Meditations for the journey through grief.

When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief is universal. At the same time it is extremely personal. Heal in your own way." If someone you know is grieving, Living When a Loved One Has Died can help. Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives.

An inspiring guide to help you through the mourning process, including a comprehensive resource listing and a chapter on finding professional help and support groups. “The most comprehensive, insightful, and helpful volume on loss and survival.”—Rabbi Dr. Earl A. Grollman, author of Living When a Loved One Has Died Mourning the death of a loved one is a process all of us will go through at one time or another. But wherever the death is sudden or anticipated, few of us are prepared for it or for the grief it brings. There is no right or wrong way to grieve; each person's response to loss will be different. Now, in this compassionate, comprehensive guide (previously published as Grieving), Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., bereavement specialist and author of Loss and Anticipatory Grief, leads you gently through the painful but necessary process of grieving and helps you find the best way for yourself. Whether the death was sudden or expected, from accident, illness, suicide, homicide, or natural causes, Dr. Rando will help you learn to: • Understand and resolve your grief. • Talk to children about death. • Resolve unfinished business. • Take care of yourself. • Accept the help and support of others. • Get through holidays and other difficult times of the year. • Plan funerals and personal bereavement rituals. There is no way around the pain of loss, but there is a way through it. Dr. Rando offers the solace, comfort, and guidance to help you accept your loss and move into your new life without forgetting your treasured past.

"This book will help you to be ready for death and to systematize what needs to be done prior to death. Through a concerted effort at pro-active funeral planning, you or someone responsible for taking care of your funeral will have the information needed to carry out final arrangements and wishes with ease and confidence when death happens."--

When a loved one dies it can seem like life will never be normal again. The world can become a blur of flowers, relatives, cards, and well-meaning visitors; and the griever may feel that he or she cannot come up for air. But there is normalcy after death, say authors Zonnebelt-Smeenge and De Vries; it just takes some time--and help--to get there. Traveling through Grief takes readers on the journey toward life after death, focusing on five common tasks of grief: accepting the reality of death, embracing all the emotions associated with death, storing memories, separating oneself from the deceased, and reinvesting fully in one's own life. This book is the perfect gift for a grieving friend or tool for a loved one in need.

AFTER YOUR LOVED ONE DIES: Finding Hope and Strength to Carry On is based on experiences of bereavement and the grief that follows the death of a loved one. Although we assume that we know what a bereaved person goes through after such a loss (shock and sadness), this is just the tip of the iceberg. Loss of a loved one entails an out-of-view and deep-seated suffering capable of creating startling and peculiar reactions and changes in the bereaved, which the book highlights so that all may understand. The book incorporates both the authors own experiences and those of other bereaved people she sought out after the death of her husband. It is hoped that the book will help not onlythe newly bereaved but alsothose who have been bereaved for a longer time but still struggling to make sense of their loss, because of the lingering nature of grief. It is divided into five parts, each covering a specific aspect of these experiences and addresses, inter alia, the following: 1) Adjusting to the loss and to an environment in which your loved one is no longer present. 2) Some coping tips on how to find hope and strength to carry on. 3) Cultural sensitivity and the role that culture plays in bereavement and grief. 4) The valuable lessons that one learns on this painful journey of grief, which can be imparted to others - to the bereaved, to those around the bereaved, and to others, because bereavement can happen to any one at some point in their life - therefore a kind of forewarned is fore-armed sort of awareness. 5) How bereaved people, having eventually found strength to carry on, can help newly bereaved people through their grief so that they, too, can emerge unbroken by it.

When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief is universal. At the same time it is extremely personal. Heal in your own way." If someone you know is grieving, "Living When a Loved One Has Died" can help. Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives.

This Funeral Guide is written to help Family Members address the sobering, yet necessary, responsibilities of carrying out the many and often unrealized tasks involved in managing the Funeral of a Loved One. It offers helpful insights, cautions, instructions, and Biblical Resources for dealing with the emotional impact of the Loss of a Loved One and moving forward with ones Life. Pastors and Counselors can also use this Guide in preparation for and counseling of Family Members. Bereavement Support Groups will also benefit from this Guide.

The journey you share with a dying loved one is the culmination of your life together. How you view death affects your loved one's dying experience. Your choices during this process have results that can linger long after the loved one is gone. This journey can be one of fear and clinging, or it can focus on love, honoring them, and providing a comforting, peaceful atmosphere. Much depends on your approach. That's where this book comes in. The author's professional experience as a hospice bereavement counselor and deaths of some close family members have given him firsthand experience in traveling through the dying process and grief. He saw how people's approach to the process had a direct impact on their grief, so he wrote this book to raise awareness of emotional factors around dying. With awareness, you're better attuned to your loved one's needs, so you engage in the dying process instead of running from it. You can then experience this as a time of greater intimacy, and emotional richness and healing.