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#1 The funeral industry is a sales industry, and the funeral directors are the salesmen. They long to be liked and understood, and they want to be worthy of high regard. They are preying on the grief, remorse, and guilt of survivors, or they are trained professionals with high ethical standards.
#2 The funeral industry is suffering from a lack of image and identity....
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#1 The night before her second semester started at the University of Pennsylvania, Madison broke her iPhone screen. She had to go back to school with a broken phone, and she dreaded it.
#2 The drive was two hours long, mostly on Interstate 95, between New York and Philadelphia. Madison was downloading something onto her phone. She had never quit anything in her life,...
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Guide pour une traversée consciente du deuil
Comment aborder le processus de deuil? Il s'agit d'une traversée qui nous mène de la vallée des larmes à l'autre cté, dans la lumière de l'acceptation et de la vie.
Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux hommes et aux femmes qui:
- ont du chagrin et qui souffrent, à la suite du décès d'un proche;
- se sentent encore affectés par un deuil, malgré le temps écoulé;
- portent un deuil enfoui dans le secret...
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How can you begin rebuilding your life when the sudden loss of someone you love shatters the happiness and contentment you have created together? This is the dilemma author Ruthann Reim McCaffree faced when her husband Terry fell from a ladder and died, suddenly, at the age of 61. One moment they were a happily married couple of 40 years facing a normal, hectic, work day. The next moment Ruthann found herself faced with the task of making arrangements...
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The defining moments of most people's lives-being born and dying-are out of their control. While this is accepted by most, for some reason, the assumption of manipulating life in between is also widely held. We believe we steer our life on our own terms. We believe we are the masters of our own fate. But what if everything is out of control? What if you believe in a faith long before you were born and long after you die? What if you have never been...
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Christy Droog is a young woman broken in pieces. Abandoned at birth by her biological mother, sexually assaulted at age five, an unwed mother at nineteen, her life at age twenty-two is shattered by the tragic drowning of her infant son. By forty, Christy is in the midst of a full-blown spiritual crisis-her body a battleground of multiple agonizing surgeries, her beloved mother lost to cancer, and facing the scars of a failed marriage and looming divorce....
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In this true story, Wilson puts you in her shoes during many poignant and heartbreaking episodes in her life where she experiences death, infidelity, and despair. She also makes it a point to teach you (maybe it's the educator in her) how to get through those moments in life that you don't expect, but alter you forever. Anything Can Happen can be used as a complete source to surviving the feelings of hopelessness, loss and depression after a tragic...
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Rising Above the Ashes will compassionately guide you through your grief and help you to identify what brings you joy. You will learn how to grieve your loss-whether it's of a loved one, your beloved family pet, a business relationship, or big job or client-and identify and reignite your joy. You will also learn that grief doesn't define who you are. This book will help you to grieve on your own terms-to cry through it, lift you up, and reignite your...
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"Companion in Grief" offers help from a respectful place of experience without the presumption of religion. For grievers with short attention spans, the straightforward paragraphs on non-clinical concepts are a welcome respite. "Companion" directs a griever's attention away from pain by focusing on the larger picture of transitions that are constant in our lives; it brings comfort by guiding the reader to an awareness of the ongoing connection to...
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There are many highs and lows in a woman's life. When thinking about highs, marriage and children are often the first things mentioned. But another, the death of her spouse or significant other, can be the lowest of the lows. One of the reasons it is so devastating is that she is often trying to navigate through it either by herself or with the "help" of others who may not understand what she's going through or how she really feels,
"A Widow's...
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How easy is it to connect with a loved one who has passed? Jamie Lee Silver says it's simple, easy, and natural. She says you don't have to be a medium or have any special powers. Being open to the idea is all you need. That, and the willingness to give it a try. Every since her son, Benjamin Lee Silver, developed a fatal mental illness that lead to taking his life in July of 2015, Jamie and Ben have been conversing through pen and paper. Jamie now...
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Women and grief
Death is always sudden. It rips people out of their usual routine and turns their life upside down from one second to the next. In death, it makes no difference whether the bereaved have been able to prepare themselves for the death of a loved one for some time or whether the news hits them suddenly and unexpectedly. When someone close to you dies, it always feels as though the rug has been pulled out from under your feet. Sure, it's...
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#1 The stoplights are out on Wilshire and all along San Vicente approaching Cedars-Sinai. I am driving with my hazards on so the cars behind me don't honk. Hal is sitting next to me, padded with pillows so the seatbelt doesn't press against his abdomen. I learned this trick after my C-section when our twin daughters were in the NICU after being born six weeks premature.
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Un livre qui vous apporte du réconfort pour affronter cette épreuve!
Le deuil qui suit la perte d'un être cher soulève bien des réactions et suscite de nombreux questionnements.
Dans cet ouvrage, les auteurs répondent franchement et simplement aux questions qui leur sont posées le plus souvent, espérant procurer aux personnes en deuil l'information, le soutien et le réconfort dont elles ont tant besoin.
Les questions et les réponses abordées...
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This is a must have book for every newly bereaved parent. Written by a mother who lost a son, the book offers help, hope and guidance to those facing the crippling emotions that come with the loss of a child of any age. The author combines suggestions gained from personal experience as well as advice from other parents and experts in their fields. This helpful information is presented in an easy to follow self-help format.
The book includes how to...
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When a death happens in the family, our first thoughts are often of the children. However, we feel at a loss for ways to help children deal with death and with their own feelings. Doug Manning provides answers and assurances for anyone who is concerned about a child in grief. Doug looks at the grieving family, the grieving child and the red flags to watch for. He also discusses providing a safe place for children to grieve and being a safe person...
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#1 I was sent to help find a missing six-year-old girl near Masquinongy Pond. The parents were worried about their daughter, and the parents loved their child.
#2 I dial my house to hear my children's voices. It's early in the search, and there's hope. I know not to anticipate or plan for these calls. Hope and grief typically present themselves in novel ways every time.
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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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