Relationship Loss

Everyone faces grief at one point or another in her or his life. But how to handle it? Here, Elissa Bishop-Becker draws on her own experience to help others with an effective approach known as Transformative Bereavement. Walking the reader through the four stages - Loss, Return, Reconnection, and Creation -she draws on stories from her clients, friends, and contacts to explain the process of recovery from grief.

Are you heading into the unknown world of adult orphanhood? Helping your parents as they age and eventually leave this world can be difficult. While caring for them perfectly isn’t a realistic expectation, it is possible for you to let them go without losing sight of kindness and compassion for them and for yourself. When you feel lost in this process, let the experiences and advice of others who have gone before you give you direction and hope on your own road to Becoming an Orphan.

Julia ist nach einer Fehlgeburt erneut schwanger. Gegen ihre Angst vor einem weiteren Verlust widmet sie sich im Paarurlaub dem kreativen Schreiben. Der Krieger und der Mönch begleiten sie als Urlaubslektüre: Die beiden Archetypen führen einen Dialog durch die metaphorische Nacht. Eine tiefe Heilung über Generationen hinweg beginnt.

"McFarlane’s skill in evoking individual inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing their spirit make every character distinct." —The Washington Post on The Sun Walks Down, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023 A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories...

Not sure what to do next? Caring for a loved one is stressful, but necessary. I know, I’ve been there many times. There are new situations, new issues, and new decisions to make every day. When you don’t know what to expect or what questions to ask, it can be a frustrating feeling, and your emotions can often affect your decisions. This book provides resources and information to guide you in caring for your aging loved one. The information includes information I wish I had known many years ago when I started my journey of caring for several relatives.

In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease—a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet knowing he had just a short time left with family and friends, what emerged was a great sense of resilience and motivation to take advantage of every moment. Here, Charlie reflects on his life and phenomenal broadcast career through the lens of his diagnosis, as he ponders the big questions and takes stock of the small moments that we so often overlook.

"Ein paar Jahre werden Sie schon noch leben!" - wie der Autor mit dieser Diagnose umging Im Alter von 26 Jahren wurde Helmut Retzl mit einer schockierenden Diagnose konfrontiert, die ihn aus seinen Lebensträumen riss: ein schwerer Fall von Multipler Sklerose - keine Chance auf Heilung und nur mehr wenig Lebenszeit. Zum ersten Mal traf Helmut Retzl auf das Phänomen "unheilbar". Heute ist der Autor 57 und fühlt sich wie neugeboren. Helmut Retzl ist kein Vertreter einer neuen Heilslehre und kein Wunderguru, doch er hat nie aufgegeben und sich nie aufgeben lassen.

In Healing a Shattered Soul, Mindy Corporon invites listeners to join her search for inspiration and hope after domestic terrorism took the lives of her father and son. Headlines about the attack circled the world. Now, Mindy takes listeners inside her family’s struggle, the support of their faith community, and her commitment to courageous kindness. A popular speaker, teacher and writer, Mindy has dedicated her life to encouraging kindness, faith, and healing in congregations, companies, and communities.

Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.

Some would describe our relationship as a match made in heaven. We met by fluke, fell madly in love, married, and shared fifty-three years of life together. She died on December 31st, 2022 of liver cancer. This memoir represents a deeply profound reflection on my life prior to our joining of hands in matrimony, to the moment when my wife died, and how her death impacted on my very existence. Join with us as we move from love at first sight, to my experiences with death as I grew to adulthood and then served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

In questo nuovo libro Daniel Lumera, esperto di fama internazionale nel campo del benessere, ci guida in un viaggio profondo e trasformativo attraverso l'esperienza del "lasciar andare". Ognuno di noi ha qualcosa che non riesce a perdonare o lasciare andare: un'abitudine, una dipendenza fisica o relazionale, il bisogno di controllo, un progetto, una relazione finita o giunta al capolinea, un dolore mai integrato, una morte mai superata, pensieri, giudizi, paure, aspettative.

Living a healthy lifestyle and getting the healing sleep your body craves can be as natural as brushing your teeth, since to your subconscious, it will just become who you are. All you need to do is put on your headphones, select the hypnosis/meditation you want (depending what you need) and let our narrator do the rest!

Der Verlust des Partners, des Ehemanns oder Lebensgefährten, ist für jede Frau ein Schicksalsschlag. Ganz gleich, ob jung oder alt, ob die Partnerschaft schon sehr lange oder erst kurz bestand, ob die Beziehung noch "glücklich wie am ersten Tag" war oder Liebe und Leidenschaft über die Jahre hinter die Anforderungen des Alltags zurückgetreten ist: wenn der Partner gestorben ist, erschüttert dies Körper, Geist und Seele. Eva Terhorst beschreibt in ihrem neuen Buch, wie Frauen die vielfältigen Herausforderungen nach dem Tod ihres Partners bestehen können.

From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret—and it’s not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two...

One person, two perspectives on grief. Plunged unexpectedly into widowhood at just 49 years old, psychotherapist Sasha Bates describes in searing honesty the agonisingly raw feelings unleashed by the loss of her husband and best friend, Bill. At the same time, she attempts to keep her therapist hat in place and create some perspective from psycho-analytic theory. From the depths of her confusion she gropes for ways to manage and bear the pain....

Ein Mutmach- und Mitfühlbuch. In Deutschland sterben durchschnittlich 4 von 1.000 neugeborenen Kindern. Doch wie wird man mit solch einem Schicksalsschlag fertig? Gibt es ein Leben danach? Stefanie Goldbrich musste schon mehrfach Kinder gehen lassen, die in ihr wuchsen. Als endlich ein Baby lebend zur Welt kommt, ist die Freude groß. Um wie viel schlimmer muss dann die Verzweiflung sein, wenn auch dieses Kind stirbt? Stefanie berichtet authentisch und mit liebendem Herzen vom Wunder eines Sternenkindes, der Trauer und der Heilung danach.

Aos 32 anos, não foi fácil para a jornalista Ana Michelle Soares receber o diagnóstico de que seu câncer de mama tinha voltado e atingira outros órgãos. Não havia mais possibilidade de cura. O tratamento seria focado em controlar a doença e seus sintomas—e em lhe proporcionar a melhor vida até o fim.

"Siempre he pensado que la vida es amor y dolor, pero que tenemos la opción de transformar ese dolor para evitar quedar anclados en el sufrimiento, que es inútil. El autor de este audiolibro, un héroe anónimo, nos demuestra que con una actitud positiva, sea cual sea el desenlace, y regalando sonrisas - aunque en el fondo no se tengan suficientes motivos para sonreír -, se atraviesan los momentos más duros de la vida de una forma mucho más sana y llevadera.

Hay vida después de la muerte? ¿Pueden nuestros seres queridos ayudarnos desde el más allá? ¿Con qué frecuencia se comunican? En Un nuevo mensaje, Mikel Lizarralde, uno de los médiums más reconocidos del mundo, aborda por primera vez en un libro diferentes cuestionamientos que ha resuelto a lo largo de su trayectoria, desde que descubrió un don que lo ha llevado a guiar a miles de personas en sus procesos de duelo.

What do we have to say for ourselves in this third Millenium of the common era? Zach graduates from high school, finds the real world quite captivating, travels to Egypt, and comes back to find the world around him much more interesting than before. With his faithful sidekick, Stan, Zach ventures down the rabbit hole of drugs, alcohol, fast food, fast living, and social experimentation culminating in the tragic death of Stanley Slavin following a sordid love parallelogram that tore the worlds of many people apart.