Download or read book Behold Life Beyond Grief written by Lilian Santini and published by Lilian Santini. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behold is a book about infertility, failed adoptions, and self acceptance. I know firsthand the anguish of infertility and failed adoptions, and the feelings of despair and isolation that come with them. It's a difficult road to walk, but I promise you, there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel. For years, I battled with the frustration and disappointment of not being able to conceive or adopt a child. It felt like everyone else around me was succeeding where I was failing, and I couldn't shake the sense of inadequacy and despair that haunted me. In my darkest moments, I made a choice that changed everything: I decided to stop blaming myself and start loving myself for who I am. I realized that I am enough, just as I am, and that my worth as a person does not depend on my ability to have children. That's when Behold began to take shape. I turned to artificial intelligence to help me illustrate my experiences, and in the process, my emotions also took form in short, powerful poems. I knew that by sharing my journey and my words, I could help others who are struggling to find their way through the pain of infertility and adoption. If you're on a similar journey, please know that you are not alone. It's okay to grieve, to feel angry, to feel lost. And it's also okay to love yourself, to honor your story, and to find hope for the future. I wrote Behold with the hope that it will give you permission to do just that.
Download or read book Life Beyond Grief Remembering God s Promises written by Oldham and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Beyond Grief ... Remembering God's Promises, is based on the grief I experienced while mourning the loss of three dear family members who passed away within months of each other. First, my oldest brother, a dreamer with a kind heart, passed away. Exactly three months later, my father, who believed in "just being fair" and gave of his time, talent and treasures, passed. Finally, one month later, my sister and the youngest in the family, the one who believed in turning lemons into lemonade and encouraging others, took her last breath. Although the healthcare providers temporarily resuscitated her, she was officially declared dead the next day. Her death occurred 31 days after my father's. Join my husband, Charles, and I as we walk you through 'some' of the darkest years and months of our lives. Our transparency is obvious as we share events that occurred from Saturday, April 30, 2016, to Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Although this timeframe presented moments of joy, achievement, and exhilarating experiences, it also gave us events that were challenging, devastating and painful. You will read vulnerable, personal accounts and the negative impacts that grief inflicted on my life. Throughout the book, we provide answers to questions that you may have regarding your loved ones. Questions such as: How do I get past the emptiness when my family member's physical presence is no longer here? How do I get my flesh to cope? Where should I place my hope and trust? How long should my period of bereavement last? At what point should I say that I understand, even if I don't? At what point should I seek professional counseling? Grief, Life, Encouragement, Memories, Destiny, Gratitude, Pandemic, Legacy, Promises, Dream, God
Download or read book Life Beyond Grief Remembering God s Promises written by Charles A. Oldham and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Beyond Grief ... Remembering God's Promises, is based on the grief I experienced while mourning the loss of three dear family members who passed away within months of each other. First, my oldest brother, a dreamer with a kind heart, passed away. Exactly three months later, my father, who believed in "just being fair" and gave of his time, talent and treasures, passed. Finally, one month later, my sister and the youngest in the family, the one who believed in turning lemons into lemonade and encouraging others, took her last breath. Although the healthcare providers temporarily resuscitated her, she was officially declared dead the next day. Her death occurred 31 days after my father's. Join my husband, Charles, and I as we walk you through 'some' of the darkest years and months of our lives. Our transparency is obvious as we share events that occurred from Saturday, April 30, 2016, to Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Although this timeframe presented moments of joy, achievement, and exhilarating experiences, it also gave us events that were challenging, devastating and painful. You will read vulnerable, personal accounts and the negative impacts that grief inflicted on my life. Throughout the book, we provide answers to questions that you may have regarding your loved ones. Questions such as: How do I get past the emptiness when my family member's physical presence is no longer here? How do I get my flesh to cope? Where should I place my hope and trust? How long should my period of bereavement last? At what point should I say that I understand, even if I don't? At what point should I seek professional counseling? Grief, Life, Encouragement, Memories, Destiny, Gratitude, Pandemic, Legacy, Promises, Dream, God
Download or read book Moving Beyond Grief written by Ruth Sissom and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates experiences of those who grieve deaths due to AIDS, murder, Alzheimer's, cancer, suicide. These survivors' ultimate triumph offers hope and assurance of God's sufficiency in the face of wrenching loss.
