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Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward addictions or dangerous behaviors or other forms of self-destruction. In Unattended Sorrow, Levine addresses the grief from fresh loss but also attends...
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"For those who have lost a loved one to that liar and fraud named Death. So reads the dedication of William Peter Blatty's Finding Peter, a deeply moving memoir that tests the bounds of grief, love, and the soul. Blatty, the bestselling author and Oscar Award-winning screenwriter of The Exorcist, lived a charmed life among the elite stars of Hollywood. His son Peter, born over a decade after The Exorcist, grew from an apple-cheeked boy into an "imposing...
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If you have lost a loved one suddenly or traumatically, have experienced extreme trauma yourself, or simply cannot process the death of someone dear to you, the pain can be overwhelming. For most people, grief resolves on its own, given time; but for many others, grief can lead to serious psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, anger, and an intense, inconsolable yearning for the deceased. Prolonged or complicated grief is a serious psychological...
4) When life hits hard: how to transcend grief, crisis, and loss with acceptance and commitment therapy
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"Whether it's the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a pandemic, or a natural disaster-nothing really prepares us for those moments when life hits hard and turns our world upside down. In this candid self-help guide, best-selling author Russ Harris offers practical skills grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help readers recover from grief, loss, and crisis; transcend pain and suffering; and build rich and meaningful...
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When Jennifer's husband of 25 years dies unexpectedly, her heart breaks and her life is torn apart. When her husband Joe realizes his horrific death, he finds unbelievable ways to communicate with his beloved wife. In desperation, she delves deeply into the spiritual realm and finds healing with the help of her soul mate from beyond the grave. Joe, who was a gifted genius in life, shares powerful messages from the hereafter about past lives, karma,...
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All around us, older women flourish in industry, entertainment, and politics. Do they know something that we don't, or are we all just trying to figure it out? For so many of us, our hearts and minds still feel that we are twenty-something young women who can take on the world. But in our bodies, the flexibility and strength that were once taken for granted are far from how we remember them. Every day we have to rise above the creaky joints and achy...
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Kathryn Wilder's powerful story of grief, motherhood, and return to the desert entwines with the story of America's mustangs as Wilder makes a home on the Colorado Plateau, her property bordering a mustang herd. Desert Chrome illuminates these controversial creatures--their complex history in the Americas, their powerful presence on the landscape, and ways to help both horses and habitats stay wild in the arid West--and celebrates the animal nature...
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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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A journey that will compel readers to view life after death in a completely different way. Where - do our loved ones go - After they die? This is the question that has traversed the universe for centuries and is considered one of life's greatest mysteries. While many of the world's renowned philosophers, scientists, theorists, doctors, and great mystics endorsed the existence of the afterlife, no one book has been available to explore it all, until...
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None of us want to experience the loss of a loved one, but the sad reality is we've all experienced it, and it is certain that grief will come knocking many times throughout our lives. A psychotherapist for more than twenty years, Lise Leblanc has learned that we are rarely fully prepared for a loved one's death or our reaction to it. Like so many others, you may not know how to deal with the emotions, communication problems, and other complexities...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ghosts, but Were Too Afraid to Ask
From a very young age James Van Praagh was aware of a dimension that most of us cannot see, and he has dedicated his life to explaining it to the rest of us. The New York Times bestseller Ghosts Among Us takes us on an incredible journey into the spirit world that brings to light one of our greatest mysteries-what happens to us after we die?
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When her beloved small dog died, Bel Mooney was astonished at the depth of her ongoing sorrow. Sharing her loss online and in a newspaper article brought a deluge of responses, spurring Bel to explore these feelings further. Why do humans mourn pets? Can animals themselves grieve-and do they have souls? In Goodbye, Pet & See You in Heaven, Bel sets off on an emotional journey to learn more about pet bereavement.
She is astounded by inexplicable 'signs'...
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"From an early age, Kyomi's life was filled with emotional difficulties--an adulterous father, an overreliant mother, and a dismissive extended family. In an effort to escape the darkness of her existence in Japan, Kyomi moved to the States in February 1990 to start a new life as a researcher working at NIH in Bethesda, MD. Soon, she fell in love with her husband-to-be: Patrick, a warm, charismatic British cancer researcher whose unconditional love...
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A well written collection of poetry and journaling about the grief of a young woman, and her very real, inspiring journey through that grief. Of how she came to realize exactly that, it was a journey. That the grief she suffered was so much more than the loss of a loved one, it was the loss of faith...the loss of a way of life...and the discovery that you can live beyond it. Grief in one form or another is an inevitable journey that each person will...
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Psychologist and Shanti Project founder Charles Garfield offers compassionate and expert guidance for friends and families who want to ease their loved ones' final days. By focusing on the reciprocal and healing relationship between the living and the dying, Life's Last Gift provides practical tools about connecting, finding peace, and being of service to those at the end of life.
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“Where did you go?” This was the first question Christina Rasmussen asked after the death of her husband. A young widow with two daughters, Rasmussen would go on to become an esteemed grief educator who helped countless others rebuild their lives after loss. Yet, even as she learned to thrive again, that first heartbreaking question persisted. Even as she and her clients forged new paths and discovered new joy, the same questions remained: Are...
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"He helps a lot of people. He really is a healer. I think he's basically on this earth right now at this time and place to heal. He is the real thing. I can't tell you how many times he's been right with me." - Shirley MacLaine
"It has such a hopeful message. Even though he's telling stories of the dead, it's really about living your life better and inspiring people to not have unfinished business."
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
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When it comes to healing after the death of someone loved, our culture has it all wrong. We're told to be strong when what we really need is to be vulnerable. We're told to think positive when what we really need is to wallow in the pain. And we're told to seek closure when what we really need is to welcome our natural and necessary grief. Dr. Wolfelt's new book seeks to dispel these misconceptions that we hold on to so tightly and help people everywhere...
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This book introduces us to a visualization technique based on ancient traditions from Tibetan Buddhism, which is used to trans-fer consciousness to higher states. This is «phowa», a tool that Óscar Mateo grants us to help us recover the meaning of our existence.
It is an exciting journey through transcendence, which completely reconsiders the meaning of life, facilitating numerous arguments and testimonies that allow us to suspect that death is...
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