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Based on a true story of loss and triumph, Caren shares her life experiences in navigating her husband's passing through timeless teachings and eternal values that are interwoven from the most sacred knowledge to find her ground of happiness....

When you're a parent and your child gets hurt or sick, you not only try to help them get better but you also labour under the general belief that you can help them get better. That's not always the case though. Sometimes the nurses and the doctors can't fix what's wrong. Sometimes children die. Rob's beautiful, bright, deeply alive son Henry died. This is the story of what happens when you lose a child, and everything you discover about life in the process.

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.

In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a consolation speech—not for others, as had always been done, but for himself. And it worked. Cicero's Consolation was something new in literature, equal parts philosophy and motivational speech.

Ruth Markel is the mother of the late Dan Markel, a noted law professor who was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2014. In The Unveiling, she describes her experiences since the day of Dan's death from several distinct perspectives.

Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby’s mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be “healed,” then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth.

The essays of The Loneliest Places began as a chronicle of Rachel Dickinson’s life after her son’s suicide. The pieces became much more. Dickinson writes the unimaginable and terrifying facts of heart-breaking loss. In The Loneliest Places she tells stories from her months on the run, fleeing her grief and herself, as she escapes to Iceland and the Falkland Islands―as far as possible from the memories of her dead son, Jack. 

When grieving the loss of someone deeply loved, it’s like you’re a vase that has been thrown to the ground, shattered into 1000 pieces and put back together again, only to constantly teeter on the edge of a shelf. Those that don't understand the depth of the pain will say or do something intended to help because the cracks in the vase make them uncomfortable. But, more often than not, those words and actions only make the pain worse for the griever—it's like outsiders push the vase off the shelf and it shatters again.

Memories sometimes are all we have left of a cherished one when they die. The suffering and upheaval of losing someone is indescribable. The poets and songwriters have touched our hearts with winsome words and melodies. In moments of loss all we can do is listen to our heart. We all have our own intimate stories of loss to tell. There is no magic formula while grieving and coping with loss of a beloved family member or friend. Compassion and love from within the soul will comfort a grieving person during the troublesome days and nights.

Grief isn't always the result of something finite, marking a death or complete end. Soul-shattering grief can also be activated by a dramatic shift in an important relationship, such as a divorce or significant breakup, a life-changing medical diagnosis, or a broken connection with an addicted child. How do we grieve people who are still alive, but no longer who they once were to us? Most people will experience this type of traumatic event over the course of their lifetime, yet the complications of these situations often leave grievers feeling alienated or ashamed.

Combining humorous anecdotes and thought-provoking research, Sacred Sendoffs explores human relationships with beloved pets, wild creatures, animal astronauts, marine life, farmed animals, and other sentient beings. Along the way, animal chaplain Sarah Bowen shares insights for sustaining their lives, honoring deaths, and managing the emotions that arise when we lose an animal we love. While many books focus exclusively on pet loss, animal welfare, or environmental issues, Bowen's ever curious and playful style takes on all three, revealing their unavoidable entanglement.

Als der alte Rabbi Albert Lewis ihn bittet, seine Trauerrede zu schreiben, ist Albom zunächst überrascht, schließlich kennen die beiden sich gar nicht. Dass er den alten Mann kennen lernen kann, macht Albom dann auch zu seiner Bedingung für die Trauerrede und so entspinnt sich über viele Jahre eine berührende Freundschaft, in der auch der Priester Henry Covington seinen Platz findet. Nichts weniger wird diskutiert als der Sinn des Daseins, die Rolle des Glaubens, die Position Gottes und was wirklich den Wert eines guten Lebens ausmacht.

John Wyatt focuses on the ars moriendi—quite simply the art of dying well and dying faithfully. He offers clear direction, warm reassurance and rock-solid confidence in the One who has conquered death. We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well. This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends, and caretakers.

It may seem as though your sadness and loss will never be fully expressed when your parent passes away. You may go through one of the most challenging phases of your life whilst in your bereavement and grief. But despite your sorrow, there is light at the end of the tunnel. This grief recovery book is a must for anyone who has lost a mother or father. So anyone who has lost a parent, a career, or even a marriage, a home, a pregnancy, or a nest fund can benefit from this book's guidance and lightening of the path to peace and a more positive outlook.

In October of 2005, Stephanie Sullivan tragically lost her only child, her daughter, Makaylee. She almost lost her life, as well, due to complications of a rare condition called bicornuate uterus, which means "heart shaped womb". This became the title of her book. After this loss and other personal tragedies, she felt led to share her story in hopes of helping others. In sharing her story, she hopes to bring awareness to the emotional and physical aspects of losing a child.

From the author of Life After Losses comes the follow-up Moving Past Grief: A Collection of Stories and Strategies to Help You Heal. In this companion piece, author James LaVeck shares some additional stories and strategies he used in his healing journey after being widowed twice before his 48th birthday, including an expansion and deeper dive into the Thirteen Pieces of Advice he shared in Life After Losses.

Life is hard—as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much. But could there be solace—and even hope—in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striving for our "best lives" and help us find warmth, humanity and humour in the lives we actually have? Could it inspire in us the desire for a better world? In this profound and personal book, Kieran Setiya shows how philosophy can help us find our way. 

Lark experienced the devastating loss of her 19-year-old son to suicide. Having already lost her father to suicide five years earlier, this second death hit hard. All expectations for the future were erased. Everything became difficult. Even breathing felt like a conscious decision.

On October 9, 2010, at the age of 86, Teddy Key passed away at her Florida home, her family by her side. Nineteen days later, her beautiful voice began to communicate with her eldest daughter, Frances, about the scope and wonder of her new perspective from the afterlife state. Through a variety of experiences including automatic writing, direct contact, and sudden downloads of information, this remarkable collection of insights was handwritten in less than a year.

Weshalb es sich lohnt, auch Kummer und Melancholie zuzulassen. Bestseller-Autorin Susan Cain zeigt in ihrem neuen psychologischen Ratgeber "Bittersüß", weshalb vermeintlich negative Gefühle wie Trauer, Melancholie, Schmerz und Leid zu einem wirklich erfüllten Leben gehören und wie sie uns helfen, unser volles Potenzial zu entfalten. In ihrem Bestseller "Still" erforschte Susan Cain die verborgene Kraft der Introvertiertheit.