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John James, founder of The Grief Recovery Institute

John W. James

Founder of The Grief Recovery Institute®
Co-Author of The Grief Recovery
Handbook & When Children Grieve

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Russell Friedman, Executive Director of The Grief Recovery Institute

Russell Friedman

Executive Director
Co-Author of The Grief Recovery
Handbook & When Children Grieve


Webinar LogoJune 13th, 2013

Death of a Parent — Moving from Grief to Recovery

In this fourth installment of the Tributes.com Grief Recovery Webinar Series, Russell Friedman, the co-creator of The Grief Recovery Method, explores the emotions surrounding the Death of a Parent and helps the listener begin to uncover the path to recovery.

Most of us will experience the death of our parents. Although our connections with our parents started before we can consciously remember, those relationships established a great deal about what we think and believe and much of how we live our lives. It is no wonder that their deaths affect us with so much emotion. The webinar covers the specific topics below as well as questions that were submitted by participants prior to the live event:

  • Every Relationship Is Unique – No One Knows How You Feel!
  • When Is It Time To Begin To Recover?
  • Keeping Fond Memories But Shedding The Pain
  • How To Deal With The Things Friends And Family Say
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Webinar LogoMarch 28th, 2013

Death of a Spouse — Moving from Grief to Recovery

In this third installment of the Tributes.com Grief Recovery Webinar Series, Russell Friedman, the co-creator of The Grief Recovery Method, explores the emotions surrounding the Death of a Spouse and begins to uncover the path to recovery.


Webinar LogoNovember 13, 2012

Helping Others Navigate the Journey of Grief Recovery

We all wish we knew better ways to talk to our friends and family who've been affected by the death of someone important to them. Many people also want to learn how they can actually help people deal with the overwhelming impact of death and other significant emotional losses.

In the following webinar Russell Friedman, the co-creator of The Grief Recovery Method, introduces some of the myths that inhibit us from talking openly about our grief and the grief of the people we love.

  • Learn some very practical and helpful things to say in situations that may have baffled you in the past.
  • Become aware of many of the unhelpful things NOT to say that inhibit the people you know who are struggling with a loss.
  • Find out about the Grief Recovery Method Certification Training program that’s open to anyone with a genuine desire to help grieving people

Webinar LogoApril 10, 2012

Grief: A Normal & Natural Reaction to Loss

Grieving people often feel lost and alone, as if no one cares or wants to listen to them. Most people don’t know recovery from significant emotional loss is even possible.

In this helpful and hopeful webinar with Russell Friedman, Tributes.com Grief Expert and Executive Director of the Grief Recovery Institute answers these and many more questions:

  • Is it okay to feel sad when your heart is broken?
  • Can time heal a broken heart?
  • Is it better to be strong or to be human?
  • Is keeping busy helpful?
  • I’ve always heard “Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.” Should I avoid being around people when I’m sad?

What you learn may surprise you. It will open your mind and your heart to the possibility of recovery and give you hope. Click below to watch.