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When thirteen-year-old Elizabeth is diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Faith is in awe of her courageous child, who faces her plight straight on and inspires all who meet her. Despite an army of medical professionals who provide innovative care for Elizabeth, she dies, and Faith and her surviving daughter, Olivia, are thrown into a maelstrom of grief. They find unexpected comfort in the arms of their family, friends, and community--but Faith faces...
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Acknowledging the unique set of symptoms that accompanies a period of mourning, this guide is the ideal companion to weathering the storm of physical distress. From muscle aches and pains to problems with eating and sleeping, this handbook addresses how the body responds to the impact of profound loss. Low energy, headaches, and other conditions are also taken into account. With 100 ways to help soothe the body and calm the mind, this compassionate...
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Have you ever wondered what a near-death experience is like? Julia Evans can tell you.
She's heard the whispered questions and seen the quizzical looks, and now she's sharing the full story of the day that transformed Julia Evans into The Lily Nurse. See the experience through her eyes as it loops, turns, and links back together, illuminating a journey like no other. Immerse yourself in her story as she shares the details of the day that changed her...
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"In a book that is an exercise program, nutrition guide and compassionate companion, the creator of One Fit Widow, who lost her husband in a tragic plane accident, shares her revolutionary plan that combines exercise and fitness to strengthen the body, mind and spirit and help anyone work through grief and loss"--
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An inspiring companion for your journey through grief. Grief is closely associated with death, but can be triggered when we lose anything with which we have an emotional connection. Much that can be read about the grieving process is outdated and can serve an injustice to our rapidly evolving, modern society. In conjunction with recent medical and societal advancements, new and complex presentations of grief have arisen. As a result, our own journey...
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This extraordinary book is borne of loss: the loss of love, of certainty and assuredness, of knowing where we are or who we are, of beauty and youth, of health, of life itself, of privacy, and of roles and of knowing.
When someone or something we love leaves us, we suddenly walk alone into new territory without them. We become strangers in new lands, places where the landscape is unalterably changed, where the center of gravity has somehow faltered...
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Beth was a talented, beautiful young woman with a great future ahead of her. She was a Designer for Google, and had just finished her Apprenticeship. Creativity flowed through her, and she spent a lot of her free time creating poetry, prose and art. Bethany's talent, and use of language meant she was able to capture the real raw emotion of the most difficult situations, drawing the reader in and enabling them to feel and understand how difficult life...
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Carole L. Sanek is a certified personal life coach who has also been a ghost writer for over 10 years for clients. She has blogged and written marketing pieces for social media for others and is an award-winning blogger herself. She has won awards for her wittiness and upfront style with her diagnosis of breast cancer years ago. When the sudden death of her beloved husband happened, those who follow her encouraged her to write a book about her grief....
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I've led an interesting life of both tragedy and blessing, which is why I put pen to paper and wrote Unscrambling Grief - the heart-wrenching story of our loss of two daughters, for two different reasons. It's an easy read of just over an hour, illustrated with humorous cartoons to make a point in a light-hearted way. The guest speaker at the book launch described it as a must read book for everyone, because grief bypasses no-one. Unscrambling Grief...
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If death is an end, then I know for certain there is nothing final about it.
When Nicole Kerr hit the ground, she thought: I am going to die, yet death is not supposed to happen this way. I am just 19 years old. I still have things to do, places to go, deadlines to meet, so I cannot be dead. I don't have time to be dead. Still, I think I am. This must be death. Rays of brilliant white light flood me from all sides. Streams of light cocoon me, wrapping...
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How does one embrace life after losing a beloved spouse?
Is it possible for a widowed person to live well, laugh more, and even find love again? Marie Scott's answer is "hell yes!"
In “How I Found Meaning (And Humor) In Widowhood, Firehouses, & Organic Vegetables: 7 Steps to Healing After Loss”, this inspirational functional-medicine health coach takes you on a heartwarming and humorous journey from grief to healing to discovering new purpose....
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In 'Letters to the Dead' it is the things you wanted to say when they were living and couldn't or dare say. Instead, you find 'Letting go Isn't Easy.' Many find it is often too late to say what they needed to say while the loved one was alive. Some regret what they did say when they were alive, and it was too late to take back the words. Just as many wish they could have mended the fence between them before it was too late. Regrets you have to live...
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Faced with the ultimate challenge of life-confronting your death-how would you want to be remembered? Are there stories you want to tell? Experiences you want to relay? Explanations about how you felt and why? Maybe you wish to ensure that future generations know your family lore. Perhaps you seek meaning and purpose and don't know how to access them. It's likely that you seek comfort and strength. But at the same time a deep desire to heal unresolved...
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This is a book about bereavement and also about the many extraordinary happenings and signs from the afterlife that then followed. Louise talks about her personal experience of grief, in all its facets, and in a way that will resonate with readers who are bereaved. She also details, in careful and precise language, the succession of signs that she received, apparently from her husband after his death. She describes how to start with she was very sceptical...
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There is no way to describe the feelings that accompany a life-threatening diagnosis. If you've been in that position, then you know what I am talking about.
Inspired by the stories so many have shared with me, and my own personal journey after being diagnosed with cancer, I always knew I wanted to share my story and hopefully make a difference in even just one person's life.
This book was created to positively impact the lives of people who have...
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Growing through Your Grieving-Naming, Claiming and Healing Your Loss
Sometimes the pain of loss feels like molten lava in our hearts, a burden that no one wants to hold. If you're seeking expert guidance on healing the loss you feel deep inside, this book is for you. Know that your heart is expanding to hold the lessons grief is teaching you.
With gentle compassion, Robert Jackman invites you to acknowledge and honor your grief instead of pushing...
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Loss is hard. Loss in the middle of a global pandemic, national unrest, war or otherwise chaotic circumstances can feel impossible to process. In this book, Pamela Evans has taken on that reality and charted a course that allows every individual to navigate towards their own sense of closure and peace amidst unprecedented loss. "Good grief is a work of love - a lighthouse standing in the storm, to guide you back to solid ground."
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Loss brings with it many layers of grief that need to be addressed. Healing from losses requires more than just talking about our pain; it involves working through the twists and turns of conflicting emotions and confronting questions that often have no satisfactory answers. It is reassembling the pieces of life that have been shattered by assumptions and expectations in order to create a new beginning. Within the process we begin to heal and recover....
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