Download or read book Life After Grief written by Rebecca Hayford Bauer and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you experience a loss that changes everything, grief is only the beginning. Mourning for the life you once knew is a long and important process—but where do you go from there? Rebecca Hayford Bauer’s loss was the death of her husband in 2003, but we all face loss of one kind or another. In Life After Grief, she shares her personal story of loss, grief and healing, and invites you to walk with her into the hope and uncertainty of new life. Each chapter asks one important question every grieving person faces on the road to healing, such as: • How do I view God? • Will I still trust? • Who am I now? • Who are my friends? • Will I dream again? Your life will never be the same . . . but there is still life to be lived. You can learn to live your new normal, grasping God’s hand for dear life and trusting Him to guide you into the future.
Download or read book Ambiguous Loss written by Pauline BOSS and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort in the rituals that mark the passing, and we turn to those around us for support. But what happens when there is no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for example, does the mother whose soldier son is missing in action, or the family of an Alzheimer's patient who is suffering from severe dementia, deal with the uncertainty surrounding this kind of loss? In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all too often, those confronted with such ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness. Suffered too long, these emotions can deaden feeling and make it impossible for people to move on with their lives. Yet the central message of this book is that they can move on. Drawing on her research and clinical experience, Boss suggests strategies that can cushion the pain and help families come to terms with their grief. Her work features the heartening narratives of those who cope with ambiguous loss and manage to leave their sadness behind, including those who have lost family members to divorce, immigration, adoption, chronic mental illness, and brain injury. With its message of hope, this eloquent book offers guidance and understanding to those struggling to regain their lives. Table of Contents: 1. Frozen Grief 2. Leaving without Goodbye 3. Goodbye without Leaving 4. Mixed Emotions 5. Ups and Downs 6. The Family Gamble 7. The Turning Point 8. Making Sense out of Ambiguity 9. The Benefit of a Doubt Notes Acknowledgments Reviews of this book: You will find yourself thinking about the issues discussed in this book long after you put it down and perhaps wishing you had extra copies for friends and family members who might benefit from knowing that their sorrows are not unique...This book's value lies in its giving a name to a force many of us will confront--sadly, more than once--and providing personal stories based on 20 years of interviews and research. --Pamela Gerhardt, Washington Post Reviews of this book: A compassionate exploration of the effects of ambiguous loss and how those experiencing it handle this most devastating of losses ... Boss's approach is to encourage families to talk together, to reach a consensus about how to mourn that which has been lost and how to celebrate that which remains. Her simple stories of families doing just that contain lessons for all. Insightful, practical, and refreshingly free of psychobabble. --Kirkus Review Reviews of this book: Engagingly written and richly rewarding, this title presents what Boss has learned from many years of treating individuals and families suffering from uncertain or incomplete loss...The obvious depth of the author's understanding of sufferers of ambiguous loss and the facility with which she communicates that understanding make this a book to be recommended. --R. R. Cornellius, Choice Reviews of this book: Written for a wide readership, the concepts of ambiguous loss take immediate form through the many provocative examples and stories Boss includes, All readers will find stories with which they will relate...Sensitive, grounded and practical, this book should, in my estimation, be required reading for family practitioners. --Ted Bowman, Family Forum Reviews of this book: Dr. Boss describes [the] all-too-common phenomenon [of unresolved grief] as resulting from either of two circumstances: when the lost person is still physically present but emotionally absent or when the lost person is physically absent but still emotionally present. In addition to senility, physical presence but psychological absence may result, for example, when a person is suffering from a serious mental disorder like schizophrenia or depression or debilitating neurological damage from an accident or severe stroke, when a person abuses drugs or alcohol, when a child is autistic or when a spouse is a workaholic who is not really 'there' even when he or she is at home...Cases of physical absence with continuing psychological presence typically occur when a soldier is missing in action, when a child disappears and is not found, when a former lover or spouse is still very much missed, when a child 'loses' a parent to divorce or when people are separated from their loved ones by immigration...Professionals familiar with Dr. Boss's work emphasised that people suffering from ambiguous loss were not mentally ill, but were just stuck and needed help getting past the barrier or unresolved grief so that they could get on with their lives. --Asian Age Combining her talents as a compassionate family therapist and a creative researcher, Pauline Boss eloquently shows the many and complex ways that people can cope with the inevitable losses in contemporary family life. A wise book, and certain to become a classic. --Constance R. Ahrons, author of The Good Divorce A powerful and healing book. Families experiencing ambiguous loss will find strategies for seeing what aspects of their loved ones remain, and for understanding and grieving what they have lost. Pauline Boss offers us both insight and clarity. --Kathy Weingarten, Ph.D, The Family Institute of Cambridge, Harvard Medical School
Download or read book Life After Loss written by Raymond A. Moody and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique approach to understanding and overcoming grief. Bestselling author Raymond Moody and his colleague Dianne Arcangel show how the grieving process can transform our fear and grief into spiritual and emotional growth.
