My name is Connie Irick. I am a full-time elementary music teacher and I have been teaching the Grief Recovery Method (GRM) part-time since 2018. I first learned about the Grief Recovery Method after losing a friend to suicide, which caused a lot of heartache and devastation that I didn't know how to cope with. I ended up spiraling into depression and isolation and it took me a couple of months before I realized that I needed help. In my search for a grief counselor, a friend introduced me to a Grief Recovery Specialist who lived in another state. I began working online with her immediately and was surprised to learn how little I knew about grief. I learned that grief happens when familiar things...