Grieving is loving compassionate words for bearing the unbearable

"This is a book that is easy to use and easy to carry with you throughout your day to touch in with and be supported by when bearing the often unbearable pain of a loved one's loss. Our culture often makes the bereaved feel alone, isolated, broken, and like they should just get over it-this book off...

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Main Author: Cacciatore, Joanne (Author)
Other Authors: Hari, Johann (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, [2020]
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Summary:"This is a book that is easy to use and easy to carry with you throughout your day to touch in with and be supported by when bearing the often unbearable pain of a loved one's loss. Our culture often makes the bereaved feel alone, isolated, broken, and like they should just get over it-this book offers a loving antidote. Open the book to any image, and you'll find something that will instantly help you feel not alone, while honoring the full weight of loss. This book is comprised of quotations from Bearing the Unbearable, and other sources as well, plus an enormous amount of new material from Dr. Jo-it is especially well suited for the grieving mind who may struggle with concentration. Just a 30 seconds on any page will empower, hearten, and validate any bereaved person. This is a book that everyone who encounters it will want to buy five copies to share with others. Chaplains, ministers, and therapists will want to keep cases of it on hand"--
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xvi, 112 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:9781614297017
1614297010
Author Notes:Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is a Zen priest, the founder of the international NGO the MISS Foundation, author of the award-winning best seller, Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and The Heartbreaking Path of Grief , professor at Arizona State University, and a bereaved mom since the death of her daughter in 1994. She is also the founder of Selah Carefarm, the first carefarm for the traumatically bereaved in the U.S. and a haven for animals rescued from abuse, neglect, and torture. She is an acclaimed public speaker and provides expert consulting services in the area of traumatic loss. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Lancet , Social Work and Healthcare , and Death Studies , among others.