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In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but his patient never regained consciousness and died.

Practical and straightforward, yet warm and compassionate, Grieving with Hope clarifies the popular misconception that people move through stages of grief. This will be an encouragement to many, as grieving people often think something is wrong with them when their grief doesn't proceed neatly through stages. The reality is that grieving people jump back and forth between different emotions, sometimes wrestling with multiple emotions at once. This book is packed with short, biblically based, gospel-centered, topical chapters addressing the issues grieving people face.

If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients. While social and cultural narratives about grief are dominated by "letting go, moving on, or turning the page" in his nearly decade of service as a chaplain at a major hospital with a designated level one trauma center J.S. understands firsthand how rushing or suppressing grief only adds a suffocating layer of pain on top of the original wound.

This book offers a path to healing and setting a new course for your life after enduring a great loss. Written from the perspective of Life Between Lives, this book reveals that we are souls who have incarnated here on earth to learn and grow toward enlightenment. A great loss is the soul's invitation to return to the purpose we have set for this life after we have lost our way. Author Ann J. Clark shares dozens of stories that illustrate how you can cope with grief, reconnect to your inner self, work through guilt, and receive assistance from the spiritual realm.

"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die", wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always", and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers in one volume, for the first time, Seneca's remarkable meditations on death and dying. Edited and translated by James S. Romm, How to Die reveals a provocative thinker who speaks with a startling frankness about the need to accept death or even, under certain conditions, to seek it out.

In this poignant memoir, Janet Maki invites listeners into her personal journal as she and her husband face one of life's greatest challenges. Together, they built an award-winning vineyard and winery in Pennsylvania and were living the life of their dreams. But when her husband receives a devastating diagnosis, their world is turned completely upside down.

7 Sencillos Pasos para Liberarte de Tu Carga Emocional - Descubre Cómo Soltar el Pasado y Abrazar un Futuro Feliz y Lleno de Posibilidades. Numerosos estudios han demostrado que aferrarse al pasado crea un efecto dominó que puede impactar negativamente en tu vida diaria y en tu futuro. En otras palabras, aferrarse a algo que debería haberse quedado en el pasado puede arruinar tu vida.

Healing Hearts: A Guide to Coping with Pet Loss tenderly navigates the depths of grief with compassion and insight for those mourning the loss of a beloved animal companion. Author Jameson Evan Salas shares his own experience, reminding us that it's normal to struggle, to ache, and to yearn for one more moment with our non-human.

Here is an incredibly cogent and compelling path for those suffering the loss of a loved one, a way to help the departed on their evolutionary spiritual journey, as well as the first step to beginning the healing process in the hearts of the loved ones left behind. A thoughtful and sensitive gift for those needing guidance in a time of loss. It not only takes you by the hand and shows you how it works but delves deeply into the metaphysical aspect to show you why.

Lydia and Theo face the unthinkable when a knock at the door changes everything. As Lydia begins to pick up the pieces, not every part of the puzzle fits together as neatly as it did before, and as she discovers the truth about the man she loves, she finds herself stuck in limbo. Lydia is faced with an impossible choice.

Nineteen is a book of 19 lessons learned from Haydn Robarts, whose short life profoundly changed all around him. Written by his father, it combines a personal memoir, universal lessons, insights from religion and science, and perspectives from Haydn and his parents. The result is a work that ultimately inspires an awareness, an awakening, and a mindset toward living this precious life with purpose and clarity. Haydn was a remarkable young man whose dignified response to his own suffering provides essential wisdom and hopeful possibilities for your own life.

Julie Wylie couldn’t imagine life without her mother, Patty. Then, Patty received a terminal diagnosis. Faced with this reality, Julie set out on an intentional journey to commemorate the final days of their endearing relationship. Through Julie’s unique, yet universal experiences, you’ll discover creative and loving ways to cherish the last phase of life, and transform it into a lasting legacy it.

Dancing to yhe Darkest Light tackles the big questions in a tale of finding grace in a brutally unkind world. It is the heartwarming saga of a loving family’s struggle starting in 1950s Iran. Dancing to the Darkest Light is a memoir of survival; how one sister, daughter, and mother finds reason to go on after the most crushing loses imaginable and still sees beauty in life. It is a heartwarming family saga and an unforgettable account of faith, and not just love but unconditional love.

Life is full of love, but it is also full of loss. Like paper cuts to the heart, every big and seemingly insignificant loss—the loss of friendships, faith, dreams, health, community, and everything in between—grieves us more than we think it will, and often more than we let on. Why? Because they matter. In this compassionate and deeply personal book, Rachel Marie Kang invites you to see and be seen in the midst of your sorrow, your suffering—your story.

Drawing deeply from personal experience with my mother's battle with cancer, "Embracing Life's Final Chapter" was crafted to assure you that you are not alone in your caregiving journey. This heartfelt guide offers steps and strategies to light your way, providing comfort when the path seems darkest. In this audiobook, you will reflect on preserving dignity and fostering intimate moments during these tender times. Learn to encourage conversations that voice unexpressed thoughts and feelings, allowing for emotional release and shared understanding.

If you or a loved one are facing an "end of life" experience, Seven Keys to a Peaceful Passing provides an informative and warm-hearted view on how to make the hospice system function best for patients and families. This easy-to-read road map guides you through important decisions which will help ensure a “peaceful passing”.

Bob & Laura were two lives broken and shattered by uncontrollable circumstances and their own bad choices. Their lives were interrupted by Jesus Christ, whose powerful love transformed their destructive path into one filled with happiness, peace, joy, and love. Bob & Laura's story of God's intervention in their decaying marriage will ignite your faith in Him. Travel with them on their journey of radical transformation and you won't be disappointed! You will be challenged to step out in faith, trust God with all you have, and radically serve Him!

In The Love of a Master, Jesus Garcia transforms his life after the physical loss of his beloved spiritual teacher and father figure, Dr. John-Roger (J-R), the late founder of the Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA). Beyond the story narrative and travel journal-like entries, The Dreams of a Master also describes dream work techniques and other spiritual practices taught by J-R that Garcia has found valuable in his own life.

The loss of a child leaves few lives untouched. Regrettably, one in four pregnancies ends in loss. As a result, numerous families shoulder the uniquely painful and difficult burden of a grief that only the death of a child brings. Asher, My Son: A Year in the Life of a Childless Father is an account of that grief from a father's perspective over the course of one year. It is the author's hope that Asher's story offers comfort to those who have suffered loss and provides helpful insight to those who seek to support those families and individuals.

The tight-knit residents of Blue Moon Mountain, nestled high in the Colorado Mountains, form an interconnected community of those living off the land, stunned by the beauty and isolation all around them. So when, at the onset of winter, the town veterinarian commits a violent act, the repercussions of that tragedy will be felt all across the mountainside, upending their lives and causing their paths to twist and collide in unexpected ways.