Download or read book Grappling with Grief written by Penny Rawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at different ways of going through a loss of any kind. The author draws examples from her experience as a psychotherapist and counsellor and offers the readers the chance to learn about different ways of grieving, as well as make them see that they are not alone in their grief. The language is free of jargon and the book manages to tackle this difficult subject with the dignity it deserves. The author also offers practical information on the "symptoms" of people faced with loss, her view on the different cycles of grief as well as advice to people close to a grieving person.
Download or read book Grappling With Grief written by Jodi Ann Walukonis and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling the enigmatic issue of death, three individual books follow an identical outline with age-specific text focused on experiencing death loss as a Child, Teen or Adult. The books are full of fresh therapeutic perspectives as well as basics about the phenomenon surrounding death. A tolerant spiritual and gentle author's voice facilitates smooth reading of a brutal subject. Grief work in resolving loss in life is beneficial at the personal and universal level and these books cover both.
Download or read book Grappling with Grief and The Pathway To Peace written by Jamie Henderson-Warren and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grappling with Grief and The Pathway to Peace is about one woman's journey with child loss and navigating through the uncharted stages of grief. When one finds themselves dealing with a loss, any type of loss, there is an overwhelming sense of fear and unease. One may ask themselves how will I make it through? Where do I start? Will I ever be okay again? It is Jamie's hope to guide people to their "new normal" and to the realization that grief is a shared experience, and we are not alone! At the end of the book there are guided reflection questions to help you with your grief and a section to take notes on to reflect at a later time. Jamie Henderson-Warren has lived every parent's worst nightmare. She has walked through loss and grief and came out on the other end, but not without a fight. She discusses what the stages of grief are, what her journey was like, and how it may relate to others. Currently pursuing her master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and working in behavioral health, she has transformed her tragedy. She is dedicated to helping others find their path to peace.
Download or read book Notes on Grief written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the globally acclaimed, best-selling novelist and author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father: “With raw eloquence, Notes on Grief … captures the bewildering messiness of loss in a society that requires serenity, when you’d rather just scream. Grief is impolite ... Adichie’s words put welcome, authentic voice to this most universal of emotions, which is also one of the most universally avoided” (The Washington Post). Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page—and never without touches of rich, honest humor—Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father’s death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he’d stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book—a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment—a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever—and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon.
Download or read book Grappling with Death written by Roland R. Maust and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Union 2nd Corps at Gettysburg and the action of the hospitals, along with lists of patients who died or were wounded. Also includes some biographical sketches of hospital staff.
Download or read book The Psychology of Grief written by Richard Gross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is happening emotionally when we grieve for a loved one? Is there a ‘right’ way to grieve? What effect does grief have on how we see ourselves? The Psychology of Grief is a humane and intelligent account that highlights the wide range of responses we have to losing a loved one and explores how psychologists have sought to explain this experience. From Freud’s pioneering psychoanalysis to discredited ideas that we must pass through ‘stages’ of grief, the book examines the social and cultural norms that frame or limit our understanding of the grieving process, as well as looking at the language we use to describe it. Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences bereavement and The Psychology of Grief will help readers understand both their own and others’ feelings of grief that accompany it.
Download or read book Grief in Motion Moving Forward While Grieving written by Tisha Solene and published by Book Lovers HQ. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that often expects us to "move on" after loss, "Grief in Motion" offers a revolutionary approach: learn to move forward while still honoring your grief. This groundbreaking book understands that your journey through loss is as unique as your fingerprint, providing compassionate guidance without rigid timelines or stages. Grief doesn't just affect your heart; it impacts your entire being. From sleepless nights to workplace challenges, this comprehensive guide addresses every facet of your experience. Whether you're a parent mourning a child, professional balancing deadlines with despair, or an elder saying goodbye to a lifelong partner, "Grief in Motion" walks beside you, offering wisdom and practical strategies. Discover how to dance with grief, letting it guide you toward healing without losing your own rhythm. This isn't just another self-help book; it's a companion, a torch in the darkness, illuminating paths you never knew existed. In this life-changing guide, you'll find: - The truth about grief's impact on your body, mind, and spirit - Cultural rituals that can bring comfort and meaning - Workplace strategies to maintain productivity while mourning - Age-specific insights, from children to the elderly - Techniques to build resilience, like mindfulness and art therapy - Guidance for complex grief, including traumatic loss - Tips for creating a "new normal" without forgetting the past - The power of community in an isolating experience Don't just survive loss—learn to live fully with it. "Grief in Motion" isn't about moving on; it's about moving forward, transformed by love's enduring power. Start your journey today.
