Unattended sorrow recovering from loss and reviving the heart

Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward a...

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Main Author: Levine, Stephen, 1937-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Rhinebeck, NY, Monkfish Book Publishing, 2019
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Summary:Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward addictions or dangerous behaviors or other forms of self-destruction. In Unattended Sorrow, Levine addresses the grief from fresh loss but also attends to the pain and troubles caused by the unresolved anguish, sadness and delayed stress than can accumulate over a lifetime. He notes that we may never entirely overcome sorrows but we can confront them with mercy and self-acceptance that smooths the path to healing the heart.
Item Description:"Introduction by Ondrea Levine, foreword by Mirabai Starr"
Physical Description:206 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:1939681901
9781939681904
Author Notes:Stephen Levine was an American poet, author, and teacher best known for his work on death and dying. For over forty years, Stephen-together with his wife Ondrea-provided emotional and spiritual support for the dying, and for categivers. He is one of a generation of pioneering teachers who, along with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Ram Dass, and Sharon Salzberg, have made the teachings of Theravada Buddhism more widely available to students in the West. Stephen Levine passed away in 2016 at the age of 78 in his beloved northern New Mexico, where he and Ondrea lived for many years in near seclusion.