Healing After Loss
Healing After Loss

Author: Martha W. Hickman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-06-09

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0061925772

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The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others. After the focus on planning and outpouring of love from family and friends in the immediate aftermath following the loss of a loved one, we are left to enter a new version of our lives where someone important is missing. For days, months, years, the pain of the loss can crash in all at once. It is tempting to push that wave of grief back and soldier on with our new lives, but the loss will never lose its controlling power if we don’t find the courage and love to face it. Meditating on the loss, along with the rush of love that comes with it, gives us a chance to rejoice in the life that was shared, and to look forward in which memories of our loved ones continue to bless us. The short, poignant meditations given here follow the course of the year, but it is not a necessity to follow them chronologically. They will strengthen, inspire, and give comfort for as long as they are needed.

Mindfulness and Grief
Mindfulness and Grief

Author: Heather Stang

Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Published: 2018-12-06

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 178249782X

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Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.

Grief One Day at a Time
Grief One Day at a Time

Author: Dr. Alan Wolfelt

Publisher: Companion Press

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1617222402

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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 will accompany you.

Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
Grieving the Loss of a Loved One

Author: Lorene Hanley Duquin

Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1612782922

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"Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape." C.S. Lewis Lorene Duquin, an experienced grief counselor was no stranger to understanding and explaining grief, and had helped many people work through it. But when she lost her mother she found herself living in an entirely new space. Grieving the Loss of a Loved One contains 52 powerful, one-page meditations that will help you work through the various aspects of grieving as they did for Lorene herself. The meditations are wide-ranging: they are deeply personal, but yet they address the emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, and social aspects of grief. Rooted in prayer, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and conveying important life lessons, each meditation features: A quote from a well-known figure that speaks to the meditation A brief reflection that expands upon the topic at hand A prayer Sidebar with a timely quote or anecdote Walk hand in hand with Lorene and experience the gift of a companion who can walk this painful walk at your side, through this unknown territory, where each passing day seems to reveal a new dimension of pain, loss, confusion but eventually transforms to healing and peace.

Living with Loss
Living with Loss

Author: Ellen Sue Stern

Publisher: Itasca Books

Published: 2006-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780976705437

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The first year following the death of a spouse is a time a time of great need - a time of mourning, remembering, and persevering. Widows are challenged with an onslaught of emotions and as they travel this unparalleled path of grief and healing. Filled with guidance and encouragement, hope and perspective, Living With Loss pairs empowering affirmations with wise and insightful quotes from such varied sources as Mother Teresa, Dr. Joyce Brothers, the Dalai Lama, Robert Frost, the Torah, Woody Allen, Joan Didion and Elizabethv Kubler-Ross. Living with Loss helps widows reach into a reservoir of inner strength during the days ahead: a time to feel competent and capablea time to honor what was and embrace what will bea time to enter slowly a new future that is built on memories, filled with possibilities, guided by love.

Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love
Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love

Author: Raymond R. Mitsch

Publisher: Revell

Published: 1993-10-15

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1441225463

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Few losses are as painful as the death of someone close. No valley is as vast as grief, no journey as personal and life changing. Compassionate and wise guides Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish and uncertainty; understand the cycles of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear, and depression; and face the God who allowed you to lose the one you love. A series of thoughtful daily devotions, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love shares wisdom, insight, and comfort that will help you through and beyond your grief.

How to Live When a Loved One Dies
How to Live When a Loved One Dies

Author: Thich Nhat Hanh

Publisher: Parallax Press

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1946764817

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In this comforting book that will offer relief to anyone moving through intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, healing words of wisdom to transform our suffering. In the immediate aftermath of a loss, sometimes it is all we can do to keep breathing. With his signature clarity and compassion, Thich Nhat Hanh will guide you through the storm of emotions surrounding the death of a loved one. How To Live When A Loved One Dies offers powerful practices such as mindful breathing that will help you reconcile with death and loss, feel connected to your loved one long after they have gone, and transform your grief into healing and joy.

A Time to Grieve
A Time to Grieve

Author: Carol Staudacher

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0062120638

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A collection of comforting thoughts and meditations—including the authentic voices of survivors—for anyone grieving the loss of a loved one. The death of a loved one is for most of us, the most profound and challenging experience of our lives. This book accompanies you through this difficult period, and is written to connect with you wherever you are in your grieving process. As you read, may you gather hope, find the courage to express your thoughts and feelings, and eventually make the difficult but rewarding journey from coping to healing.

Hope 365
Hope 365

Author: Clara Hinton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9781539991533

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Clara Hinton is best known for her writings on grief associated with child loss. Her first book, Silent Grief: Finding Your Way Through the Darkness, was published over twenty years ago and is still being used by thousands of bereaved parents. Recently Hinton released another book Child Loss: The Heartbreak and the Hope following the unexpected death of her son Mike. This book has quickly grown in popularity among those seeking hope from the heartbreak of loss. Hinton saw a need for those grieving losses to have daily nourishment for the soul, so her newest book Hope 365: Daily Meditations for the Grieving Heart was born. This book gives 365 daily gifts of hope to readers and provides the strength needed to sustain the pain of loss and grief. As Goethe said, "In all things it is better to hope than despair." When loss makes no sense, this book will bring to life miraculous moments of hope and healing.

The Hot Young Widows Club
The Hot Young Widows Club

Author: Nora McInerny

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/ TED

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 198210998X

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From the host of the popular podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, comes a wise, humorous roadmap and caring resource for anyone going through the loss of a loved one—or even a difficult life moment. In the span of a few weeks, thirty-something Nora McInerny had a miscarriage, lost her father to cancer, and lost her husband due to a brain tumor. Her life fell apart. What Nora discovered during this dark time is that, when you’re in these hard moments, it can feel impossible to feel like even a shadow of the person you once were. People will give you all sorts of advice of how to hold onto your sanity and sense of self. But how exactly? How do you find that person again? Welcome to The Hot Young Widows Club, Nora’s response to the toughest questions about life’s biggest struggles. The Hot Young Widows Club isn’t just for people who have lost a spouse, but an essential tool for anyone who has gone through a major life struggle. Based on her own experiences and those of the listeners dedicated to her podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, Nora offers wise, heartfelt, and often humorous advice to anyone navigating a painful period in their lives. Full of practical guidance, Nora also reminds us that it’s still okay to laugh, despite your deep grief. She explores how readers can educate the people around them on what to do, what to say, and how to best to lend their support. Ultimately, this book is a space for people to recognize that they aren’t alone, and to learn how to get through life’s hardest moments with grace and humor, and even hope.