Download or read book Grappling with a Grief Engraved written by John Goris and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transcending Loss written by Ashley Davis Bush and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compassionate, poignant, and practical. . . . Transcending Loss will be a great blessing on your lifetime journey of recovery.”—Harold Bloomfield, MD, psychiatrist and author of How to Survive the Loss of Love and How to Heal Depression Death doesn’t end a relationship, it simply forges a new type of relationship—one based not on physical presence but on memory, spirit, and love. There are many wonderful books available that address acute grief and how to cope with it. But they often focus on crisis management and imply that there is an "end" to mourning, and fail to acknowledge grief’s ongoing impact and how it changes through the years. “This is a book about death and grief, yes, but more important, it is a book about love and hope. I have learned from my experience and interviews with courageous people about pain, struggle, resiliency, and meaning. Their stories show over time, you can learn to transcend even in spite of the pain.”—from the introduction by Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW
Download or read book Mourning in the Anthropocene written by Joshua Trey Barnett and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enormous ecological losses and profound planetary transformations mean that ours is a time to grieve beyond the human. Yet, Joshua Trey Barnett argues in this eloquent and urgent book, our capacity to grieve for more-than-human others is neither natural nor inevitable. Weaving together personal narratives, theoretical meditations, and insightful readings of cultural artifacts, he suggests that ecological grief is best understood as a rhetorical achievement. As a collection of worldmaking practices, rhetoric makes things matter, bestows value, directs attention, generates knowledge, and foments feelings. By dwelling on three rhetorical practices—naming, archiving, and making visible—Barnett shows how they prepare us to grieve past, present, and future ecological losses. Simultaneously diagnostic and prescriptive, this book reveals rhetorical practices that set our ecological grief into motion and illuminates pathways to more connected, caring earthly coexistence.
Download or read book Grieving Dads written by Kelly Farley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back is a collection of candid stories from grieving dads that were interviewed over a two year period. The book offers insight from fellow members of, in the haunting words of one dad, "this terrible, terrible club," which consists of men who have experienced the death of a child. This book is a collection of survival stories by men who have survived the worst possible loss and lived to tell the tale. They are real stories that pull no punches and are told with brutal honesty. Men that have shared their deepest and darkest moments. Moments that included thoughts of suicide, self-medication and homelessness. Some of these men have found their way back from the brink while others are still standing there, stuck in their pain. The core message of Grieving Dads is "you're not alone." It is a message that desperately needs to be delivered to grieving dads who often grieve in silence due to society's expectations. Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back is a book that no grieving dad or anyone who cares for him should be without. As any grieving parent will tell you, there are no words to describe the hell one experiences after the death of a child. Many men have no clue how to deal with or understand the myriad emotional, mental, and physical responses experienced after the death of a child. Stories appearing in the book have been carefully selected to represent a cross-section of fathers, as well as a diverse portrayal of loss. This approach helps reflect the full spectrum of grief, from the early days of shock and trauma to the long view after living with loss for many years. Any bereaved father will find brotherhood in these pages, and will feel that someone understands them. While there is plenty of raw emotion in this book-the stories are not exercises in self-pity nor are they studies in grief. They are survival stories instead. Some are testimonies to hope. Some are gut-wrenching accounts of overwhelming despair. But all of them are real-life stories from real-life grieving dads, and they show that even if one reaches his physical and emotional bottom, it is possible (although not easy) to live through that pain and find one's way to the other side of grief. Most dads in this book found themselves in a state of physical, mental, and emotional collapse after the death of their child. As if the losses alone weren't enough to drive these men to the brink, most try to deal with their grief according to the conventional wisdom so many men are brought up with, which perversely, increases their suffering all the more. We all know the party line about how men are "supposed" to deal with loss or even disappointment: toughen up, get back to work, take it like a man, support your wife, don't talk about your emotions, don't lose control, and if you must cry-by all means do so in private.
