Mourning Loss

A few years ago, Kris Carr’s world was falling apart. Her father was dying, she had to pivot her business because of the pandemic, and she was on the verge of reaching her twenty-year milestone of living with an incurable Stage IV cancer diagnosis. While sitting in a CVS parking lot, she broke down, finally allowing herself to feel the massive stress and sadness she had been suppressing in order to seem strong for those around her, and for herself.

On the morning of May 11, 2015, Erin Davis, one of Canada’s most beloved radio personalities, suffered a devastating blow when her daughter, Lauren, who had marked a joyous Mother’s Day with her husband and young son only hours before, failed to awaken to her baby’s cries. Thus began Erin’s journey of grieving out loud with her family, friends, and listeners and of demonstrating by example how to pick up and keep going after suffering the worst loss a parent can endure.

Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn met after the sudden deaths of their mothers only months apart. Their experiences led them to launch a podcast, and their no-holds-barred, relatable approach to talking about grief sparked a growing following of people eager to have honest conversations about what it really feels like to deal with loss. Good Mourning is a compassionate survival guide for anyone dealing with grief—the kind of book Sal and Im wish they'd had to help them through the dark times.

The death of a chief executive, regardless of the circumstances—sudden or expected, still in office or decades later—is always a moment of reckoning and reflection. Mourning the Presidents brings together renowned and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans have eulogized and remembered United States presidents since George Washington's death in 1799. Over twelve individually illuminating chapters, this volume offers a unique approach to understanding American culture and politics by uncovering parallels between different generations of mourners.

Mourning: The Day After Loss offers practical advice and insight into the process of coping with grief and bereavement based on extensive experience and research. It leads the listener on a journey through the various stages of bereavement - from the death notification to the formal days of mourning, the burial, and the weeks and months following.

Wenn der Partner stirbt, ist der Abschied ein Prozess, der weit über das Begräbnis hinausgeht. Sind Sie plötzlich alleine, werden Sie mit Gefühlen konfrontiert, denen Sie noch nie begegnet sind und deren Intensität Sie schier zu überwältigen scheint. Heilung erfahren Sie nicht, wenn Sie Versäumtes bedauern, wütend über die Ungerechtigkeit des Verlustes werden oder einfach nur möglichst lange trauern, um intensive Liebe zu beweisen. Wichtig ist, den Trauerprozess aktiv zu durchleben und die Zeit zu nutzen, um die Weichen für ein erfülltes Leben danach zu stellen.

Der Verlust des letzten älteren Familienmitgliedes ist besonders hart. Es ist dann so, als ob keiner mehr da ist, der Schutz und Rückendeckung geben kann. Nach dem Tod der Eltern bleiben Schmerz, Trauer und Ängste, aber auch die Chance, zu größerer Freiheit zu finden und individuelle Lebenskonzepte stärker in den Vordergrund zu rücken. Dieser einfühlsame Ratgeber bietet Ihnen Hilfestellung auf Ihrem Weg.