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When you’re going through a loss, it feels comforting to talk to people who have been through it and understand how difficult it is emotionally—people who understand that there is so much to learn, including things you have to learn "on the job” and many things you'll wish you'd known earlier.

Elizabeth Burton-Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children. She never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis, but this was just the start of a terrible, unimaginable journey - culminating in the knock on the door in the early hours by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction.

Drawing on her experience as a grieving person and two years’ worth of interviews with grief experts like Megan Devine, Kerry Egan, and Caleb Wilde, Shelby Forsythia makes the case for radical, self-honoring permission - free from personal judgement and society’s restrictive timelines and rules. Permission to Grieve guides you to call your grief out of hiding and invites you to give it permission through thoughtful writing prompts and easy-to-follow exercises.

When Alissa Parker lost her daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, she started a life-changing journey to answer soul-searching questions about faith, hope, and healing. As she sought for the peace and comfort that could help mend her broken heart, she learned, step by step, how to open her heart to God's grace and will. The story of Alissa and Emilie reminds us that the bonds of love continue beyond this life and that despite tragedy and heartache, we can find strength in our family and our faith.

Afterlife communications are delivered every day, but some messages are given in ways that require more interpretation and extra awareness. From the Other Side, signs are used by loved ones to connect with their family and friends on this earthly plane. Oftentimes, the gifts they share are difficult to identify. Mastering a new language is hard work, but learning to speak the language of spirit is more difficult. This book is an ABC's narrative for identifying signs, messages, and signals from the afterworld.

When faced with limited life expectancy how do you plan your time to best advantage? The news of limited life expectancy is always a surprise, even when we think we know it. What do you need to know to plan the last months of life to manage your time as best you can? How do you share this information with loved ones, how do you engage them, and how can you be sure your wishes are followed when you can no longer supervise them?

On the surface, Dave Pelzer’s life seems like an action movie—he’s walked the red carpet with celebrities and stood shoulder to shoulder with soldiers in Iraq; he’s flown top-secret missions for the U.S. Air Force, obtaining the rank of chief, and battled wildfires in California as a volunteer fire captain. And now—on the eve of the 50-year anniversary of this rescue from horrific childhood of abuse and into the safety of the foster care system—he reflects on the battles he’s fighting in his own heart.

Children who grow up outside of their parent’s passport country, third culture kids (TCKs), experience a significant number of losses, grief-inducing experiences, and traumas during their developmental years. These events stack up like blocks on a tower throughout the life of the TCK, creating what Lauren Wells has coined the Grief Tower. If it continues to stack without these experiences being processed, a TCK's Grief Tower is likely to crash in their early adulthood. B

Stay connected to your person, yourself, and the world around you in the aftermath of loss. Modern Loss is all about eradicating the stigma and awkwardness around grief while also focusing on our capacity for resilience and finding meaning. In this interactive guide, Modern Loss cofounder...

For readers of Atul Gawande and Siddhartha Mukherjee--a timely, vital exploration of the burnout, grief, depression, and trauma that America’s healthcare system engenders among doctors, nurses, and medical workers. Practicing medicine is traumatic: coping with the death of a patient, sharing a...

Alexandra Chan thinks she has life figured out until, in the Year of the Ram, the death of her father—her last parent—brings her to her knees, an event seemingly foretold in Chinese mythology. A left-brained archaeologist and successful tiger daughter, Chan finds her logical approach to life utterly fails her in the face of this profound grief. Unable to find a way forward, she must either burn to ash or forge herself anew.

Already Here tells of the death of Leo Galland's son, Christopher, at age 22; the direct visual evidence Christopher showed Leo that our souls do go on; and the communications from Christopher's spirit that dramatically changed Leo's understanding of life and its meaning.In life, Christopher was...

Our favorite four-legged grief counselor, Jack McAfghan, guides you gently and honestly through all aspects of pet loss and grief. Jack will prepare you, teach you to make peace with the decisions you may ultimately have to make and help you to understand that the end of this life is not the end of life at all. Learn the secret language that will help you communicate with your pets no matter where they are.

Losing a cherished pet leaves an indelible mark on your heart, and the path to healing can seem daunting. In "Beyond the Rainbow Bridge," Andi, a devoted pet owner for over 45 years, offers a compassionate guide to navigating the complexities of pet loss grief.

Dying Well is an inspiring love story of how a man celebrated life while facing his death with grace and dignity. His widow guides you through decisions made and actions taken on their nine-month journey from diagnosis through celebrations and goodbyes, to a peaceful death free of fear and regret. She shares lessons learned as their family came to terms with her husband’s impending death and found ways to make this last stage of his life as loving and happy as possible.

Tom Hope is broken. Ever since his wife Laura died he hasn't been the same man, and definitely not the same father. Luckily however, his mother-in-law Linda is there to pick up the pieces and look after his two struggling daughters, Evie and Lola. But Tom getting arrested on the first...

A practical guide to navigating death in nonmonogamous relationships.

Xavi mira con otros ojos tanto a la vida como a la muerte. De pequeño le diagnosticaron una enfermedad degenerativa conocida como enfermedad de Duchenne, que provoca que vaya perdiendo la fuerza de forma progresiva. En la actualidad se encuentra en una silla de ruedas, apenas puede moverse y necesita asistencia para casi todo. Incluso para beber agua. Es perfectamente consciente de que su enfermedad es inexorable. Sabe lo que comporta. Cómo avanzará. Y es capaz de explicarlo con una serenidad y una generosidad extraordinarias. Incluso con sentido del humor.

Seit vielen Jahren begleitet Diane Button als Sterbebegleiterin Menschen in ihrer letzten Lebensphase – sie sitzt bei ihnen am Bett, regelt mit ihnen die wichtigen Dinge und unterhält sich über das Leben, das nun hinter ihnen liegt. Was sie von den Sterbenden erfährt, birgt in sich einen Schatz an berührenden Einsichten darüber, was ein »gutes Leben« ausmacht. Denn oft werden sie uns erst im Rückblick bewusst: die Momente, Dinge und Entscheidungen, durch die wir wahres Glück und tiefe Erfüllung empfunden haben. Diane Button öffnet uns die Augen für das, was wirklich zählt.

Many losses go unrecognized or are subtle. Some are life-changing. Whether it is the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a job, the energy of grief often weighs heavily upon our hearts. These losses can accumulate and make it difficult for us to enjoy life. This book provides listeners with powerful tools to transform and recover from any kind of loss and reawaken to the possibility of joy in their lives.