The Heart of Grief

Cover Art: "Big" Jim Miller; Program Music: Georgia Sound "Something New"
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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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  1. Self-Forgiveness: Granting Yourself the Same Compassion You Offer to Others

    EPISODE 1

    Self-Forgiveness: Granting Yourself the Same Compassion You Offer to Others

    Send us a text With this episode coming out on January 1, 2025, I’m thinking about the idea of new beginnings. Today’s topic offers an opportunity to step into something that holds great potential for living healthier and happier lives. Religion / psychology / science all speak of the importance of forgiveness for personal and relational health. We speak quite a lot about its importance in grief recovery. Forgiveness is a releasing of all anger and bitterness aimed at an offending person. The...

    14 min
  2. QOF Faith and the Freedom of Self Forgiveness

    EPISODE 2

    QOF Faith and the Freedom of Self Forgiveness

    Send us a text Our previous episode from Jan. 1, 2025 discussed the difficulty some people have with forgiving themselves for things done in the past. This is often connected to a loss either through death or some other ending of a relationship. Principles and steps were provided for finding release from the weight of self-disappointment. In this Questions of Faith episode, Brian adds insights from a Christian faith perspective. Trusting God's promises in Scripture leads to lasting freedom fr...

    16 min
  3. Do Men Grieve Differently?

    EPISODE 3

    Do Men Grieve Differently?

    Send us a text It’s commonly wondered if men grieve differently than women. I want to explore this with the goal of better understanding the differences and achieving greater success in promoting grief care programs among men. While men are similarly equipped for emotional awareness and expression as women, recent science has revealed differences in brain function. This, together with well recognized differences in gender socialization, results in men tending to avoid addressing the dee...

    16 min
  4. Cover Up or Open Up? Resolving Negative Emotions

    EPISODE 4

    Cover Up or Open Up? Resolving Negative Emotions

    Send us a text Healthy grieving requires that we address difficult emotions head on. Following a significant loss, our minds begin to review the relationship or the circumstances of the loss. Our various memories will prompt both enjoyable and distressing feelings. The enjoyable memories may lead to sadness that our loved one is no longer with us, yet the enjoyable memories themselves and the associated feelings are good. But what about the difficult memories and associated distressing ...

    16 min
  5. Grieving a Living Person: Finding Peace with a "Less-than-Loved-One" With Bob Gaudet

    EPISODE 5

    Grieving a Living Person: Finding Peace with a "Less-than-Loved-One" With Bob Gaudet

    Send us a text This is the first in a series of interviews with participants from our grief recovery programs. In this episode I’m talking with Bob Gaudet, a young man who came to recognize that many of the emotional challenges he was experiencing stemmed from a lost relationship with his long-estranged father, someone whom Bob refers to as a "living less than loved one." Bob’s story illustrates that - Grief is not just about loosing a loved one - Men often find it hard to s...

    42 min
  6. The Meaning of Meaning in Grieving: The Promise of a Bigger Picture

    EPISODE 6

    The Meaning of Meaning in Grieving: The Promise of a Bigger Picture

    Send us a text Brian examines the idea of finding some meaning out of a difficult loss experience. What is meant by “meaning?” What do people look for in this regard? What do people find? What benefit does discovery or identification of some “meaning” bring to the griever? How does meaning fit into the perspectives of Grief Recovery? Does meaning accomplish resolution of the lingering pain and disappointments that are common following loss? G. Davis, Camille B. Wortman, Darrin R. Lehman...

    18 min
  7. Death of a Spouse: Honoring A Relationship, Finding Peace, Discovering Emotional Health. With Alain Parenteau.

    EPISODE 7

    Death of a Spouse: Honoring A Relationship, Finding Peace, Discovering Emotional Health. With Alain Parenteau.

    Send us a text In February 2022 Alain Parenteau's wife of 23 years died following a very difficult illness. For Al the addition of a series of other painful losses over a relatively short period of time left him very much aware that he didn’t posses the emotional tools needed to address the accumulated grief. Al’s journey through the Grief Recovery® program was not an easy one. He had some serious doubts about it but found it to be truly transformative. He moved from “I just can’t...

    40 min
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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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  • Creator
    Cover Art: "Big" Jim Miller; Program Music: Georgia Sound "Something New"
  • Episodes
    56
  • Seasons
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Heart of Grief
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