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“Grief is just Anger” – Grief Myth

Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 by Michael Rose

I always like to start by affirming a couple of basics of grief from the Grief Recovery Method®: Grief is the normal and natural emotional response to a loss of any kind. Grief is unique and relates directly to the uniqueness of human relationships, No two relationships are the same Grief is conflicting feelings caused by…

When We Experience Grief

Posted on June 18, 2019April 25, 2023 by Michael Rose

All Grief Is Experienced at 100% Remembering that grief is the normal and natural response to a loss of any kind and that no two people experience loss the same way – All grief is experienced at 100%. This doesn’t mean that all grief is experienced at the same level of emotional intensity. We experience…

Thorns of Life

Posted on September 27, 2018November 14, 2024 by Michael Rose

I came across this story while listening to the audiobook version of The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. It struck me so profoundly I spent the next few kilometres repeating the stunned mantra of “Oh wow… oh wow…”. I was so moved that I wanted to retell it in my own words to reduce…

Grief is …

Posted on June 13, 2018September 28, 2018 by Michael Rose

Grief is messy. Grief is ugly. Grief is complex. Grief is painful. Grief is life-altering. Grief is a human experience – we all experience loss in a multiplicity of ways throughout our lives. Some of these losses can be relatively minor, while others can prove to be cataclysmic, disruptive and painful. We are each unique, our…

Loss

Posted on December 16, 2012April 9, 2016 by Michael Rose

I stand in dismay and great sorrow with the recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. I am at a loss for words, with only a whisper of “oh dear God.” My mind jumped back almost 14 years ago when we lived a similar horror here in Taber, Alberta, Where a student walked into our local high school…