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

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8 best ways to help someone who has lost a child

The 8 Best Ways to Help Someone Who Has Lost a Child

 

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  • Mar 05, 2020
  • Allison James Henry
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19 Worst Things to Say to Someone Who Has Lost a Child

19 Worst Things to Say to Someone Who Has Lost a Child

 

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  • Feb 21, 2020
  • Allison James Henry
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month and Day - October 15th

Many people think about October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  There was a time that this subject was rarely addressed in public.  It was not until First Lady Betty Ford publicly announced that

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  • Oct 09, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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The Opiate Epidemic and Drug Overdose – What’s Grief Got To Do With It?

Pain sucks!  I didn’t always know this – and to be honest, sometimes I wasn’t very kind to people who were experiencing pain – the physical kind at least.  I’ll admit, I thought they should “toughen up and deal with it.

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  • Aug 28, 2019
  • Lois Hall, MS
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National Grief Awareness Day and International Overdose Awareness Day

August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day and August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day.  Anyone who has experienced the grief that comes with the loss of a friend or family member who died and/or suffered from an overdose might wonder why there is just one day in the year that has been earmarked as special, when they live with the memories of these experiences

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  • Aug 26, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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A Veterans Journey to Healing: Being Strong, Resilience and New Tools

My journey to the Grief Recovery Method began after the death of my three-year-old son, Eddie Ryan, in September of 2010.  At the time, I was a Detective with the Sheriff’s Office; he was shot with my backup gun.  Four hours later I would hear the words no parent should ever hear, “I’m sorry, but your son is dead.”  This tore my heart to pieces.

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  • Aug 09, 2019
  • Ed Owens
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Dealing with Grief and Loss In The Digital and Internet World

The ways in which we build and maintain relationships have changed with the passage of time.  That might sound like a simplistic statement, but these changes have been monumental in many ways, not the least of which is that many of our relationships today involve little, if any, physical contact.

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  • Jun 04, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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The Grief Recovery Method Is An Evidence Based Process for Assisting Those Working With Grievers

One of the most frequent questions we are asked at The Grief Recovery Institute, by those who are professionally involved in therapeutic practice, is whether there are any studies that show that The Grief Recovery Method is effective.  In the past, all we could do is talk about the anecd

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  • May 15, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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Dr Rachael Nolan Grief Recovery Method Evidence Based Research

Dr. Rachael D. Nolan Speaks About Her Research Concerning The Grief Recovery Method As An Evidence Based Program For Taking Action

In a previous article, we spoke about the research done at Kent State University concerning the value of The Grief Recovery Method for taking action to deal with the emotional pain of loss.  We were fortunate to be able to talk with Dr.

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  • Apr 24, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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There Is Now Proof That The Grief Recovery Method Can Make A Difference

Most of us never give any thought to how to deal with an emotional loss, until we find ourselves overwhelmed with the pain of grief.  It is at that point that we discover how very few tools we have to deal with that pain, and that most of them do not really work!

 

Think about this for just a moment. 

 

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  • Mar 28, 2019
  • stephen moeller, grief recovery specialist
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