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Author
Publisher
Live Consciously Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (288 pages)
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Addressing the inevitable grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one, this encouraging and supportive reference provides comfort in the midst of overwhelming sadness. Preventing mourners from becoming tangled in a web of despair, this guide shows how the smallest amount of hope can be nurtured into a confident sense of being, lighting the path towards a future of love, joy, and meaning. Featuring a series of reflective passages and quotations,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Dealing with grief in a practical manner, this guide offers compassionate tips for those affected by a traumatic death. Included are topics such as coping with family stress, expressing feelings of hurt and anger, dealing with hurtful comments, and exploring feelings of guilt. Each of the 100 suggestions is aimed at reducing the confusion, anxiety, and huge personal void in order to help survivors begin their lives again. Some of the tips include...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, it explains how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings of loss, and seek and accept support when a loved one dies. Each book, geared for mourning adults, teens, or children, provides ideas and action-oriented...
Author
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (384 pages)
Language
English
Description
After a loved one dies, each day can be a struggle. But each day, you can also find comfort and understanding in this daily companion. With one brief entry for every day of the calendar year, this little book by beloved grief counselor Dr. Alan Wolfelt offers small, one-day-at-a-time doses of guidance and healing. Each entry includes an inspiring or soothing quote followed by a short discussion of the day's theme. This compassionate gem of a book...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"With compassionate insight, this handbook helps those in mourning through what can be the hardest time of year-the holiday season. Mourners will better understand their complex emotions after reading about such topics as honoring thoughts and feelings, creating new traditions, finding ways to de-stress, and incorporating healing rituals into the holiday season. This book's practical wisdom also covers issues such as decision-making during the holidays...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Offering heartfelt and simple advice, this book provides realistic suggestions and relief for an adult child whose parent has died. Practical advice is presented in a one-topic-per-page format that does not overwhelm with psychological language, but provides small, immediate ways to understand and reconcile grief. Some of the action-oriented tips include writing down memories, completing a task or goal left unfinished by your deceased parent, or...
Author
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
How to help children mourn. With this compassionate book by respected grief counselor and educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt, readers will find simplified and suitable methods for talking to children and teenagers about sensitive topics with an emphasis on the subject of death. Honest but child-appropriate language is advocated, and various wording and levels of explanation are suggested for different ages when discussing topics such as death in general, suicide,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Written for those times in grief when the strength to do the hard and necessary work of mourning is waning, this book contains inspiring words about finding the courage deep within to embrace the pain and go on living. Presented in a one-reading-a-day-for-a-month format, it features compassionate writings by grief educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt, as well as quotes on courage from some of the world's greatest thinkers. The Mourner's Book of Courage provides...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Following a helpful introduction about the role of spirituality in grief, this practical mourning guide suggests activities based on meditation, prayer, yoga, and contemplative solitude to help with feelings of despair. For mourners who suffer from anxiety, breathing exercises are recommended, and massage is suggested for those who experience fatigue. Each description of these practices offers a brief activity to try out before continuing to read."--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, they explain how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings of loss, and seek and accept support when a loved one dies. Each book, geared for mourning adults, teens, or children, provides ideas and action-oriented...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Presenting the idea of wilderness as a sustained metaphor for grief, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to the grief felt by those who have experienced the suicide of a loved one and offers information about coping with such a profound loss. Likening the death of a loved one to the experience of being wrenched from normal life and dropped down in the middle of nowhere, the handbook employs 10 touchstones, or trail markers,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Presenting simple yet highly effective methods for coping and healing, this book provides answers and relief to parents trying to deal with the loss of a child. It offers 100 practical, action-oriented tips for embracing grief, such as writing a letter to the child who has died; spending time with others who will listen to stories of grief; creating a memory book, box, or Web site; and remembering others who may still be struggling with the death....
Author
Series
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages).
Language
English
Description
Practical methods for healing after the loss of a member of the military When a loved one is killed in the line of duty, this book affirms that survivors' grief is shaped by the unique circumstances of the death. Because military deaths are almost always sudden and violent, the traumatic nature of the loss creates a two-part grief-one focused on the manner in which the person died, the other focused on the long-term repercussions of life without this...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (288 pages)
Language
English
Description
No Time for Tears is a new kind of guide, rich with information and real-life stories, to help not only people struggling through grief due to the loss of a loved one but also those who counsel them. Psychotherapist Judy Heath draws on her experiences in private practice and in her own life, as well as years of research, to address the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation about grief that still abound today. She notes that while popular scholarship...
Author
Publisher
Companion Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
Description
You were one of the lucky ones. You found a partner or friend with whom you shared a deeply profound connection. You understood, opened fully to, served, and challenged one another. You were the heroes of each other's lives. You lived a grand adventure together. But now that your partner has died, what felt like luck may have turned to wretched despair. How do you go on? How do you live without your champion and other half? The answer is that you...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like “How should I be acting?” “How long will this last?” and “What if I can’t handle my grief on my own?” The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 2004, George Goens lost his daughter during the birth of his second grandchild. How does one respond to the simultaneous crash of life and death? In The Promise of Living: Loss, Life and Living, Goens wrestles with his conflicting emotions over the convergence of two very disparate events - one celebrating the beginning of life, one grieving the loss of another. Goens begins his story at the expected date of his daughter Betsy's birthing of her...
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