Bereavement category: 2356 books
Young Widower
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
John W. Evans was twenty-nine years old and his wife, Katie, was thirty. They had met in the Peace Corps in Bangladesh, taught in Chicago, studied in Miami, and were working for a year in Romania when they set off with friends to hike into the Carpathian Mountains. In an instant their life together...
The Mourning Handbook
The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical and Compassionate Advice on Coping with All Aspects of Death and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
No one should be left to grieve alone
Even with the help of friends and family, grieving the death of a loved one can be a complex, sometimes overwhelming, process. The Mourning Handbook is written as a companion to those mourners in need of practical and emotional assistance during the trying times...
by Medard Laz
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 1998
Coping When Your Spouse Dies helps readers realize that, while you can't bring back a spouse who died, you can face your grief in a series of stages which lead toward personal healing. The author advises those trying to cope with a loss not to bury their feelings, but rather to go through the pain of death and look toward the new life God has provided. Paperback
by Rodney Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Are a person's perceptions and values altered when facing the end of life? Do the dying see the world in a way that could help the rest of us learn how to live? This book takes us into the lessons of the dying. Through the words and circumstances of the terminally ill, we become immersed in their...
Sobre la muerte y los moribundos
Alivio del sufrimiento psicológico
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Aprende a identificar y comprender tus sentimientos y transformar las actitudes para aliviar el sufrimiento psicológico.
Negar la muerte como hecho individual o social (con mecanismos del tipo «ya me preocuparé cuando sea necesario») tiene una importante consecuencia: la falta de preparación...
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Las experiencias científicas de la doctora Kübler- Ross nos hacen comprender que la experiencia de la muerte es casi idéntica a la del nacimiento, puesto que se trata del inicio de otra existencia, el paso a un nuevo estado de conciencia en el que se continúa experimentando, viendo y oyendo, comprendiendo...
Dying to Be Free
A Healing Guide for Families after a Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Honest, gentle advice for those who have survived an unspeakable loss—the suicide of a loved one.
Surviving the heartbreak of a loved one's suicide - you don't have to go through it alone. Authors Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch break through suicide's silent stigma in Dying to Be Free, offering gentle advice for those left behind, so that healing can begin.
Why Suicide?
Questions and Answers About Suicide, Suicide Prevention, and Coping with the Suicide of Someone You Know
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in our lifetimes 80 percent of us will have some up-close experience with the suicide of someone we know. And more than 20 percent of us will have a family member die by suicide. Journalist Eric Marcus knows this better than most people....
The Grieving Teen
A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2001
In this unique and compassionate guide, renowned grief counselor Helen Fitzgerald turns her attention to the special needs of adolescents struggling with loss and gives teens the tools they need to work through their pain and grief.
Although the circumstances surrounding a death are difficult...
I Will Go With You Into The Dark
Short Stories of the Alaska State Trooper Chaplaincy
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
The Waltmans are both tireless advocates for the chaplaincy program, and I thank them for the open communication and supporting efforts they have continuously demonstrated over the years. Major D. Casanovas, Deputy Director, Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage, Alaska *** The example set by Chaplains...
Tragedy's Gift
An Inspirational Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
This short piece is a true, inspirational story about an eight-year-old girl's hat party arranged shortly after receiving a cancer diagnosis requiring surgery and chemotherapy. As is often the case with many such tragic times in this life, this story highlights the importance of hope and the cornerstone...
The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book
Activities to Help Children and Teens Heal
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Based on Alan Wolfelt’s six needs of mourning and written to pair with Companioning the Grieving Child, this thorough guide provides hundreds of hands-on activities tailored for grieving children in three age groups: preschool, elementary, and teens. Through the use of readings, games, discussion...
From We to Me
Embracing Life Again After the Death or Divorce of a Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
While we don't like to think about it, marriages eventually do come to an end, either with the death of a spouse or tragically through divorce. This "end" of a relationship leaves the other partner alone and facing an uncertain future. Whether widowed or divorced, the feeling and experience...
by Dr. Leslie Gorski
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2002
Grief: You Can Survive It
Here's How
Do you wake up in the morning feeling that showering and dressing require more energy than you have? Are you wondering what happened to your old self and when, or if, it might be returning?
Does life feel overwhelming and, at times, convince you that...