Download or read book The Smell of Rain on Dust written by Martín Prechtel and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully written and wise … [Martin Prechtel] offers stories that are precious and life-sustaining. Read carefully, and listen deeply."—Mary Oliver, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief is something that we usually experience in private, alone, and without the support of a community. Yet, as Prechtel says, "Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses." Prechtel explains that the unexpressed grief prevalent in our society today is the reason for many of the social, cultural, and individual maladies that we are currently experiencing. According to Prechtel, "When you have two centuries of people who have not properly grieved the things that they have lost, the grief shows up as ghosts that inhabit their grandchildren." These "ghosts," he says, can also manifest as disease in the form of tumors, which the Maya refer to as "solidified tears," or in the form of behavioral issues and depression. He goes on to show how this collective, unexpressed energy is the long-held grief of our ancestors manifesting itself, and the work that can be done to liberate this energy so we can heal from the trauma of loss, war, and suffering. At base, this "little book," as the author calls it, can be seen as a companion of encouragement, a little extra light for those deep and noble parts in all of us.
Download or read book Beyond Grief written by Sharon Graves and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something we never imagined. We did not see it coming, and we wrestle daily to erase the stain of tragedy from our minds, to heal and hold on to to our mental health and sense of sanity. Losing a loved one is oftentimes painful enough even when expected or accepted under normal circumstances. But tragedy is mentally brutal, a sting of unrest rattling through the corridors of our consciousness replaying the how and the loss of our dear beloved. Beyond grief there is a pathway to mental, spiritual, and heart healing, and to live, we must get to the otherside. Finding peace and power beyond grief is a process we must embrace, a journey we must take, and a terrain we must tread to come into healing from tragedy and loss. Whenever I looked at you (Daniel), talked with you, laughed with you, and even hugged you, I saw a lifetime. I never imagined you would be gone or that a lifetime would end so soon. If only I could have known, we could have talked more, laughed more, hugged more. I could have expressed more how much I appreciated you and told you how much I was proud of you and just how much I loved you. But the truth is, no matter how much more or how long, I still would not have been ready to let go of you. How do you prepare for something like this? And now, we must learn to live with and live through what we were never prepared or ready for. For a while, I wrestled about feeling like I was moving on without you. Now, I realize I take you with me in spirit and in my heart everywhere I go, and we go on together! I love you!
