Relationship Loss Grief

When Grief and Loss Won’t Shut Up is more than a book—it’s a compassionate companion for your grief journey. It invites you to move through sorrow honestly, with grace, at your own pace. If you're longing for a space where love and pain can coexist without judgment, this is your invitation in. Each chapter is filled with gentle insight drawn from personal loss and deep reflection. You’ll feel seen, supported, and free to grieve in your own authentic way—without pressure or shame.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A winning, irreverent debut novel about a family wrestling with its future and its past “With wit and a rich understanding of human foibles, [Mira] Jacob unspools a story that will touch your heart.”—People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, The...

As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn't seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. He spent the next five years trying to learn one of the composer's greatest keyboard masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. In Counterpoint, he recounts his efforts to rise to the challenge, and to fight through his grief by coming to terms with his memories of a difficult, complicated childhood.

Friday Night Lights meets Concussion in this powerful and important novel by Geoff Herbach, author of the Stupid Fast series, exploring the dangerous concussion crisis in football through the eyes of a high school team captain. Isaiah loves football. In fact, football saved Isaiah’s life...

When people hear the word acceptance, they might assume that it means being OK with what happened in the past or with how things currently are. In fact, there is a difference between acceptance and 'feeling good' about what happened—acceptance means allowing yourself to feel whatever emotions naturally come up in response to what you are going through. It means acknowledging the reality of the pain, even though in an ideal world, it shouldn't be that way.

From award-winning author Peter Godwin, an “eloquent” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir about his evolving relationships with the women and places that shaped his life. Peter Godwin’s mother is dying. Born in England, and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now...

At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown...

At 48, Cynthia Brandt seemed to have it all—a successful career, beautiful homes, and a fairytale marriage. On a foggy night in Juneau, Alaska, that world shattered when her 54-year-old husband Harry died unexpectedly, four thousand miles away in Atlanta, Georgia. Though she feared his death would destroy her, when she flew out of Juneau and into a life without Harry, she actually embarked on a journey of healing and self-discovery that no lines on a map could ever define.

You are "Grieved". That is why you are here. You are a fellow member in the club no one wants to belong to. You have lost someone you love and are trying to discover how to move forward and, possibly, who you are now. The Griefcase will help you do just that. Come inside The Griefcase and learn the methods for sorting through the folders of corrosive emotions and how to lighten your Griefcase so it becomes a cherished container of your loved one.

Nasir Valentine has one thing on his mind: winning a championship title in his first year as head coach of the boys basketball team. But when his team captain’s father is murdered just before the start of the season, he quickly learns coaching high school basketball in the inner city is a lot more than just drawing numbers and arrows on a dry erase board.

The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. Recent research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow—by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering new, profound meaning. In this completely updated and expanded second edition, author and resilience/well-being expert Lucy Hone, a pioneer in positive psychology and bereavement research, continues to push her field forward.

Recognizing how the need to grieve is anchored in one’s capacity to care for someone, this calming guide contends that the act of mourning is healthy - and necessary - following a life-changing loss. The very foundation of attachment is reflected upon, illustrating devotion as both the primary cause of grief and a crucial source of emotional recovery. Exploring the essential principles of love as well as the reasons behind it, this heartfelt handbook makes it possible to embrace a trying but vital process.

This book is open and honest and written from the heart. It completely captures the initial rawness of sudden unexpected death, the shock and aftermath of suicide and what suicide leaves behind, as well as how Linzi got through the funeral, inquest, and everyday life since. Linzi shares her tips and resources in her capacity as a mind coach as well as being a bereaved sibling navigating complex grief herself.

Ouvrez votre cœur à une vie remplie d'abondance, libérée de la peur de la mort. "Vieillir en pleine conscience" est une inoubliable séance d'apprentissage avec Ram Dass, l'ancien professeur de Harvard dont les enseignements sur l'amour, la compassion et le sacrifice ont été internationalement reconnus. Dans cet enregistrement public, Ram Dass met en lumière l'une des grandes questions de notre temps : la peur de la vieillesse et de la mort.

All three books address losing a loved one, from planning a funeral through to processing the stages of grief: loss and grief; the grieving process; bereavement and grief support; overcoming grief; coping with grief and death. This compendium audiobook of three manuscripts combined into one audiobook provides great value under any circumstance - planning and thinking ahead, dealing with terminal illness, coming to terms with death, and this audiobook can be a good source of reference at any time.

As a therapist, Dr. Sherry Walling knew all the “right” things to say to help people through grief. But when she lost her father and her brother within six months of each other, she learned how much our current thinking about grief has to change. In Touching Two Worlds, this trusted expert dares to open the inner workings of her own grief—and in the process, provides a clear map for anyone searching for hope in the aftermath of loss. Whether your loss is recent and sharp or old and familiar, Dr. Walling delivers wise and tender guidance through this new land.

From the international bestselling author of Baby Doll comes a post-apocalyptic mystery exploring the unshakeable bond between mothers and daughters and the sacrifices we make for the people we love. If you knew the world was ending, what lengths would you go to protect the people you love? How...

Un chemin poétique pour apaiser les pertes. Inspiré par la nature, cet audiolivre aborde le deuil d'une manière sensible et universelle. À travers des textes courts, il explore les différentes formes de pertes, visibles ou invisibles, récentes ou anciennes. Ce n'est pas une méthode à suivre, mais une invitation à cheminer autrement.

These letters may be very disturbing to some. The names have been changed to protect the loved ones left behind. They are in no way meant to make judgments on others or cause more pain and suffering. They are a study of human behavior to help others understand the pain and suffering these people went through and encourage others to offer understanding and help when they can.

Based on the author's previous guides to a 10-touchstone method of grief therapy, this book takes an inspirational approach to the material, presenting the idea of wilderness as a sustained metaphor for grief - and likening the death of a loved one to the experience of being wrenched from normal life and dropped down in the middle of nowhere. Feeling lost and afraid in this uncharted territory, people are initially overwhelmed, but they begin to make their way through the new landscape by searching for trail markers.