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The period following the death of a friend or loved one can be tumultuous for anyone, but can be especially difficult for children, with lasting effects if the loss is not acknowledged or supported. This book emphasises the importance of listening to children and helping them to create positive bonds...

Through firsthand accounts and research, Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly focuses on the education, training, and support of individuals who care for the elderly. This book provides caregivers with methods to cope with grief and loss and will help educators design programs that meet the...

This book offers a fresh insight into working practices with children and young people who are experiencing the death of a family member, friend, school peer or in their social network. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the book's practical skills focus is informed by the latest research...

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...

Love, Loss and Loneliness is a grounded, moving look at grief, how people deal with it (or don't), and where help can be found. Both inclusive and insightful, it reminds all of us that falling in love will sooner or later mean becoming acquainted with grief. Love, Loss and Loneliness is full of self-deprecating...

The dreaded day has come and gone he has died and Im still here. I could not imagine a tomorrow without him. Words and feelings echoed from the depth of pain so profound that recovery seemed impossible. How do we pick up the pieces of our lives and move on? If we allow it, grief takes us on...

Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history, seeking answers to sickness and aging, death and the afterlife, and questioning the human condition. Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,...

When Jerry D. Campbell met his co-worker Veta, there was a policy that forbade employees from dating each other. Of course, they broke it and ended up being sweethearts for forty-seven years. But when Veta died in April 2010, she left behind a husband devastated by grief. By forcing himself...

The story of the life of Michael Grennan and the love Mick brought to all who knew him. Lorraine Grennan, a devoted and caring mother, has written of her love for her son Mick and the sad years after his death. Her frank story will strike a chord with bereaved parents everywhere as they struggle with...

Books on grief often fall into two categories: memoir or science. In The Only Way Out is Through, Dr. Gail Gross combines the two in an inspiring story of loss alongside the analytical psychology that helped her find her own re-entry into life. The Only Way Out is Through tells the story of a mother’s...

In this inspiring, soul-searching, and deeply vulnerable memoir, Kathe Crawford lays bare the life of secrets that she kept for many years. When Crawford and her husband, Larry, discovered that Larry was HIV-positive in 1988, they decided to keep the diagnosis a secret from everyone, including their...

Raising children is hard, but when tragedy strikes, what was once difficult becomes almost impossible. "Breaking Through the Clouds" is a story of how one family dealt with unimaginable sorrow by walking in faith.With disarming honesty, Dannie Gregg shares the story of how she and her husband,...

Thank you Bill for your friendship and your Wonderful endorsement it means so much to Anthony and I. And Titus, what can dad and I say. You have a flair for taking powerful pictures. Thank you for taking the one above of us on the swing for this book we will remember it always son. Over a decade ago,...

This book is part of a series of books, called the Power of conscious awareness. In my first book , The power of conscious awareness : ~ Recognize Abuse, ~Listen to your inner-voice ~Transform your life I share my experiences of an Abusive Relationship, and how to become aware of Abuse in relationship,...