Grief & Loss

Karen by Kelsey Grammer delves into the deeply personal and tragic story of the author's sister, Karen, who was brutally murdered at the age of 18. Kelsey was just 20 years old and studying theater at Juilliard in New York when his younger sister, a recent high school graduate, moved to Colorado Springs, where she was kidnapped by several men who had intended to rob the Red Lobster where she worked. They instead kidnapped Karen, raped her repeatedly, and ultimately stabbed her to death.

Losing my mother to a degenerative brain disease was a slow and agonising journey that taught me the depths of sorrow. Later, grieving my father, Captain Sir Tom, a beacon of hope during the 2020 pandemic, brought unique challenges. Balancing the world’s gratitude for his legacy with my private grief shaped the insights shared in these pages.

Pour un chaman, la mort n'existe pas. En suivant un cycle de renaissances, l'âme accomplit son voyage sur Terre et dans l'au-delà. Avec Arnaud Riou, transformez votre perception de la mort et découvrez le sens de votre vie. Ce livre révèle une vision chamanique de la mort accessible à chacun pour : - Explorer les mystères de l'au-delà : que se passe-t-il après notre dernier souffle ? Quelles sont les différentes étapes du voyage post-mortem ? Quelles pistes pour communiquer avec les défunts ?

In 1999, Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika—the heart of the world—of Indigenous U’wa territory in Colombia. Imperiled by multinational oil interests, U’wa lifeways were under attack. Terence, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (Menominee), and Lahe’ena’e Gay (Hawaiian) arrived to listen to community needs and accompany the U’wa. But then they disappeared. Days later, their bodies were found, bound and bullet-riddled in a cow field across the border in Venezuela.

Grief is one of the most profound and universal human experiences, yet it often feels isolating, overwhelming, and impossible to navigate. Whether you are mourning the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or another life-altering event, the weight of grief can be all-consuming. But healing is possible, and you don’t have to face it alone. For millennia, stories have been the foundation of human understanding, helping us make sense of life’s most difficult emotions.

Affirming a pet owner's struggle with grief when his or her pet dies, this book helps mourners understand why their feelings are so strong and helps them overcome the loss. Included are practical suggestions for mourning and ideas for remembering and memorializing one's pet.

The death of a relationship through any means causes such pain and we will do anything to get over it. The question is, how? This book was inspired, not just by my work as a clinical psychologist dealing with clients who have suffered terrible heartbreaks, but by my own personal experiences and those of friends.

Based, in part, on Rabbi Sacks’s collection of columns in the UK's Times newspaper, Celebrating Life is a series of reflections on subjects such as morality, friendship, listening to others and giving thanks. It also talks about topics such as being a parent, finding and losing one’s faith and most of all, finding happiness. In Celebrating Life, Rabbi Sacks discovers where happiness lives, often in unexpected places, through family, community, friendship and responsibilities. He also finds it through a renewed relationship with God who spoke to his deepest needs.

Der Tod ist ein Thema, das in unserer Gesellschaft oft im Hintergrund bleibt, über das nur wenig gesprochen wird und das viele Menschen vor unangenehmen Gefühlen und Gedanken zurückschrecken lässt. Doch er ist ebenso untrennbar mit dem Leben verbunden wie die Geburt und jedes andere bedeutende Ereignis. Der Tod eines geliebten Menschen ist eine der tiefsten und transformierendsten Erfahrungen, die wir im Leben machen können. Es ist der Moment, in dem wir uns mit unserer eigenen Vergänglichkeit und der Bedeutung des Abschieds auseinandersetzen müssen.

In this poignant memoir, Janet Maki invites listeners into her personal journal as she and her husband face one of life's greatest challenges. Together, they built an award-winning vineyard and winery in Pennsylvania and were living the life of their dreams. But when her husband receives a devastating diagnosis, their world is turned completely upside down.

Sharing personal stories, Nancy offers guidance on advance care planning, grieving, and forgiveness as well as green burial. Through her own close encounters with the specter of death, the author shows how to follow the ancient wisdom of "learning to die before you die" and find a seaworthy passage to the far shore.

Viele Trauernde haben das Gefühl, wie amputiert zu sein. Ein Teil von ihnen fehlt! Dieses Buch wendet sich gezielt an Trauernde nach dem Verlust eines Partners oder einer Partnerin. Die jahrzehntelange Erfahrung der Autorin mit Trauernden spiegelt sich in der Darstellung der vielschichtigen Aspekte der Trauer wieder. Beispielsweise werden Trauergefühle, Trauerphasen und das Trauerjahr ausführlich behandelt, ebenso wie verschiedene Todesumstände, wie plötzlicher oder unerwarteter Tod, die Problematik verschiedener Altersstufen, die Trauer der Kinder.

Cuando la trabajadora social Lisa Keefauver enviudó en 2011, le impresionó descubrir que, aunque todos sufrimos alguna vez, la mayoría de las personas no tiene los conocimientos para lidiar con el duelo. Gracias a su experiencia como terapeuta, pero también como alguien que buscaba ayuda para sobrellevar su propia pérdida, Keefauver se percató de que, muchas veces, las historias de duelo que consumimos nos llevan por el camino equivocado: uno en el que sufrimos de manera innecesaria.

In this empowering memoir "Strong and Soulful: Graced by Grief," Denise Olsen shares her transformative journey through the depths of devastating loss to a place of unexpected strength and profound self-discovery. After the heart-shattering loss of her husband, a firefighter in the World Trade Center attacks, Denise was enveloped in a grief so intense, it threatened to consume her. But within this dark chapter of her life, she found a surprising truth: grief, while altering us irrevocably, does not have to be our undoing.

"Losing my mom at 38-years-old is the most crushing blow I’ve yet to endure, and writing this book has been my lifeline. While I immediately distracted myself with my duty and privilege to honor my mom by writing her obituary, and giving her eulogy, the heaviest grief took some months to take hold."