Healing Grief

Your heart is broken. You’ve been betrayed, abused, abandoned or all of the above! You’re struggling to find your way in the world. And you want to know what’s next. That’s where Embrace the Heartbreak comes in. This book is a poignant guide for turning your life around after a relationship. It includes exercises that will help you discover the root of your problems and give you tools for moving forward with grace and ease. This book is for anyone who has ever questioned their self-worth or felt lost in love. Embrace the Heartbreak is a self-help book that helps you heal from ...

Tragedy, Trauma, and Loss in Teens and Pre-Teens: Healing the Emotional Wounds In today’s complex world, teens and pre-teens are facing unprecedented challenges—ranging from school violence and bullying to social media pressure, family instability, and personal loss. This updated and compassionate guide by Dr. Richard L. Travis offers parents, guardians, and educators a roadmap to understanding how young people experience trauma and how to support their emotional healing. With real-life examples, up-to-date research, YouTube and TED Talk links, and practical tools, this book explores: ...

The Last Letter from Heaven A Novel of Grief, Love, and Hope Some love never leaves. Some letters change everything. For twenty-five years, Carla Williams devoted her life to caring for her special needs son, Peter — feeding him, bathing him, loving him through every moment, even when the world said he wouldn’t survive past childhood. When Peter passes unexpectedly at age twenty-five, Carla is left adrift — grieving, guilt-ridden, and questioning her purpose. Her heart longs to know: Did I love him enough? Is he okay? Will I ever feel whole again? Then, one quiet morning, a mysterious...

"Eternal optimism." While living in Paris, Ellie Kerr's mother writes a series of children's stories. Unfortunately, she passes away before they can be published. Ellie and her father return to the US, and Ellie decides to finish what her mother started. However, she is blocked from accessing her mother's computer by a mysterious password. Ellie becomes determined to find the truth, but if she fails four times, the computer's data, including her mother's unpublished stories, will be destroyed. Even though her father thinks the code is unbreakable, Ellie believes that her mother may have ...

Bubbling Up A Poetic Journey Towards Growth and Renewal Excerpt from the poem Travalicare: "Ah, a sly one you are, Whispering from your hidden ledge. But here's the thing: I'm not that type of guy. I'm meant to fly, even without wings." What happens when life breaks you open? Bubbling Up is a powerful collection of poetry born from the raw depths of personal journaling. “We are not one story, but a universe of stories – shapeshifting constellations dancing between known and unknown, illuminating the courage to evolve, the freedom to explore, and the endless possibility of becoming.” -...

No matter how dark life may seem, the light you seek is within you. In life, there are moments that can be intense, overwhelming, and unpredictable – setbacks, failures, disappointments, losses, and hardships cast a shadow over your sense of hope. In these dark moments, it can feel as though the sun will never rise again. However, this self-help book is here to remind you that within you, even in the darkest phases of life, there is always a glimmer of light waiting to be discovered. From understanding love to holding onto hope, this book will serve as a guide to help you grow and ...

Healing is not linear nor is it a destination. It is a process. With tender care of the soul, we can move through our heartache in healthy ways that lead to living full and authentic lives, filled with the desires of our heart. Good Grief! serves as a beacon of light along the path towards healing, providing holistic and practical suggestions along the way.

Sublime Funeral is a brief, serene, and powerful story about how family becomes support, guidance, and meaning. Beyond the loss that sets the journey in motion, what truly shines is the way familial bonds hold, structure, and dignify life, even in its most difficult moments. With sober and sensitive prose, G. G. Melies portrays the silent path of a community that needs no words to express the essential. In every gesture, in every shared glance, a way of being in the world is revealed: through presence, support, and care. Sublime Funeral is a delicate portrait of a culture where familial ...

OLD PUP. It’s never too late … In a melancholy mood? Spend an hour with the families in these tales, and meet the animals that touch their lives. Abby – Older man, younger wife, and the secret weapon that can rip them apart – or bring them closer together. Old Pup – The story that tells a lie, and the dog who doesn’t want a family. Or does he? Death Be Not a Pussy – A broken man living in darkness, and the plight of a cat named Midnight. Even the longest night can fade into daylight again. Wrong Before – As a shadowed sparrow chirrs a warning, a daughter’s love travels ...