Download or read book Beyond the Broken Heart Participant Book written by Julie Yarbrough and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the heart understand grief when it is broken by the death of a loved one? To survive and live forward, those who grieve must find answers. Beyond the Broken Heart is an eight-week support and ministry program for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Author Julie Yarbrough chronicles her personal experience combined with a deep love of Scripture and years of leading grief support groups to create an authentic and deeply personal exploration of the grief journey. The Participant Book provides eight chapters plus two supplemental chapters that include: · Personal stories/reflections from the author’s own journey through grief · Spiritual and practical help for navigating the emotions, experiences, and questions of grief · Scriptures and biblical material appropriate to the themes and topics of each chapter? · Questions for personal reflection with space for recording responses · Readers will transform their experience of grief into a life lived in gratitude for the steadfast love and faithfulness of God and a life that honors the memory of their loved one. "Julie Yarbrough has walked through the valley of the shadow of death and experienced the pain and anguish of great grief, and she knows firsthand the comfort and strength that only God can provide. I commend this remarkable grief ministry program to you highly." James W. Moore, Pastor in Residence, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas "With wisdom informed by her own experience and a warm regard for those who grieve, Julie Yarbrough guides the brokenhearted on an honest journey toward acceptance and hope. A refreshingly excellent resource for grief support." Stephan Bauman, Senior Minister, Christ Church New York City "Julie Yarbrough weaves understanding, care, and comfort together in such a way that the seemingly intolerable becomes tolerable, one breath at a time. This resource provides everything you need to promote, establish, and conduct grief groups throughout the year." Judith Bone, Director of Adult Discipleship, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee "A gift to those who face the difficult journey through the grieving process. I highly recommend this program, not only for those who have lost, but also for those in the helping professions who offer guidance and counsel to the grieving." Ann Reese, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Download or read book My Life After Death written by Erik Medhus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the follow-up to Elisa Medhus’s My Son and the Afterlife—“a heartfelt, deeply moving story” (Eben Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of Proof of Heaven)—her son Erik tells his astounding story directly from the afterlife, describing in detail his death, transition, and spiritual renewal. My Life After Death begins on the tragic day when Erik Medhus took his own life. What follows is a moment-by-moment account of the spiritual life he discovers on the other side—told for the very first time in his own words as channeled by medium Jamie Butler and then transcribed by his mother Elisa. Overflowing with his signature honesty and candor, Erik describes more than just a visit to the afterlife. He personally walks us through the experience of dying, transitioning into spirit form, and reveals a detailed look at the life awaiting us on the other side. In this intimate and provocative memoir, crucial questions will finally be answered, including: What does it feel like to die? What is it like to become a spirit? Why and how do spirits communicate with the living? Is there a heaven? Ultimately, Erik’s story provides the answers that will help readers find solace and remove the fears surrounding death, showing that love has no boundaries and life does not truly end.
Download or read book Beyond Grief written by Anne R. Cline and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Grief: A Story of How You Can Instantly Know Happiness & Find Balance in Your Life is a fast paced and interesting reading experience where you can gain the necessary tools to aid you in coping with obstacles in your own life and overcome the negativity and grief which prevent many of us from reaching our potential. This book explains important practices and mindsets which you can implement in your own life to help you realize joy despite the presence of stress and illness by utilizing the power of positive thought. Beyond Grief presents you with an easy to digest formula for success in addition to offering a meditation activity, positive affirmations and recommended reading list to further aid you in your decision to achieve personal goals, feel healthy and stay focused in life. Whether you or someone you love struggles with negative thoughts and judgement, anger or grief issues; Beyond Grief provides insight into a range of useful subjects which many of us struggle with each day. Beyond Grief will keep you turning the pages from start to finish and leave you wanting to share with your friends and family the ease with which you can truly receive healing energy and happiness in an instant.
