Grief category: 2356 books

Very few people in this country are comfortable talking about end-of-life issues, death, and widowhood. When this most transformative of life events eventually happens, how does one continue on past the lingering questions, the new plans, the change in perspective? One Foot Forward offers hope,...

The story of the life of Michael Grennan and the love Mick brought to all who knew him. Lorraine Grennan, a devoted and caring mother, has written of her love for her son Mick and the sad years after his death. Her frank story will strike a chord with bereaved parents everywhere as they struggle with...

This soulful companion for grief offers wisdom and creative spiritual practices from across faith traditions for walking with sorrow and honoring loss. Whether you need to grieve in words or silence, in solitude or in company with others, this compassionate guide will help you find wholeness and a renewed vision of yourself and the world.

This booklet has been designed as a counselor-friendly resource tool to assist in companioning others in a loss, grief, or change process. The booklet creates an opportunity for the sharing of what the world was like for a person before the loss or change. (It may have been the death of a family member,...

We all need help and reassurance when coping with grief, and the emotional aftershock of losing a loved one makes the demands that our financial world imposes on us more difficult. You are facing many challenges right now, and you may be emotionally unprepared to handle everything on your own.Perhaps...

When you’re dying of breast cancer, you start to see, if you hadn’t before, what in life is truly important. You discard the unneeded and pull closer the needed. Some of those things might surprise others, but magically they give you the power to get through the day. They might seem fanciful and...

Bella gets the call early in the morning: Its her sister Cicely, telling her that Mama has died. Mama had been confined to the Edgewood Nursing Home, and Bella had visited her every few months even though theyd almost always end up fighting. Throughout Mamas time at the nursing home,...

La douleur et le désarroi ressentis à la suite d’un décès sont des épreuves parmi les plus pénibles qui soient. Pourtant, les réalités imposées par la vie quotidienne et par la loi ne peuvent être suspendues bien longtemps. De nombreuses formalités doivent être accomplies rapidement...

Working with the bereaved can be challenging and emotionally draining, and yet practitioners from a range of disciplines are routinely required to support their clients through this difficult time. Working with Bereavement offers a practical handbook to support those working with the bereaved,...

These death and dying stories are written for baby boomers who are preparing for the death of a parent or spouse, hospice staff or someone who may be considering hospice as a profession. Parents who have lost children or siblings who have lost brothers and sisters, or anyone who is curious about death,...

Che cos'è la morte? È la fine di tutto o piuttosto un nuovo inizio? E qual è la relazione tra la vita e la morte? A queste domande cerca di rispondere Elisabeth Kübler-Ross nei quattro saggi che compongono questo libro. Pioniera dell'Hospice Movement, figura di spicco della tanatologia contemporanea,...

Vaarwel van Annet de Jong is dé gids voor een mooie, persoonlijke uitvaart.  Vaarwel van Annet de Jong is dé gids voor een mooie, persoonlijke uitvaart. Zoekt u naar een waardevolle, persoonlijke invulling van een begrafenis of crematie? Deze inspirerende, praktische en onafhankelijke gids geeft...

This workbook is designed to assist the reader in dealing with major losses, such as death, divorce and other life changes. It explains the processes involved in grieving from the physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels. Each chapter has clear easy to follow directions for doing...

‘Het laatste uit liefde’ door Cathy Rentzenbrink is een schokkend, droevig maar hartverwarmend waargebeurd verhaal over een broer en zijn zus en een tragisch ongeluk. In 1990 wordt Cathy’s broer Matty aangereden door een auto. Hij is zwaargewond en raakt in coma door dit ongeluk. Cathy en haar...