031: How Grief Affects Your Health with Doctor Emőke Sarungi

In this episode of the Feel Free Again podcast, Cole James interviews Dr. Emőke Sarungi, a psychiatrist and the leader of the Grief Recovery Institute in Hungary.

They discuss Dr. Emőke personal journey with grief, the establishment of the Grief Recovery Institute, and the importance of addressing grief in living relationships. Dr. Emőke shares her experiences with college students and how the grief recovery method has transformed her life and the lives of others. The conversation emphasizes the significance of emotional communication and creating a supportive community for grievers.

In this conversation, Cole James and Dr. Emőke Sarungi explore the profound impact of relationships on emotional health, the journey of navigating cancer, and the importance of grief recovery. Dr. Emőke shares her personal experiences with cancer and how the grief recovery method has helped her cope with her emotions and maintain connections with loved ones.

Connect with Dr. Emőke Sarungi:https://sarungi.hu/index.php/bemutatkozas/

The Grief Recovery Method® originated in the USA in the 1970s from the Grief Recovery Institute founded and led by John W. James and Russell Friedman. Since then, centers that use the method and train grief recovery method specialists have been established and are operating in several countries and in Hungary. Under the leadership of Andrea Herke Dahlgren, a grief recovery method specialist trained in Sweden and Los Angeles, the method has been taught in Hungary since 2009 at the Grief Recovery Method® Hungary center, both in groups and individually, to help grieving people and people who have experienced a variety of emotional losses (divorce, breakup, job loss, loss of trust, moving, etc.). Based on the feedback from hundreds of participants so far and the results of the research conducted at the center so far, the self-help method can be effective in processing a variety of emotional losses and in preventing physical and mental health damage caused by unprocessed grief.

The professional director of the center since 2012 is Dr. Emőke Sarungi, an adult and child psychiatrist, group analytical psychotherapist, and Grief Recovery Method® Trainer. She completed the Grief Recovery Specialist training at the Grief Recovery Institute in Los Angeles/Sherman Oaks in 2011 and 2015 with Russell Friedman, one of the developers of the method and the author of the book.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction to Grief Recovery and Its Importance

02:14 - Emőke's Journey to the Grief Recovery Method

06:01 - Establishing the Grief Recovery Institute in Hungary

09:36 - Engaging College Students with Grief Recovery

13:27 - Personal Grief: Emőke's Experience with Her Father's Passing

18:33 - The Impact of Grief Recovery on Living Relationships

22:46 - Creating a Supportive Community for Grievers

25:54 - Navigating Grief in Different Contexts

29:32 - The Importance of Grief Recovery Before Losses Occur

32:30 - The Importance of Relationships

35:08 - Navigating Cancer and Emotional Recovery

41:01 - Grief and the Body: A Personal Journey

44:43 - The Impact of Grief on Health

48:08 - Growing the Grief Recovery Method in Europe

53:23 - Empowering Future Helpers