Download or read book Beyond the Broken Heart Daily Devotions for Your Grief Journey written by Julie Yarbrough and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Devotions for Your Grief Journey provides comforting and encouraging devotions for the first year of the grief journey. Each month begins with a short personal reflection by the author related to the month’s theme, followed by a Preparation Scripture and meditation that set the stage for the next four weeks. Each brief daily meditation includes Scripture, a thought to consider, a prayer, and words of assurance. Space is provided at the end of each month for recording the inmost thoughts and feelings along the journey of grief. Daily Devotions for Your Grief Journey can be used as a stand-alone devotional or part of the eight-week support and ministry program, Beyond the Broken Heart. In this program, author Julie Yarbrough chronicles her personal experience combined with a deep love of Scripture and years of leading grief support groups to create an authentic and deeply personal exploration of the grief journey. "Julie Yarbrough has walked through the valley of the shadow of death and experienced the pain and anguish of great grief, and she knows firsthand the comfort and strength that only God can provide. I commend this remarkable grief ministry program to you highly." James W. Moore, Pastor in Residence, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas "With wisdom informed by her own experience and a warm regard for those who grieve, Julie Yarbrough guides the brokenhearted on an honest journey toward acceptance and hope. A refreshingly excellent resource for grief support." Stephan Bauman, Senior Minister, Christ Church New York City "Julie Yarbrough weaves understanding, care, and comfort together in such a way that the seemingly intolerable becomes tolerable, one breath at a time. This resource provides everything you need to promote, establish, and conduct grief groups throughout the year." Judith Bone, Director of Adult Discipleship, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee
Download or read book Beyond Grief written by Pippa Vosper and published by Headline Home. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Essential reading for anyone who has been through the sadness of a lost pregnancy' The Times 'Sensitive and insightful' Sunday Times Style 'This book will be a godsend to any woman going through the murky devastation that is called miscarriage but feels like something else entirely: the loss of a baby' Ariel Levy 'A compassionate, nuanced book that does this very complicated grief justice' Pandora Sykes 'This book will be the friend to hold your hand while you navigate your own pathway of grief. I'm so glad it's here' Elle Wright Beyond Grief also contains interviews with experts and other women who have experienced losses of their own, including Elizabeth Day, Leandra Medine Cohen, Melissa Odabash, Jools Oliver, Alexandra Stedman and Latham Thomas. Pippa Vosper tragically lost her son Axel in 2017, when she was five months pregnant, and has since written about miscarriage and baby loss online and in a series of pieces for Vogue. Beyond Grief: Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss is the book she wishes had been available when her son died. It covers every aspect of pregnancy and baby loss at any stage, from the practical to the emotional, with advice from experts and stories from women who have been through it themselves. Beyond Grief offers both an inclusive perspective and a guiding hand to anyone who has experienced any kind of pregnancy loss, as well as those who are trying to support them through it.
Download or read book Coming Alive After Death Recovery from Grief written by Jennifer Anne Berghage and published by MindStir Media. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If this book has drawn your interest, imagine that I am standing next to you and holding your hand. You, or someone you love, are grieving the loss of a dearly, truly beloved. When this happened to me upon the death of my sweet, 26-year-old daughter, I found myself in a very dark place. Climbing out of this darkness and back into light, love, laughter, and pleasure felt not only wrong, but absolutely impossible. I learned to walk through the fire and out the other side, because I am a beloved child of the Universe. True life and happiness belong to me for all the days and nights I am here on Earth. They also belong to me beyond this Earth life. And to you, Beloved, as well as to our beloveds who have transitioned. Take my hand as I guide you through the journey of grief, out of darkness and back into the light. You will not feel the same at the end of the book as you did in the beginning, or even in the middle. Keep reading. Keep going in your life journeys, Dear Ones, and never give up. We write what we know. Jen Berghage knows intimately the journey of the death of a dearly, dearly, beloved and how to navigate it such that we can go through the fire and come out the other side, not unscathed, not without scars, but with life, love, celebration, and peace in our hearts. In Coming Alive After Death she shares resources, exercises, and strengths we can tap as we continue here after the transition of our beloveds. Jen spent sixteen years as a credentialed professional editor (Graduate School, USA) and instructional designer (UWISC, Madison) with The Pennsylvania State University, which prepared her well for authorship of her own works. Life, colorful life, prepared her to have something to write about. She never imagined it would be this.
Download or read book Life After Death written by Anthony C. Thiselton and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in the wake of a near-fatal stroke, theologian Anthony C. Thiselton addresses death and what comes next. This distinctive study of "the last things" comprehensively explores questions about individual death, the intermediate state, the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, hell, the final state of the redeemed, and more. --from publisher description.
Download or read book Here to Eternity written by Dianne Wilson and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2006 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here to Eternity contains the truth and comfort that our hearts long for when we have to say goodbye. Each chapter unfolds hope for life beyond the death of a loved one."--BOOK COVER.
