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 Don t Make Me Come Up There written by Kristen Welch and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A calm moment is a rare find in a mom’s chaotic day. But she needs it. She needs the moment to refocus and refresh her soul. She needs the inspiration to find God in the mess and the mundane that often defines her. She craves the solitude of a moment with the Master to quiet the storms. She needs to laugh and remember why she loves being a mom. Don't Make Me Come Up There! is filled with inspirational and hilarious true-life stories and reflections written by a very human mom. Moms will recognize themselves in the pages of this book written for real, everyday mothers who know what it’s like to catch vomit with one hand while starting a load of laundry with the other (and never confusing the two!). The fifty-two reflections encourage moms to revel in the everyday beauty of their lives and grow closer to God through it all. "I couldn’t help thinking of the last time my children had scattered up the stairs and disappeared into a quiet abyss. Initially, I thought they were just delighting in one another’s company, holding hands, and making paper daisies. But that thought lasted for 1.2 seconds before I snapped out of my delusion only to discover my oldest giving her brother a “haircut” and my youngest smearing soap all over the bathroom. . . " from the book

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 for the Boy written by R O and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book GraceLaced written by Ruth Chou Simons and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Christian Book Award® This Journey Is as Perennial as the Seasons GraceLaced is about more than pretty florals and fanciful brushwork—it's about flourishing. With carefully crafted intention, this beautiful volume of 32 seasonal devotions from artist and author Ruth Chou Simons encourages readers in any circumstance to become deeply rooted in God's faithful promises. GraceLaced extends a soul-stirring invitation to draw close to God while... resting in who He is rehearsing the truth He says about you responding in faith to those truths remembering His provision to sustain you, time and time again More than 800 individual pieces of art came together in the crafting of this book, including dozens of new, hand-painted Scripture vignettes that Ruth is known for. Who we are and who God is never changes, even though everything else rarely stays the same. Let this book point you to truth as you journey through the changing seasons of your heart.

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids written by lora ona and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This super cute unicorn journal is great for kids of all ages! It's simple, fun and inspires children to be more positive and grateful. It is a self exploration journal designed to focus on being thankful for what we have, the big things in life, as well as the simple joys. Makes a great gift for children of all ages. Great activity journal and daily diary.- Helps kids feel grateful, positive and happy. Reduces stress and increases positivity Lovely Christmas gift or stocking filler

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 written by R O and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book The Cult of Smart written by Fredrik deBoer and published by All Points Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 Magic Gratitude written by R.O and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids written by A. R. Austin and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIMITED TIME OFFER - NORMAL PRICE $12 ---- SPECIAL DISCOUNT 50% TO ONLY $5.49 Gratitude Journal for Kids: Kids Gratitude Journal, Gratitude Journal For Children Boys Girls Teens Kid, Gratitude Diary For Kids, Mindfulness Journal For Kids, Happiness Notebook For Kids, 5 Minutes a Day For Gratitude, Thankful, Practice Mind To Say Thank You, Happy Life, 100 Days This Journal can help your kid to practice mind to say thank you and gratitude in life, improve happiness and mental. It is just 5 minutes a day. This journal contains 100 days for daily use. It is a great gift. This book Contains: - Premium matte cover design - Perfectly sized at 8" x 10" - Printed on high quality cream paper

Download or read book I Am Grateful Gratitude Journal for Kids written by Sara Blank Book and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happiness is a skill that parents can teach their children and the relationship between gratitude and happiness is really strong. People who spend more time doing things that express their gratitude tend to be considerably happier than people who don't. This gratitude Journal is a tool to help your children become happier and more certain about themselves by learning to express gratitude on a regular basis. This gratitude journal detail: - For 60 days with 60 pages blank pages includes the prompts "Date....", Happiness Scale for your child to record emotion, "Today I am gratefull for...." and "One awesome thing that happened today was..." and 60 pages of blank paper that have frame for drawing, sketching, coloring or doodling. - Size 7 x 10 Inches, 120 Pages

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 Kids Gratitude written by R O and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book Happy Golden Gratitude Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 written by R.O and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book Gratitude Journal for Kids Ages 5 10 written by R O and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Days Daily Gratitude Writing & Gratitude Journal for Kids.Gratitude Journal for Kids builds an anxiety-reducing habit to inspire your child and way to teach thankfulness and gratitude. The gratitude notebook for children is a great tool to motivate children. Make your son or daughter proud of their behavior. Through everyday work on themselves, the child will develop their behavioral skills. The child will learn the right attitudes and will grow up to be a good person. Gratitude Journal for Kids Details 110 pages of Gratitude Journal has an area for write Today I am grateful for, Something awesome It's a perfect gift for KIDS 6 inches x 9 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover

Download or read book Gratitude Journal written by Narika Publishing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Gratitude Journal For Kids. Happiness is a skill that parents can teach their children and the relationship between gratitude and happiness is really strong. Tool to help your children become happier and more certain about themselves by learning to express gratitude on a regular basis. Size 8.5 x 11 Inch, 100 Pages

Download or read book The Magical Language of Others A Memoir written by E. J. Koh and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the Washington State Book Award in Biography/Memoir Named One of the Best Books by Asian American Writers by Oprah Daily Longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh’s parents return to South Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in California. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself abandoned and adrift in a world made strange by her mother’s absence. Her mother writes letters in Korean over the years seeking forgiveness and love—letters Eun Ji cannot fully understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box. As Eun Ji translates the letters, she looks to history—her grandmother Jun’s years as a lovesick wife in Daejeon, the loss and destruction her grandmother Kumiko witnessed during the Jeju Island Massacre—and to poetry, as well as her own lived experience to answer questions inside all of us. Where do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? How do we find words—in Korean, Japanese, English, or any language—to articulate the profound ways that distance can shape love? The Magical Language of Others weaves a profound tale of hard-won selfhood and our deep bonds to family, place, and language, introducing—in Eun Ji Koh—a singular, incandescent voice.

Download or read book The Triggering Town Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing written by Richard Hugo and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992-08-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Richard Hugo's free-swinging, go-for-it remarks on poetry and the teaching of poetry are exactly what are needed in classrooms and in the world."—James Dickey Richard Hugo was that rare phenomenon of American letters—a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's now-classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems." Anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's sayd, playful, profound insights and advice concerning the mysteries of literary creation.

Download or read book Brothers We are Not Professionals written by John Piper and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.