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Book Preview: #1 Shaving the corpse is the most awkward event in a girl's life other than her first kiss or losing her virginity. The hands of time move much more slowly when you are standing over an elderly man with a pink razor in your hand.
#2 I had to wake up early, which was never my habit, and go to work at a crematory as a newbie crematory operator. The mortuary was nondescript...
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Many people agree that they do not understand purchasing funeral goods and services. This includes the purchase of caskets and burial vaults. Right in the center of all of this is the filing of death certificate, any military papers needed, type of funeral service (often depends on traditional burial or cremation). Church or other facility for service. Clergy person(s). Since so many people do not understand all that is involved in caring for a dead...
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The Healing Art of Spirit is a compassionate guide for those seeking solace after the loss of a loved one. When the world as you knew it ends, and everyone around you continues on, how will you find your new normal?
Be guided to:
– Navigate the darkest days with self-compassion
– Reframe loss with gratitude for gifts received
– Transform bitterness into wisdom
– Forgive the past and embrace the present
– Open your heart...
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Lifeline: A Layperson's Guide to Helping People in Crisis is the book for anyone who wants to help people experiencing such problems. Lifeline also debunks myths about mental disorders and guides readers on what to say and what NOT to say to those in pain in counseling vulnerable people through detailed scripts and conversations. Note: This book is NOT a substitute for professional help.
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So often, the thought of death evokes our worst fears. We anticipate the opposite of anything we call living. Yet, something different happens when we invite death into the conversation. It enters a panoply of experience that includes gratitude, love, joy and wonder. Death reveals these gifts as often as tragedy and pain. By the bedside of the dying, we learn an intimacy that includes the entirety of the human experience. We open rather than fight...
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The realization that people too often feel isolated in their world of serious chronic illness, this book describes a journey of discovery that will support people who need their voices to be heard. Insights and suggestions are offered for both the patient and their caregivers. It offers suggestions on how to build honest, dignified relationships cementing heart-to-heart friendships when they are most needed. Rather than feel awkward or unsure when...
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A suicide in the family...time stands still. For little while or a long while. Whereas the world whispers its regrets and then continues on, our body shuts down. At first, we measure time in breaths. We can't move, we can't eat, we can't think, we can't hear, we can't sleep. We feel desperate and disconnected. Disconnected from our loved one in the middle of a sentence. Disconnected from ourselves and our lives. We are in shock, and it may last for...
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The Diary of a Grieving Mother is just what it says. The inside looks into the mind of a newly bereaved mother. There is no filter, it is raw, and it is real. In this book, Emily Carpenter tells the story of what led her to be a grieving mother. She tells her story and shares the most intimate thoughts she had in the throes of her early grief experience-the good, the bad, the ugly, and the hideous. She shares this with the world in hopes of letting...
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#1 The way Charlotte was killed by a shooter in Newtown, Connecticut, generated a lot of media attention, which caused some people who were personally affected by the death of a child or loved one to feel helplessly exposed and vulnerable.
#2 Grief is often misunderstood, and cultural norms promote double standards that are often harmful to those grieving. Certain tragedies...
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Grief
At some point in our lives we all feel grief of some sort. While we are doing so there are multitudes of people who try to help us. Some are helpful, and some do not mean to be less helpful but can say or do the wrong things. We have seen both amazing and something short of amazing and will share both with you!
Join us as we suggest what could and probably should be avoided when talking to the grieving and some good choices to explore to make...
91) Filling Empty
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Having lost my beloved wife at the end of 2010, I understand the pain that's experienced when a spouse or partner gets carried away by death. Stricken with an acute form of Leukemia, Malinda became very ill. I never really believed that she'd die; she was too healthy, and we were way too much in love for her to go anywhere. I moved into the hospital with her so that I could be her support until she recovered and we would finally be able to go home....
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In the tradition of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a book that explains the transformative power of suffering.
Most people understand that suffering and sorrow are inevitable parts of every life and that illness, death, or loss of a loved one are universal experiences, not retribution or a symptom of bad luck. But, few of us comprehend the ways in which suffering can give rise to growth.
In this sensitive and caring book, Kathleen Brehony...
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When the car slowed down unexpectedly, I looked over. Diana was having a seizure. Our relationship was going through a tough time, but when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, we learned to love each other once again. I worked with hospice and our physicians to do everything that was best for her, and after she died, those of us left behind had to heal. I wrote this book, and it allowed me to move on with my life, something I am sure she would have...
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Divorciado y Asustado ¡No Más!: Apoyo emocional para los recién divorciados te provee con la motivación que necesitas pera librarte con seguridad del dolor y la traición de tu matrimonio fallido. Tasher habla desde su experiencia personal tras haber pasado a través de muchas etapas propias de las relaciones, como la negación de un matrimonio fallido, la expresividad necesaria para llegar a sanar, y permanecer emocionalmente estable. En esta...
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Sometimes pain passes quickly and small losses are easily absorbed. But suffering often goes on and on, and for people of faith, the resulting crisis can be deeper and more destructive than the loss itself. We look for ways to comfort those who are hurting. But sometimes, in spite of our good intentions, the clichés and simplistic theology we offer only add to the pain and misery.
In When Suffering Persists Frederick W. Schmidt presents a pastoral...
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It took only one phone call to change a family's life forever. When twenty-five-year-old Melissa Sullivan arrived at the hospital, she was already in a coma. Several days went by as Judith Sullivan, her husband, and her son and his wife held vigil in the hospital waiting room. Holding on to hope, the family clung to each other and to the friends that stopped by to offer support. But Melissa would not survive the cardiac arrest. Judith and her family...
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Are you struggling to cope with the overwhelming emotions of grief?
Do you feel lost, alone, and unsure of how to move forward?
If so, this book will help you.
Finding hope: understanding and overcoming grief is a small but powerful guide that provides simple, easy-to-understand strategies for coping with loss and finding your way back .
Written in plain and simple language that anyone can understand, this book is the perfect companion for those...
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Written from a daughter's perspective, My Mom's Gone... Now What? seeks to inspire others who may find themselves in a similar situation to come to terms with their loss, and more importantly, to move forward in their lives. The author's mother was to undergo a standard catheterization procedure when she suddenly goes into cardiac arrest at the age of sixty-two, leaving the family in shock and disbelief. Unable to share her sadness with anyone, Kotlowski...
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The neurosurgeon said, "Kati will be able to learn and do things. She'll go at her own pace, but it won't be fast. She will always be a turtle in a racehorse world." Moving, thinking, and speaking more slowly than the rest of the world is not all roses. So I wrote Turtle in a Racehorse World to tell the racehorses of the world how they can help the turtles like me, and see the good in all who live around them, so the world can be a kinder place.
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Cuando las mujeres cargan con el dolor
La muerte siempre llega de forma inesperada. Saca a la gente de su camino habitual, pone su vida patas arriba de un segundo a otro. No importa si los afligidos han podido prepararse durante algún tiempo para la próxima muerte de un ser querido o si la noticia les llega de forma repentina e inesperada. Cuando una persona cercana a ti muere, siempre se siente como si el mundo se viniese encima. Sin duda, es...
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