Emotions – Intuitive Understanding

Anger Management and Unresolved Grief: The Connection

Tammy Adams — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:45:37 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. Why would we want to manage anger? Managing anger, rather than completing the source or cause of the anger, implies that we would keep our anger stored up and tucked away for use at a later date. When we hold onto anger that way…

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Grief: Why Comparing Losses Never Helps and Often Hurts

Tammy Adams — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:40:18 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. We frequently cite the ancient proverb, “I was unhappy about having no shoes until I met the man who had no feet,” to introduce the dangerous issue of comparison as it relates to grief. Using the proverb as a guide, if you have 10…

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The Grieving Process: Is there any such thing?

Tammy Adams — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:32:05 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. You’ve probably heard someone say, “I’m in the grieving process,” or talk about a friend who has just experienced a loss and is “in the grieving process.” We’d guess that you probably accepted that statement and didn’t ask for something…

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The Best Grief Definition You Will Find

Tammy Adams — Mon, 15 May 2023 16:35:58 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. Since grief is such a wide topic that covers so many kinds of losses and an almost infinite range of emotions, there isn’t a single grief definition that covers it all. We use three to help people understand what is grief and what it isn’…

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Overcoming Grief and Loss

Tammy Adams — Mon, 01 May 2023 16:27:55 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. You can’t go over, under, or around it, you must go through it! Our earliest socialization tells us: Don’t Feel Bad, Be Strong, Don’t Burden Others With Your Feelings. Using just those few incorrect ideas, we develop a default position…

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Grieving Children: talking to your kids about loss

Tammy Adams — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:27:07 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Russell Friedman, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. When working with grieving children there are many things you can do to help. Here is a simple list to refer to when you identify that your child is grieving. Do Don’t Retrieved from https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/blog/

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Children and Loss

Tammy Adams — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 19:44:20 +0000

As children, we learn how to navigate life by what we hear, observe, and experience. What is the cost of sharing misinformation with our children? Could there be a better way? Up to the age of nine we have little interest in cognitively understanding what we experience. Nor do we have the skills, or abilities, to process many of life’s significant events. Our well-meaning parents, grandparents…

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Pregnancy/Motherhood – Five-Part Series (empty nesting)

Tammy Adams — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:03:35 +0000

The road to, through, and during motherhood is infused with so many conflicting emotions. Women do not always feel comfortable admitting to, or even openly expressing, the extreme emotions which surface. As women fall into the expectations of society, family, and friends, most do not recognize their experiences create a significant change, and therefore a need to grieve. In this fifth…

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Pregnancy/Motherhood – Five-Part Series (becoming a mom)

Tammy Adams — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:59:59 +0000

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Pregnancy/Motherhood – Five-Part Series (surrogacy and adoption )

Tammy Adams — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:55:00 +0000

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