Annual grief statistics are staggering. Exploring strictly Canada and the US, there are an estimated 16 million grievers due to the death of a loved one (approximately 3.2 million deaths per year with an average of 5 grievers per death); … Read More
In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Ed Owen, from The Grief Recovery Institute. In this blog, his story, he bravely shares his story of loss and his journey to recovery through The Grief … Read More
In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Steve Moeller, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day and August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. … Read More
In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Gina Baretta, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, and edited by Ashley Mielke, Owner and Director of The Grief & Trauma Healing Centre. I hope you find this blog helpful. Our bodies and health will … Read More
In the previous article, 6 Myths Keeping You Stuck in Your Grief (part 2), we discussed how isolating yourself from others and waiting for time to heal our wounds keeps us stuck in our grief. Our emotional reaction depends on … Read More
In the previous article, 6 Myths Keeping You Stuck in Your Grief (part 1), we discussed how our emotional reactions depend on the unique relationship we had with the individual, or to the event, which caused our grief. Additionally, our … Read More
In Russel Friedman’s blog[i] of February 2013, he recalls ‘More than 30 years ago, in a speech, John W. James, Founder of The Grief Recovery Institute said, “Grief is the most off-limit topic for conversation in the English-speaking Western World.”’ … Read More
In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Steve Moeller, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. In a previous article, we spoke about the research done at Kent State University … Read More
In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Carole Henderson, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. For those of us who have participated in a Grief Recovery Method program … Read More
Have you ever lost a job, gone through a divorce, relocated, experienced a major financial change, or had someone close to you die? Are you aware, due to these experiences, you may have experienced grief? Can you identify what grief … Read More