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The Heart of Grief

If you’re reading this, chances are that you’ve experienced at least one painful loss that continues to limit your life and leave an ache in your soul. The Heart of Grief exposes why the normal ways we respond to loss typically fail to help. Lorri Penner RSW, and Brian Magee are recovering grievers and active Certified Grief Recovery Specialists® You’ll hear bits of their personal grief journeys, but more, you’ll learn about practical actions you can take to move toward healing. Contact us: -email: feedback@theheartofgrief.com. -Mail: Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels Ltd. 610 4 St S Lethbridge AB Canada T1J 4P3 -www.mbfunerals.com-The Grief Recovery Institute: www.griefrecoverymethod.com

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The Heart of Grief

Will This GRM Help Me? Research Says It Will.

May 03, 2025 • Cover Art: "Big" Jim Miller; Program Music: Georgia Sound "Something New" • Season 4 • Episode 8

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The grief of loss happens to all of us. Sometimes that hurt digs in deep and keeps resurfacing. There are a lot of ideas and programs designed to help us find healing. What can we feel confident in to really help?

That’s what today's episode is about ... Has the Grief Recovery Method® Program been shown to help? Does it really work?

Brian reviews the evidence from academic research to convincing anecdotal support. Any way we look at it, this program offers measurable healing from the pain of loss.

A study at Kent State University looked at the program and confirms this conclusion. This study qualified the program to be designated as Evidence-Based.

Establishing the Evidence: An Evaluation Study on the Effectiveness of The Grief Recovery Method® Program. The project was reported on in two articles Published in 2018 in the American Journal of Health Education.

Kent State Study 1

Kent State Study 2

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