Embracing Life After Loss: A Gentle Guide for Growing through Grief (Book About Grieving and Hope, Daily Grief Meditation, Grief Journal)
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ISBN-13: | 9781642500066 |
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Publisher: | Mango Media |
Publication date: | 03/15/2019 |
Pages: | 200 |
Sales rank: | 676,617 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Dr. Gloria Horsley, MFC, CNS, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of the Open to Hope Foundation, a multimedia web-based resource for the bereaved. Horsley is an internationally known grief expert, psychotherapist, and bereaved parent. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Nurse Specialist. With her daughter, Heidi Horsley, she co-hosts the Open to Hope podcast and cable television show. She has also authored a number of grief-related books and articles as well as being on numerous radio and television shows including "The Today Show".
Table of Contents
Foreword 18
Dear Reader 20
Opening Diary 22
Step 1 Losing 26
In Shock 28
Why Me? 29
Rising Above Your Loss 31
The Big Picture 32
Triumphing Over Tragedy 34
Endings Are Also Beginnings 36
Death Is Part of Life 37
The Hero's Journey 39
Ask the Horse 40
One Step at a Time 42
Your Unique Grief 43
When You Least Expect Them 45
Setbacks Are Normal 46
You Are Not Alone 47
Pat Yourself on the Back 48
Additional Thoughts on Losing 49
Step 2 Learning 50
The Seasons 53
Inner Strength 54
Take Courage 56
Remembering Those Who Left Us 57
Still Here 58
Twenty-One Grams 60
Larger Than Your Loss 62
Becoming Bigger 63
With a Little Help from Your Friends 64
Connect With Others 66
The Power of Hope 67
The Highest Good 68
What's Empty, Fills 69
Opportunity Knocks 70
Seeds of the Best 71
Living and Losing 72
Finding Meaning in Your Loss 73
Keeping Your Loved One Alive 75
Wake-Up Call 77
Closer to Your Core 78
A New World 79
Embrace Change 80
The Human Spirit 82
Additional Thoughts on Learning 83
Step 3 Letting Go 84
Things Are Different Now 86
Bend Without Breaking 87
This Too Shall Pass 89
Change Is Inevitable 90
Losing and Choosing 92
Forgiving Others 93
Forgiving Yourself 95
Keep On Forgiving 96
Ask Others for Forgiveness 97
Inner Peace 98
Look Within 99
Remember to Breathe 100
Let Go of the Past 101
Rejoice in a Life Lived 102
Trust Your Gut 103
Additional Thoughts On Letting Go 104
Step 4 Living 106
Getting On With Life 108
To Live Again 109
Take Back Your Life 110
It Takes Effort 112
Keep Moving 113
Get Out of the House 115
Do It Anyway 117
Do Something New 119
Life Is Short 120
Life Is a Gift 121
Help Yourself by Helping Others 122
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves 123
Allow Others to Do Something for You 124
Be Thankful 125
Simple Pleasures 125
Half Full or Half Empty? 128
Shine Your Light 129
A Chance to Rise Higher 130
Moving On 131
Yesterday 132
Today 133
Tomorrow 134
Time Heals 135
Look Around 136
Bitter-Sweetness of Life 137
Life Goes On 138
Additional Thoughts on Living 139
Step 5 Laughing 140
Laughter and Tears 143
Appropriate, Timely, and Tasteful 144
How Can You Laugh at a Time like This? 145
Don't Compare 146
Humor Buddies 147
Give It Time 148
Open to Laughter 149
Laughter and Loss 150
To Laugh Again 151
Let It Begin With You 152
Start With a Smile 153
Healing Humor 154
Tension Release 155
Humor and Survival 156
The Power of Humor 157
The Power to Rise Above 158
Softening the Blow 159
Finding Happiness Again 160
Uplifting Words 161
Positive Self-Talk 163
All That Is Left 164
Anesthesia for the Heart 165
God-Given Laughter 166
Just Laugh 167
Humor and Hope 168
Additional Thoughts on Laughing 169
Time for Some Laughs? 170
Closing Diary 174
Moving On 176
Suggested Reading 198
About the Author 200
What People are Saying About This
“Serendipitously, I was asked to review Allen Klein’s book Embracing Life After Loss directly following my mother’s passing. Reading this book has been a gift to me during this difficult transition. As the sting of loss begins to wane, the words in this wonderful book continue to resonate in my heart and in my healing. This book does the impossibleit turns the dark into something beautiful. This is a moving, provocative book about life, death, and most importantly, perspective.”
-Joseph J. Luciani, author of Self-Coaching: The Powerful Program to Beat Anxiety & Depression
"If life sometimes feels like a bucket full of small dark stones, Allen Klein's insights are like bright pennies waiting to be found. This collection of brief sermons on grief and recovery can help turn fear into forgiveness, wounds into wisdom and losses into laughter."