Autumn whispered to the wind, “I fall but always rise again.” For a long time, tree sprite Scarlet Oak has watched autumn fall and rise in the same way amidst her forested society of sprites. Wingless and bound to live and die with her birth oak, Horace, she longs for a deeper existence. Then, in 1977, her world is shaken when an autistic boy wanders into her woodland and they share a soulful moment before he takes his life on her tree. Smis, a Grim Reaper, arrives to usher the boy’s spirit to the Dark, but Scarlet insists that the boy did not intend to die. In a rare show of mercy, ...

What do you do when a bucket list goal turns into one long week that changes you forever? Bethany and Vince are a dating couple who decide to climb Mt Kilimanjaro together. They had no idea how this treacherous journey would challenge them as a couple and individually. They lost a climber at the summit and a piece of them still remains on that mountaintop. The seven days they spent on the side of a mountain forging relationships with the strangers they met in their group changed them forever. They saw tragedy, experienced tears and devastation, and the reward of accomplishment. This story ...

Divided into five chapters, this volume is a journey through the life cycle of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms.

Discover the Enduring Hope that Arises from Walking Through the Shadows of Loss! Gain Insight into Your Grief Journey, Face the Future with Renewed Hearts. This 365-Day Devotional is designed to be your companion on the journey of grief, providing daily readings, reflections, and prayers that offer comfort, insight, and perspective.It encourages us to turn to Scripture for solace and guidance, to seek refuge in prayer, and to remember that we are not alone on this journey. God’s Word has been a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, providing direction and purpose even in the face of ...

Seasons of Grief is a book that also includes prayers and pages for journaling. It is guided to bring a person who is grieving to a place of recovery, healing and eventually, joy.

Whether you are a professional or someone who is supporting a loved one who is ill, this book has something to teach as well as provide comfort and guidance. As such, it is not meant to be an academic tome - rather, something you can listen to and hear a voice that will inspire you for this particular moment in time.

The Bible Never Says It Will Be Okay. The Bible is largely silent on the topic of grief, which surprises most people; contrary to popular belief, the Bible never says things will be okay--that the pastures greener on the other side. Further, the Bible never says God won't give us anything we can't handle. That's a proverb man made up. When it seems hopeless there's a reason: this might be a trial we cannot handle. It's natural to feel bleak about the future because the future is one thing God never promises will be better--better on Earth, at least. The Bible is, of course, full of people ...

All six senses tell him she’s the one. Down-to-earth teacher Grace Fox doesn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven by science. So she has no trouble dismissing her best friend’s prediction that she’ll have swear-out-loud sex with the next guy to walk through the door at the school’s parents’ evening. Enter Ash Rutherford, a famous doctor-turned-medium and Viking lookalike. He’s there to discuss his troubled daughter, Jodie, but one mistaken flash of Grace’s sexy underwear sparks an instant attraction they both struggle to contain. Grace is happy to help tutor Jodie, ...

This is a small book for the small hours when we sit alone in the dark or feel as though our grief isolates us. In the months following her husband’s sudden death, Sally Rosenthal explored her reactions to loss and came to realize that strength is a synergetic wisdom woven from the love passed on through the examples of relatives and beloved animals. In poems and prose, she shares what she has learned about survival and resilience. Come sit with Sally at her kitchen table and share the journey.

The two women named Tamar, whose lives are detailed in the Bible (Genesis 38 and 2 Samuel 13), form the backdrop of heart-tugging stories by these powerful women. In The Tamar Stories Sisterhood, nineteen women tell compelling stories of grief, mental illness, divorce, domestic violence, and so much more. Like Tamar I and Tamar II in the Bible, the sister authors share intimate stories of profound loss and pain from their own lives. Each woman has overcome so much because of the power of God through Christ Jesus, bringing redemption, healing, forgiveness, empowerment, hope, peace, and joy. ...

This Is How I Spell Grief offers a no-nonsense guide to dealing with the loss of a loved one by sharing the author's story of recovery from the double loss of his mother and father. This guide eschews expert opinions in favor of common sense, addressing the listener in a down-to-earth fashion to show them they're not alone, and that they can become an expert in their own grief.