Awakening from Grief

Awakening from Grief
Author: John E. Welshons
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2011-02-09
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1577319885

In this remarkable book, John Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he’s counseled to create a deeply felt and beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief. Grieving, says Welshons, offers a unique opportunity to develop deeper and fuller life experiences, to embrace pain in order to open the heart to joy. Written for those who have experienced any kind of loss — death, divorce, or disappointment — this book offers reasonable, reassuring thinking on dealing with the death of loved ones and ourselves, finding the inner gifts that promote healing, and much more. Awakening from Grief takes a rare and compelling positive look at a subject needlessly viewed as one of the most negative in life. This is a persuasive primer on drawing the joy out of grief.

From Grief to Awakening

From Grief to Awakening
Author: Steven Joseph
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-12-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692807330

From Grief to Awakening is a "how-to" for healing from grief on a spiritual level and learning that our loved ones are still with us. The author is a psychic medium who underwent a spiritual awakening after the passing of his youngest son to suicide.

Mindfulness and Grief

Mindfulness and Grief
Author: Heather Stang
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2018-12-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 178249782X

Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.

Enlightened-Ish

Enlightened-Ish
Author: Gail Dickert
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-02-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 148171001X

Enlightened-ish is one of the most approachable, down-to-Earth books for anyone seeking a self-guided spiritual awakening. Gails work is honest, inspiring and undoubtedly a refreshing read in a market of deeply esoteric and trite testimonies about spiritual enlightenment and self-empowerment. Gails story begins with the unexpected death of her father. She dedicates herself to writing Enlightened-ish and the belief that this event will guide her to confront death and loss in a way that few have had the courage to do. She comes forward with experiences from childhood and adulthood with an outrageous audacity and authenticity. She confronts the death of her father, the loss of a spiritual community and the effects of witnessing a violent suicide, a health crisis and a break-up - all events which occurred in an 10-month period! Her ability to use storytelling as a means of identifying the universal truths that she calls the Twelve Freedoms of Enlightened-ish Living keeps the reader engaged in a polite spiritual voyeurism that has not been matched. Without exception, her tenacity about being fully human and fully enlightened-ish will change the trajectory of spiritualists in every religion. Never before has a memoir been written with so much conviction and humility, then packaged so powerfully that readers everywhere will be awakened to the power of storytelling. Enlightened-ish is raw, conversational and unforgettable!

Awaken to Good Mourning

Awaken to Good Mourning
Author: Mark E. Hundley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2010
Genre:
ISBN: 9781092712354

Awaken to Good Mourning - An Essential and Practical Guide for Dealing With Grief.Rebuild your life after the loss of a loved one. Awaken to Good Mourning, which became an Amazon Kindle bestseller in less than 24 hours, is an essential guide for anyone struggling to cope with grief. The courage required to make it through such an intensely personal journey can be found in this book. After experiencing his own heart-wrenching grief, Mark E. Hundley created a life-saving road map designed to show readers how to deal with grief in dynamic ways. By using these effective strategies for grief reconciliation, you can learn to rebuild your life.Personal Experience With Grief. Mark wrote this book after his own personal experiences with death, mourning, and recovery. He, like so many others in our society, was not prepared to face the excruciating pain when his first wife, Christy, died after a car accident in 1989. He suddenly found himself the single father of a 7-year-old daughter. He was numb, angry, confused, and frightened as he searched for some kind of guidance and support to get through the tasks ahead.As he worked through his grief, he learned many practical principles and discovered some very helpful resources around which he rebuilt his life. He wrote Awaken to Good Mourning because he believed that individuals and families facing the devastating death of a loved one could also benefit from these resources and principles.Benefits For Readers * Contains sections to guide you through each of the three phases of mourning. * Offers essential encouragement throughout each grief phase. * Provides tips to help you with challenges and choices that are common for each grief phase. * Outlines how to cope with various emotional and physical feelings related to grief. * Helps you track your progress using a mourning assessment. * Includes a list of important paperwork and things to remember and consider when dealing with the loss of a loved one. * Features several personal worksheets focusing on topics, such as building an action plan and creating a life plan.Valuable Grief Resource. Awaken to Good Mourning * Has been given by life insurance companies and funeral homes as a gift to client families. * Has been referenced and quoted in scholarly articles and graduate level counseling textbooks. * Has been shared with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of death losses.About Mark E. Hundley Experienced Grief Counselor Mark and his wife, Vanessa, own McKinney Counseling Services in McKinney, TX and their main specialty is grief counseling. He is a Life Transition Specialist with a specific expertise in the field of grief. He works with individuals, families and corporations to create and implement strategies for powerful living despite obstacles faced. Mark is also a public speaker and has traveled throughout the country speaking to various groups regarding coping with grief. He is a co-founder of the Journey of Hope Grief Support Center in Plano, TX, a non-profit agency that provides free group grief support to children, adolescents and their parents or adult caregivers as they learn to mourn the death of a loved one. Education and Credentials Mark earned his B.A. in Sociology from Hardin-Simmons University and his Master's in Counseling from the University of North Texas. .He has worked with children, youth and families since 1971 in various capacities - ministry, education and private counseling practice.