-Stephen Kiernan, author of Last Rights
“This book is a wonderful companion in your darkest hours. It feels like a warm, nourishing hug from a dear and loving friend. It will soothe your heart and warm your soul. It will help you to find that sacred place within you that is never lost and never changesyour spiritual heart, your soul, which can be gracefully awakened through the mystical, transformational, holy experience of laughter.”
-John E. Welshons, author of When Prayers Aren’t Answered
"Like a dear friend, this beautiful book takes us by the hand and walks us through the stages of loss and recovery. Allen Klein has inspired us all to define ourselves, not by our grief, but by our joy."
-Susan Sparks, Pastor, author of Laugh Your Way to Grace
"This is an easy-to-read, compassionate and useful book for dealing with loss and grief. Allen Klein addresses different aspects of the grieving process, all of which speak to the heart of what it is to deal with and recover from loss. This is a wonderful addition to the current literature on grief, and would make a wonderful condolence gift."
-Judy Tatelbaum, author of The Courage to Grieve
"Raising Lazarus from the dead is less miraculous than raising ourselves from the loss of a loved one. Allen Klein, invoking his decades of experience 'lightening the load of grief' offers an unexpected grace, a slight levitation of the heart, into the healing process." -Stephen Levine, author of A Year to Live
"With great love and humor, Allen Klein shares his wisdom, wisdom which shows us the path to healing the wounds uncovered by our grief, wisdom that he has clearly earned through his own deep practice. He walks the walk. We are all grieving. Allen shows us the way, as Rumi says, to use grief as the garden of compassion."
-Dale Borglum, Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project
"Klein has written a poignant and easily readable guide to the grieving process based on his personal and professional experiences. Grieving people will find some solace and professionals will gain insight from someone who has been on both sides of grieving and helping the bereaved."
-Stephen R. Connor, author of Hospice and Palliative Care: The Essential Guide
"As a hospital chaplain I witnessed the unwelcome burden that grief added to a person’s life. In his book, Allen Klein gives a realistic and sensitive vision that will sustain the hope necessary for grief’s journey."
-E. T. (CY) Eberhart, author of In the Presence of Humor
“Whew…what a book! Allen sings a simple song: embrace life, remember the joy, and find gratitude in knowing you have been loved.”
-Darcie D. Sims, Director, American Grief Academy® and Grief Inc.
"Embracing Life After Loss is a great gift to bereaved individuals. Klein offers sound wisdom, based on experience. He speaks here from the heart...with both humor and compassion."
-Kenneth J. Doka, Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America
“Allen Klein’s new book, Embracing Life After Loss, is touching, informative and heartwarming. Allen’s ability to find the perfect quotations over the years adds to the lovely journaling in this treasure. A must for anyone and everyone!”
-Ester Leutenberg, co-author of GriefWork; Healing from Loss
"Allen Klein shows his readers how to find the joy and laughter that continues even after the loss of a loved one. Read this book and begin your own transformation from grief to joy."
-Nancy Weil, Director of Bereavement Support, Catholic Cemeteries
"Allen Klein has just written the handbook on how to cope with suffering. This book has all the tools you need to bounce back from loss of any kind."
-Steve Rizzo, author of Becoming A Humor Being
“Allen Klein has such a beautiful perspective! His book is an important, authentic, and liberating look at how we can move through loss with compassion, humor, and peace. If you’re dealing with a loss of any kind, this book will support you in your journey.”
-Mike Robbins, author of Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken
"Allen Klein is a counselor, a philosopher, a theologian. His pain, from losing his young wife, and his healing, from moving beyond her death, are evident in every word he writes. In easy-to-take doses, he offers practical advice on seeing the light in the darkest of times. He shares the secret that survivors of everything from cancer to the Holocausthave learned."
-Steve Lipman, author of Laughter in Hell
“There are very few books that everyone can identify with and benefit from. This is one of those books. We’ve all experienced a loss that leaves us dispirited and adrift. Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying: Embracing Life After Loss recognizes that even on hallowed ground, we lose our footing and our bearings. Allen Klein encourages us to find our way and teaches us the five ‘stages of living’ after loss, so that we can not only survive, but thrive, enjoy, and embrace our lives.” Alan Gettis, author of It’s All Part of the Dance: Finding Happiness in an Upside Down World
“Klein's lucid writings make compelling connections with psychology, religion, history, philosophy, and good ole' common sense. His personal experiences, clinical examples, and delightful humor is like viewing a trapeze artist who lets go of one rope, and gracefully takes hold of another, without a misstep. This is a penetrating treasure-trove of profound insights and skillfully blended constructed tools.”
-Earl A. Grollman, author of Living When a Loved One Has Died