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In this remarkable book, John Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he's counseled to create a deeply felt and beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief. Grieving, says Welshons, offers a unique opportunity to develop deeper and fuller life experiences, to embrace pain in order to open the heart to joy. Written for those who have experienced any kind of loss - death, divorce, or disappointment - this book...
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2018.
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Drawing on varied sources, from personal experience and sociological trends to pop culture and current scientific literature, Natural Causes examines the ways in which we obsess over death, our bodies, and our health. Both funny and caustic, Ehrenreich then tackles the seemingly unsolvable problem of how we might better prepare ourselves for the end -- while still reveling in the lives that remain to us.
3) I wasn't ready to say goodbye: surviving, coping, and healing after the sudden death of a loved one
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Now there is a hand to hold... Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold, written by two women who have experienced sudden loss. This updated edition of the best-selling bereavement classic will touch, comfort, uplift and console. Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. explore sudden death and offers a comforting hand to hold...
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Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life--he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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In the ten years since 90 Minutes in Heaven was published, millions of people worldwide have read the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life--and in reading they have found their own lives changed. After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next ninety minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident...
6) Healing the Adult Sibling's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Brother or Sister Dies
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"Compassionate and heartfelt, this collection offers 100 practical ideas to help understand and accept the passing of a sibling in order to practice self-healing. The principles of grief and mourning are clearly defined, accompanied by action-oriented tips for embracing bereavement. Whether a sibling has died as a young or older adult or the death was sudden or anticipated, this resource provides a healthy approach to dealing with the aftermath."--...
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Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (288 pages)
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English
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The heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death affects thousands of U.S. families every year. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Third Edition offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair during and after such a tragedy. In this new and updated edition, Deborah Davis encourages grieving and strives to cover many different kinds of loss, including information on issues such as the death of one or more babies from a...
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Companion Press
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2005.
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1 online resource (176 pages)
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English
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"Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers. His new model for "companioning" the bereaved gives a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical establishment, encouraging counselors and other caregivers to aspire to a more compassionate philosophy. This approach argues that grief need no longer be defined, diagnosed, and treated as an illness but rather should be an acknowledgement...
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Hierophant Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (216 pages)
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English
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"At some point in our lives, we all experience grief:The death of a loved one, a financial catastrophe, a debilitating illness, or the ending of a marriage. In the dark moments that follow these losses, life can seem hopeless and unbearable. Author Ther�ese Tappouni knows this journey all too well. After suffering the devastating loss of her eleven-year-old son, she ultimately came to the realization that it is possible to not only heal from grief,...
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Live Consciously Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (272 pages)
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English
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"In this Mom's Choice* Gold Award Winner, grief expert, Gemini Adams, explains that our real "wealth" lies not in our Financial Assets, but our Emotional Assets: the values, memories, lessons, voice, image, wisdom and affections that we can capture and share through a loving legacy. Gemini's positive message will soothe and inspire moms, dads, and grandparents-even those most fearful of the inevitable-to spring into action, and create this precious...
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Companion Press
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2012.
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1 online resource (96 pages)
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English
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"Recognizing how the need to grieve is anchored in one's capacity to care for someone, this calming guide contends that the act of mourning is healthy-and necessary-following a life-changing loss. The very foundation of attachment is reflected upon, illustrating devotion as both the primary cause of grief and a crucial source of emotional recovery. Exploring the essential principles of love as well as the reasons behind it, this heartfelt handbook...
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"Partly a counseling model and partly an explanation of true empathy, this handbook explores the ways companionship eases grief. For caretakers who work with grieving people or for friends and family just hoping to stay close, 11 tenets are outlined for mourner-led care. These simple rules call for understanding another person's pain, listening with the heart rather than the head, not filling up every minute with words, respecting confusion and disorder,...
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Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2006.
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1 online resource (114 pages)
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English
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"A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take." -Cardinal Mermillod When a mother dies, often the center of the family is gone. The holiday rituals, the special birthday celebrations for children and grandchildren--the memories are often held by the mother. A mother is a caretaker, a best friend, a source of sage-like wisdom. Losing her can be a traumatic experience. In the Letting Go is not a guide through...
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2004.
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1 online resource (176 pages)
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English
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"Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have. Questions of spirituality and religion are addressed as well. The rights of mourners to be compassionate with themselves, to lean on others for help, and to trust...
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2002.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"In light of how difficult it is just to survive the teenage years, the grieving process can be especially difficult and overwhelming for teenagers. This journal affirms the grieving teen's journey and offers gentle, healing guidance. In order to sort through their confusing feelings and thoughts, teens are prompted to explore simple, open-ended questions. Teens are encouraged to write what they miss about the person who died, the specific feelings...
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"Based on Dr. Wolfelt's unique and highly regarded philosophy of "companioning" versus treating mourners, this self-care guide for professional and lay grief caregivers emphasizes the importance of taking good care of oneself as a precursor to taking good care of others. Bereavement care is draining work, and remaining empathetic to the painful struggles of mourners, death, and dying, day in and day out, makes caregivers highly susceptible to burnout....
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BQB Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
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1 online resource.
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English
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"When Terri Ann Leidich's twenty-year-old son was suddenly killed in a vehicle accident, she was thrown into the roller coaster agony of grief. Adapted from the journal she kept through the experience of her horrendous loss, this book is a roadmap for parents who have lost children, as well as for those who are on the sidelines, watching the agony of someone they care about and not knowing what to do or how to help. Terri Ann's ability to put emotions...
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Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2006.
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1 online resource (114 pages)
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English
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"The loss of a father, whether sudden or expected, can be devastating. Most of us find ourselves wading through memories and emotions, looking for comfort and meaning. This fine little book grew out of Jonathon Lazear's own bereavement. A baby boomer who'd always found comfort in the wisdom of the written word, Lazear turned to his own reservoir of stories, talked to his friends and family, and mined his bookshelves to come up with this wise and comforting...
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Brent Atwater
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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English
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Brent Atwater teaches you how to connect and communicate with your Loved One on the Other Side so you can heal from loss, get your life back and live again. These Lessons will profoundly and positively change your concept of "death" and validate Never Ending Love!For 21+ years Brent Atwater has taught life changing techniques on how to cope with death, recover from grief and get your life back. Don't keep your Beloved Spirit waiting!. --Provided by...
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Companion Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"Beloved grief educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt compassionately explores the common feelings of shock, anger, guilt, and sadness that accompany a stillborn child, offering suggestions for expressing feelings, remembering the child, and healing as a family. Ideas to help each unique person-mother, father, grandparent, sibling, friend-are included, as are thoughts from families who experienced a stillbirth. This new addition to Dr. Wolfelt's popular series...
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