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Is it ever too soon to recover from grief?

Tammy Adams — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:12:30 +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. The question of when to begin a process of completing relationships that have ended or changed, due to death or divorce, is confused by conflicting opinions from a wide variety of sources. Medical, psychological…

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Grief: Right or happy…pick one.

Tammy Adams — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:29:18 +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. What we believe usually dictates how we feel. Our attitudes about people and events will generate our emotional responses to them. We all think our beliefs are always right, otherwise we would believe something else.

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GRIEF AND THE HOLIDAYS

Tammy Adams — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:41:13 +0000

While the holidays can be cause for reunion and celebration, they may also be a reminder that those, who were close to you, are no longer present. While it is normal and natural to miss their absence, here are a few suggestions to help you cope with your grief during the holiday season. Don’t Isolate Yourself You may not feel like you want to associate with people during the holidays.

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Grief: Exploring the “F” words #3 – Familiarity

Tammy Adams — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:34:09 +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. What you practice is what you get good at! The Grief Recovery Handbook makes constant reference to the fact that you must grieve and complete your relationship to your pain. Lacking grief recovery skills, grievers often begin to identify…

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Exploring the “F” words #2 – Fear

Tammy Adams — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:29:55 +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. In our last article we explored the impact that lack of forgiveness might have on our hearts, our minds, and our bodies. In this one we are going to focus our emotional microscope on the possible consequences of using FEAR to guide our…

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Exploring the “F” words #1 – Forgiveness

Tammy Adams — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:29:18 +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. This article is the first of a trilogy where we will probe some of the myths and misinformation about three words that are very important when using The Grief Recovery Method. The words are FORGIVENESS, FEAR, and FAMILIARITY.

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Grief Recovery can help in dealing with PTSD

Tammy Adams — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:36:50 +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. In great measure, the words we use dictate the feelings we have. The more accurate and honest our language, the clearer our awareness of what affects us, and what we can do about it. Read on to find out how to overcome ptsd…

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Incarceration and Dealing with Grief

Tammy Adams — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:36:47 +0000

In this guest blog I am sharing the wisdom of Grief Recovery Specialist, Lois Hall, from The Grief Recovery Institute. I hope you find this blog helpful. Many of us may feel like the grief we experience is keeping us “in jail.” In fact, that example is often used in The Grief Recovery Method classes…. that the jail we put ourselves in is one we can choose to leave behind if we take the…

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