What have I lost? Who do I grieve? We are all grievers. All people share this pain, we are not alone, or bad, or doomed to feel this intense emotion forever.
I come from a background of depression, shame and guilt. I have fantasized about suicide. My relationships were not healthy. I tried drug addiction until the age of 27, now, decades into recovery in 12 Step fellowship and retired from a 39-year nursing career, The Grief Recovery Method found me. My friend, and now GRM mentor, offered this method to me three times and I finally realized she knew something about me I did not. I was grieving and she knew a method to help me surrender the pain in my broken heart. We worked through my grief with a living person, an adult daughter unable to break free of an abusive relationship and her own addiction. Through the GRM I have experienced a lightening of my heart, the release of what I call the “if only’s…” and the “yeah buts…” The looping thoughts of how things should have been but were not. I have continued to practice GRM skills with lost loved ones and less than loved ones. I am witnessing the uncovering of the layers of uncompleted grief. Best of all I get to witness the shedding of emotional pain and the emergence of authentic light and gratitude in other people’s lives through this skill.
As a registered nurse I appreciate the evidence-based research conducted on the GRM. This tells me The GRM is a proven program of recovery from the broken-hearted pain of loss. With 40 years of refinement this method, this skill we learn, continues to inform us about living life with loss.
I live and serve in the Texas Hill Country and Austin, TX. I am a certified Grief Recovery Specialist for Groups and 1:1 work.
The Grief Recovery Method
Helping Children with Loss
Grief Recovery for Pet Loss
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