - Our Lady
Saint Mary Magdalene - for the spiritual dimension of human life (services & masses in meadows, forest glades, by the sea
and in your home, etc).
Since the word "church" comes from the Latin word "ecclesia" meaning "gathering or community - a gathering can take place
anywhere - hence the chapel's mobility.
Saint Mary Magdalene - for the spiritual dimension of human life (services & masses in meadows, forest glades, by the sea
and in your home, etc).
- It is open to all who come - regardless of background and beliefs: all are welcome.
- "Un-church" because there is no building. "Church" means community, or gathering. Saint Mary by the Sea goes to
where you are - you don't have to come to it (see Chapel). Our services and Mass are open to all, regardless of how
you imagine God to be (the liturgy is ecumenical and inclusive, with few gender-specific elements).
Since the word "church" comes from the Latin word "ecclesia" meaning "gathering or community - a gathering can take place
anywhere - hence the chapel's mobility.
Of course, to round it all out, Dawn Cove Abbey provides personal guidance for growth, healing and empowerment through
personal life coaching/counselling, as well as the many information files that exist on this website - the information is free and
available to all.
I sincerely hope that you take the Less Travelled Road and that it brings awakening and healing to you.
personal life coaching/counselling, as well as the many information files that exist on this website - the information is free and
available to all.
I sincerely hope that you take the Less Travelled Road and that it brings awakening and healing to you.
Please feel free to write at outreach@dawncoveabbey.org or me directly at: fr_klaas@yahoo.ca
or see Contact & Information, there is no obligation
PHONE: (902) 740-6237
Klaas Tuinman M.A.
Deerfield, NS. 2008
or see Contact & Information, there is no obligation
PHONE: (902) 740-6237
Klaas Tuinman M.A.
Deerfield, NS. 2008
- The site has many human issue & problem oriented information pages, as well as "solution-oriented" ones roughly
divided into "barriers" and empowerment (skills potential) - just follow the grouping on the navigation bars.
- These are supported by seminars, lectures, counselling workshops and discussion group clinics.
- The workshops are participatory and interactive (hands-on) to thoroughly acquire and practice new personal skills.
- Bringing healing/recovery services to you - wherever you may be.
- Empowerment & Growth start with knowledge: hence we have provided many people-oriented resource pages also.
- As well, there is a "Morale Booster - Inspirational" section - to shift your focus from current woes, and to round it out
and maintaining its holistic views, - there is also a "connection" section on the website - to maintain connection with the past: people and events -
memorials. "Connection" (bonding) is what is missing so very much in contemporary life.
| Welcome to Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online!Refuge and Healing for broken lives - a place to mend. Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach believes that survivors have the right to heal in their own way, in their own time, and that healing involves the true integration of both information and techniques involving the body-mind-spirit and that using both will ultimately lead to greater growth and faster healing. |
| Dawn Cove Abbey: in a world of change, adapting to meet people of all ages where they are. A New Beginning - mobile - accessible. A website full of important things to know - right here at your fingertips The information is complemented by Support Services: Workshops, Seminars and Healing Retreats, Guidance, Counselling, Coaching, - to aid your New Beginning. Please take your time and browse the site – the information is available free, without obligation. Return as often as you like, or need to. |
| Dawn Cove Abbey New Beginning Online Outreach LIFE COUNSELING / COACHING / COUNSELLING and CONSULTING FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES & FAMILIES |
26 years private practice - 12 years online/distance counselling
Healing, Recovery and Reconciliation
| When life hurts - there is immediate help for long term hope |
Dawn Cove Abbey Empowerment Outreach is a registered
business in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
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