Download or read book The Art of Losing It written by Rosemary Keevil and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her brother dies of AIDS and her husband dies of cancer in the same year, Rosemary is left on her own with two young daughters and antsy addiction demons dancing in her head. This is the nucleus of The Art of Losing It a young mother jerking from emergency to emergency as the men in her life drop dead around her; a high-functioning radio show host waging war with her addictions while trying to raise her two little girls who just lost their daddy; and finally, a stint in rehab and sobriety that ushers in a fresh brand of chaos instead of the tranquility her family so desperately needs. Heartrending but ultimately hopeful, The Art of Losing It is the story of a struggling mother who finds her way—slowly, painfully—from one side of grief and addiction to the other.
Download or read book Grief Light written by Julie Yarbrough and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grief Light is for anyone who is grieving. From her personal perspective on the light side of grief, the author illuminates many of the universal truths of grief through practical, spiritual illustrations and examples from ordinary life. Written in an informal, approachable style, each brief meditation offers grief insight through the rich imagery of stories and scenes from everyday experience, supported by Scripture and a prayer idea. Through these positive, uplifting reflections on life and love and death, you will discern how your faith can grow as a gift of grief through the steadfast love and faithfulness of God. When you read these almost devotionals, you may think, Oh yes, that happened to me or Now I understand more about what it is Im feeling or I thought I was the only one whod ever experienced that or Theres really some plain talk here about human nature. Grief Light also addresses some of the more contemporary, yet seldom fully acknowledged issues that surround grief, including collective/communal grief, incomplete grief, compound grief, and complicated grief. The hope is that the heart and spiritual truths of Grief Light will guide you toward a better understanding of your grief and direct you away from the darkness, toward the light of new life.
Download or read book Monkey Mind written by Daniel Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the author's personal experiences with anxiety, describing its painful coherence and absurdities while sharing the stories of other sufferers to illustrate anxiety's intellectual history and influence.
Download or read book Help from the Hills written by Ronald E. Ramsey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There will always be more questions than answers. Each new day brings new and sometimes more complicated questions. Help From The Hills is a collection of meditations on the nature of human living and the gift of grace for the challenges of the spiritual life. Each meditation presents a particular perspective from which the reader will gain insight into ancient and unyielding concerns, as well as hope for the future. Each chapter ends with a Spiritual Exercise intended as a medium for spiritual reflection and renewal. This book is an excellent resource for adult bible study groups and private devotions. Ronald Ramsey provides a way of thinking about the complexities of life as a path to deeper understanding and spiritual growth. Help From The Hills offers spiritual guidance for those seeking the light of life, and helpful reminders of the love of God as revealed in Holy Scriptures for the redemption of humankind. Author Website www.newdirections-future.com
Download or read book Introduction to The Banshees of Inisherin written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Banshees of Inisherin is a short story written by John Millington Synge. The story is set in a small island called Inisherin, located off the western coast of Ireland. The story revolves around two old women who are believed to be banshees by the locals. The two women, who were sisters, lived in an old cottage on the island. Despite their age, they were still considered to be fierce and powerful beings by the locals. The villagers would often approach the sisters for their blessings or to ask for their help in solving their problems. The story describes the daily routine of the two sisters, who are called Mary and Nora. The two women would spend their days knitting or tending to their small garden. However, they were believed to have special powers, and the villagers feared them. This fear was further heightened when a young boy mysteriously disappeared from the island, and the sisters were blamed for it. Despite this, the sisters continued with their routine, unaffected by the accusations. However, the story takes a dark turn towards the end, when the sisters reveal their true identity and intentions, leaving the readers with a sense of unease and mystery.
Download or read book Grappling with Atrocity written by John Shillington and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guatemalan theater began to address the atrocities committed during the thirty-six years of civil war, the longest war in Latin American history, in the 1990s. This theatrical movement expresses Guatemala's hope for renewal by looking at the past. Rather than being haunted by a traumatic history, the theater pushes the painful issues forward to center stage in order that the vicious cycle of old hatreds and grudges not hold them prisoner. The plays examined in this study, which range from satire to tragedy, aid in breaking free from the bars that entrapped the country in violence and atrocities. However, the outrage is contained: the plays do not condemn the perpetrator, but rather highlight that understanding is the way to peace. The key to release from the cycle of violence is portrayed as remembering without blaming." "The purpose of this study is twofold: 1) to identify how the civil war as well as the change to civilian government in 1986, which culminated in the signing of the Peace Accord in 1996, has affected the form and content of the plays written in the 1990s; and 2) to examine the work of the Guatemalan playwrights who have largely been ignored in Latin American theater studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
