Relationship Loss Grief

You go to wake up your eighteen-year-old son on Sunday morning for church and you find him dead in his bed. Only later do you learn he bought a single Xanax pill on Snapchat for fifteen dollars to calm his anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic. He took the pill then ordered food from Door Dash, but he never lived to eat it. It was a counterfeit pill that contained over three times the lethal dose of fentanyl—that one pill killed him.

Shortly after my wife Jennifer gave birth to Lily and Landon, she passed away from stage 4 colon cancer. Immediately afterward, I began to live in a new normal. Nothing will ever be the same again. So let us focus on tools, resources, life experiences, and God’s guidance to move forward. The pandemic has added a extra level of stress to an already painful subject. Grief! Now, more than ever, people are losing loved ones all over the world. This book contains simple, easy, and proven methods to comfort yourself. No one should have to grieve alone.

Healing From Within is a transformative, holistic approach to losses, grief and bereavement. Its purpose is to present a method that brings true healing and greater bonding with our loved ones that have passed on. It is a method that acknowledges every human-being as a soul in a body. Through understanding, when we learn to connect with a higher power within ourselves, we are given the opportunity to understand our own journey here on earth, understand the grieving process through clearer lenses and a higher state of consciousness.

In "Letters from a Living Dead Man," Elsa Barker presents a fascinating collection of letters purportedly communicated through automatic writing from the spirit of Judge David P. Hatch after his death. This remarkable work, first published in 1914, offers profound insights into the afterlife, the nature of existence, and the continuity of consciousness beyond physical death.

The day after Luna Jaffe’s only child died from a miscalculation of codeine cough syrup she began to write letters to him. One day, he began to write back. Together they explore who they are now, in this rearranged world. Told through a raw, unflinching narrative that weaves poetry, art, and spiritual experiences, the book is an exploration of unbearable sorrow but also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the mysterious ways in which love transcends death.

What if your soulmate died…and then came back to help you find love again? Alison and Bhima found true, once-in-a-lifetime love for the first time in their 50’s. It was the kind of love that changes everything. Then he died. Six weeks later, Bhima appeared at Alison’s kitchen table, as charming as ever, with one clear purpose: to help her find love again. It's imaginary of course. Or is it?

From Grief to Grace: A Therapist's Journey of Healing After Loss by Anita Salek Aasen is an intimate memoir that takes listeners through her inspirational journey of personal loss and healing. Anita, a licensed clinical social worker, shares her raw, heartfelt journey through grief after the sudden loss of her beloved brother, Lou. Her story reveals the impact of grief and the consuming path toward finding strength and acceptance, transforming her pain into resilience and purpose.

When that grief wave hit, it was unbearable. I tried to hold on as it ripped through me, leaving a large invisible hole in my chest the size of a tree trunk, but no one could see that I was bleeding. I yelled and screamed and pounded and even fell to my knees. I did not know how or if I could get through it. My son was gone. My husband was gone. Disappeared forever.

A Sweet Taste of the Last Slice is an evocative collection of hospice stories gathered by RuthiE Neilan, certified hospice nurse and volunteer from over her 30-year career. The book is made for accessibility and includes prose, poetry, light medical terminology, and a guided imagery meditation of one's own death.

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.

Struggling with grief? You are not alone. This transformative guide, "Grief Recovery for Adults," offers hope, healing, and a pathway back to purpose.

Beyond Grief: Lessons in Love, Healing, and Growth is a companion for anyone navigating loss. Through personal stories, soul reflections, and gentle healing practices, this book offers guidance back to yourself. More than grief, it's about transformation-remembering love, choosing growth, and finding light even in the darkest moments.

What do you do when the life you knew shatters in an instant? Grief is the price of love—a painful, uninvited guest that arrives when we lose someone dear. In Living Beyond the Loss, you’ll walk with a woman who never expected to become a widow at 50, yet found herself navigating life after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Danny. This book is not a manual filled with neat answers or tidy steps. It is an honest, compassionate journey through sorrow, faith, and ultimately, hope. With raw vulnerability and spiritual insight, the author shares how grief—while never disappearing—can evolve.

Jede Art von Verlust löst Trauer aus. Ob wir den Tod eines lieben Menschen beklagen oder uns beispielsweise vom Partner trennen, unseren Job verlieren oder ob wir mit einer lebensbedrohlichen Krankheit konfrontiert werden - woher sollen wir die Kraft nehmen, diese Herausforderungen zu bewältigen, ohne an ihnen zu zerbrechen? Praxisnah und mit der großen Erfahrung dieser beiden außergewöhnlichen Bestsellerautoren findet der Hörer kompetente Hilfe und Unterstützung. Er lernt, wie er sein Herz öffnen und ein erfülltes Leben führen kann.

Pet grief is still grief – this book about pet grief recovery offers emotional validation and practical guidance for your path toward healing. Pet loss is one of life's hardest emotional experiences. The empty food bowl that will never need filling again. The leash hanging silently by the door. The sudden stillness in spaces once filled with purrs, barks, or gentle footsteps. When we lose a pet, we lose not just an animal, but a piece of our daily life, a source of unconditional love, and a cherished soul who shared our most intimate moments.

Despite the sadness, Peggy’s book offers hope, humor, inspiration, and a poignant love story that will lift your spirits with promise, helping you believe there is more to this life than you can see and that love never dies.

Theo Boyd had always been close to her parents. Her father was a Texas peanut farmer, rancher, and preacher; her mother, deaf from a young age, was the glue that held them all together. Then one summer day in 2019, everything changed when Theo’s mother died in a tragic accident on their family farm. As Theo began to process this loss, her marriage started to unravel, adding another painful layer to her grief.

This Is How I Spell Grief offers a no-nonsense guide to dealing with the loss of a loved one by sharing the author's story of recovery from the double loss of his mother and father. This guide eschews expert opinions in favor of common sense, addressing the listener in a down-to-earth fashion to show them they're not alone, and that they can become an expert in their own grief.

How to Die is both an absorbing excursion through some of Western literature’s most compelling works on the subject of death as well as an anecdote-driven argument for cultivating a better understanding of death in the belief that, if we do, we’ll know more about what it means to live a meaningful life.

This book will allow you to embark on a three part journey of untangling your grief and loss, so that you can begin mending your heart from within. Loss is hard to cope with, even more so when it's a loved one that departs your company, leaving your heart to grieve all alone.