A Grief Support Blog

This blog will allow you the opportunity to acquire both support and guidance after experiencing a significant loss.

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Transgenerational Grief

Transgenerational grief, sometimes called transgenerational trauma, refers to situations where a grief event was so powerful within a family that it was carried on to the next generation and sometimes multiple generations thereafter.

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  • Jan 09, 2018
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Moving From Victim To Survivor

There are two major ways to become a victim. One is to be the victim of outside factors, such as another’s actions (whether intended or unintended) or events that are beyond our control. The other is to become a victim of our own choices. What many people do not realize is that these two different sources of victimization often work in concert together.

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  • Dec 21, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Stephen Moeller

How A Chance Encounter Changed My Life

I was invited to contribute blog posts for the Grief Recovery Method website just over a year ago. I have enjoyed this opportunity to reach out to grievers immensely! In this past year, I have shared elements of my journey from grief to recovery in a number of these articles.

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  • Dec 15, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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When Another’s Bereavement Retriggers Your Grief

We have had several people who have written in about this subject, when another's bereavement retriggers your grief. They thought that things were progressing well for them, in dealing with their personal grief, until a friend experienced a loss. Then, suddenly, they found themselves once again deeply reminded of their own emotional pain.

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  • Dec 11, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
  • 2 comments

Sexual Harassment Entails Many Levels Of Grief And Loss

Hardly a day passes that another case of sexual harassment is not reported in the media. The list of those accused in the press includes figures in entertainment, politics, business, and even in the reporting media itself.

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  • Dec 01, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
  • 1 comments
Russell Friedman

Russell Friedman – One Year Later

My father once told me that the older you get, the faster time passes. This was yet another thing about which he was correct and something I have tried to share with my grandchildren.

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  • Nov 28, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
  • 5 comments

A Holiday Resolution For Positive Change

The holiday season is upon us, and it seems to start earlier each year! Where once, the holiday season and decorations began coming to the forefront after Thanksgiving in The United States, brick and mortar stores now shift into the holiday mode the day after Halloween. Cyber stores start their push even earlier.

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  • Nov 22, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Does legal action make grief less painful?

When things go wrong, we often turn to taking legal action to deal with the situation. This is not just action that is taken when someone is murdered. We are constantly reminded, via advertising, that legal action is available in cases of wrongful death, malpractice, accidents, drug complications, and any number of other incidents that bring unwanted change to our lives.

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  • Nov 13, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
  • 5 comments

Veterans Day: Remembering and Honoring All Who Served

It was in the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, 11/11/1918, that the “War to End All Wars” ended.  What was once called Armistice Day we now commemorate annually as Veterans Day. On this day, we pause to honor and say “Thank You” to our Veterans, past and present, who have answered their nations call to serve in the armed forces, to safeguard and secure our freedom.

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  • Nov 11, 2017
  • Ed Owens
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The Grief Of Abortion

Author’s Note: The Grief Recovery Institute does not wish that anyone take this article to be a pro or con stance on the issue of abortion. The purpose of The Institute is to help people deal with the emotional pain of grief, whatever its cause.

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  • Nov 09, 2017
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
  • 3 comments

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