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Resilient Grieving: How to Find Your Way Through a Devastating Loss

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Overview

Resilient Grieving offers an empowering alternative to the five stages of grief—and makes clear our capacity for growth following the trauma of a loss that changes everything

As heard on NPR’s Hidden Brain and CBS News

The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. Recent research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow—by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering new, profound meaning.

Author and resilience/well-being expert Lucy Hone, a pioneer in positive psychology and bereavement research, was faced with her own inescapable sorrow when, in 2014, her 12-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. By following the strategies of resilient grieving, she found a proactive way to move through her grief, and, over time, embrace life again.

“This book aims to help you relearn your world . . . to help you navigate the grieving process as best you can—without hiding from your feelings or denying the reality, or significance, of your loss.”—from Resilient Grieving

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615193752
Publisher:	The Experiment, LLC
Publication date:	03/21/2017
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	36,707
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lucy Hone, PhD, is regarded as a leading international authority on resilience. She received her master’s degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, the world-renowned home of the field. Today, she’s the director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience.

Karen Reivich, PhD, a leading expert in the fields of resilience, depression prevention, and Positive Psychology, is the Director of Training Programs for the Penn Positive Psychology Center.

Foreword Karen Reivich ix

1 The end of the world as we know it 1

Recovery

2 Six strategies for coping in the immediate aftermath 19

3 What can resilience psychology reach us about grieving? 33

4 Accept the loss has occurred 45

5 Humans are hardwired to cope 53

6 Secondary losses 65

7 Positive emotions 75

8 Distraction 97

9 Three habits of resilient thinking 107

10 Relationships (and what friends and family can do to help) 121

11 Strengths 143

12 Managing exhaustion and depression through rest and exercise 157

Reappraisal and Renewal

13 Reappraising your brave new world 173

14 Facing the future 181

15 Continuing the bond 193

16 Post-traumatic growth 203

17 Press pause 211

18 Rituals and mourning the dead 213

19 Nothing lasts forever 223

20 A final word 225

The Resilient Grieving Model 228

Notes 232

Permissions 241

About the Author 242

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Editorial Reviews

Hone does not buy into the idea that you just feel your feelings and take all the time in the world…[She] offers concrete strategies for regaining your equilibrium even in the greatest pain.

The New York Times Book Review - Judith Newman

"Resilience researcher Lucy Hone began to question how we think about grief after a devastating loss in her own life. She shares the techniques she learned to help her cope with tragedy."

NPR’s Hidden Brain

"A touching account of loss and a practical, research-based guide for finding hope and strength."

Adam Grant

"For anyone who has lost a loved one—Dr. Hone’s Resilient Grieving is an essential tool and beautifully written."

Dr. Tara Narula

"The text provides an honest account of the personal struggles of families who experience sudden loss. There are no apologies made for stepping away from what some would consider social expectations during times of grief. It is that naked vulnerability that brings authority to the work."

Choice

"As heard on NPR’s Hidden Brain and CBS News
2017 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner

"Hone shows us how to harness the (thankfully common) power of our own resilience to work our way through a horrible loss."

The New York Times Book Review

"A recommended new book for those who are grieving . . . [Hone’s] metaphor for life after loss is both powerful and apt: Think of it as a scattered jigsaw puzzle, where the pieces of one’s former life have been scattered and now must be reconfigured in a new way."

The Wall Street Journal

★ As heard on NPR’s Hidden Brain and CBS News
★ 2017 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner

“Hone shows us how to harness the (thankfully common) power of our own resilience to work our way through a horrible loss.”—The New York Times Book Review

“For anyone who has lost a loved one—Dr. Hone’s Resilient Grieving is an essential tool and beautifully written.”—Dr. Tara Narula, CBS News

“A recommended new book for those who are grieving . . . [Hone’s] metaphor for life after loss is both powerful and apt: Think of it as a scattered jigsaw puzzle, where the pieces of one’s former life have been scattered and now must be reconfigured in a new way.”—The Wall Street Journal

“The text provides an honest account of the personal struggles of families who experience sudden loss. There are no apologies made for stepping away from what some would consider social expectations during times of grief. It is that naked vulnerability that brings authority to the work.”—Choice

“There is a wealth of empathetic information in this book that will undoubtedly be uplifting to all who are grieving or know of others in the process.”—Library Journal

“Resilience researcher Lucy Hone began to question how we think about grief after a devastating loss in her own life. She shares the techniques she learned to help her cope with tragedy.”—NPR’s Hidden Brain

“A touching account of loss and a practical, research-based guide for finding hope and strength.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Option B

From the Publisher

05/01/2017
Hone, a researcher in resilience/well-being psychology (Auckland Univ. of Technology, New Zealand) applied the sorrow she felt after her daughter's death to the development of practical strategies that can help the bereaved work toward acceptance of their loss and return to experiencing a full life. She shares strength-building tools that include thinking flexibly, embracing a personal moral compass, finding a role model, and nurturing a caring social network. Hone adds that one should welcome and enjoy positive emotions, and that communicating them to others is good for the soul. VERDICT There is a wealth of empathetic information in this book that will undoubtedly be uplifting to all who are grieving or know of others in the process. Excellent.

Library Journal

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