Awakening by Grief

Awakening by Grief
Author: Liz Hernandez
Publisher: Tellwell Talent
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780228827993

Awakening by Grief is a book that brings you to the Author's misfortune, the death of her daughter, leaving her in a feeling of despair and sadness. Unfolding her daughter's life, she enters a world greater than sorrow, pain, or despair, where she awakened her gift that one time forgot. Awakening by Grief will bring you through the Author's grieving process seeing life through her eyes.

Turning the Corner on Grief Street: Loss and Bereavement as a Journey of Awakening

Turning the Corner on Grief Street: Loss and Bereavement as a Journey of Awakening
Author: Terri Daniel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2014-03
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780962306242

Turning the Corner on Grief Street introduces a brave new world in which grief can be viewed as a gift as well as a tragedy. In this world, death is not the enemy, and grief does not have to be paralyzing. Instead, we can welcome the ways in which grief shakes us loose from our spiritual lethargy and creates a wound that is much more than a wound... it is an opening. The remarkable teachings found here assume that we are ready to accept death and grief as not only necessary for spiritual growth, but also as a sacred experience that can elevate our perspectives and expand us rather than annihilate us.

The Silent Loss

The Silent Loss
Author: Cindy Kludt Spock
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1434342603

In every soul there's an story to be told, and for me, poetry is my way of expressing my feelings, my ambitions and my out look on life and all of it's so called mysteries. There can be no better way to express one's emotions I believe, except through poetry. This then is my life long feelings and experiences brought fourth in pose.

The Experience of a Spiritual Awakening from Grieving the Death of a Loved One

The Experience of a Spiritual Awakening from Grieving the Death of a Loved One
Author: Jennifer Granader
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2000
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN:

[Abstract] This study utilized the heuristic model of qualitative research to explore the question, "What is the experience of a spiritual awakening from grieving the death of a loved one?" The six phases of heuristics were incorporated into this research approach, which included initial engagement, immersion into the question, incubation, illumination, explication and a creative synthesis. Based upon the experiential nature of this, question which emerged from my personal experience, heutistic methodology was the research method selected. A review of the current literature failed to identify an identical study. Thus, this study was structured around the existing literature reviewed. Comprehensive interviews were conducted with eleven co-researchers to research the experience connected to the research question. Also, I practiced immersion into my own experience of a spiritual awakening from grieving the death of my loved one. The steps in the heuristic formula were used to organize data. Seven themes were revealed and identified through data analysis. These themes were I. Anger, II. Loss of faith, III. Loss of trust in the future, IV. Dreams/Spirituality, V. Making death a friend, VI. Belief in fate, and VII. New outlook on life. These themes depicted death as a connected experience to a spiritual realm as well as providing meaning to life for those who survived the death of a loved one. The co-researchers verbalized positive outcomes from their experiences of grieving the death of a loved one. These research findings could be used by therapists, counselors, clergy, Hospice workers, medical professionals, and individuals in search of personal growth. This study has implications for anyone dealing with the death of a loved one and the grief process.