When a parent is nearing the end of life, children can feel like their world has been turned upside down, and they are often scared and confused about what is happening.
Drawn from her decades of experience as a hospice nurse, Trudy Harris shares stories that offer an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world--ethereal music, colors that did not exist on earth, angels, and loved ones who have gone on before.
"Frauen weinen und Männer fressen alles in sich rein" – ganz so drastisch wie dieses Klischee sind die Unterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen zwar nicht.
Being able to offer support to the bereaved is an important part of many frontline professions, such as nurses, teachers, funeral directors and anything in between.
Das Buch ist das erste Trauerbegleitungsbuch, das die Erkenntnisse der aktuellen neurobiologischen Forschung nutzt, um den Ausnahmezustand von Körper und Psyche in dieser Situation allgemeinverständlich zu beschreiben.
What happens when your father dies and you fly across to lay him to rest and find his estate is a spectacular mess of hoarded junk, bank debts, lost paperwork and rundown properties in a mining town gone bust?
Sei es die Isolation von trauernden Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Coronazeit, sei es das eingeschränkte Besuchsrecht von Kindern auf Intensivstationen oder ihr Ausschluss von Aufbahrungen und Beerdigungen: Kinder und Jugendliche werden in ihrer ausgeprägten Anpassungsfähigkeit in Krisen- und Trauersituationen von Erwachsenen oft unterschätzt und übersehen.
"e;I am learning the alchemy of grief-how it must be carefully measured and doled out, inflicted-but I have not yet mastered this art,"e; writes Judith Ortiz Cofer in The Cruel Country.
Filled with expressive sentiments and beautifully simple illustrations from award-winning artist and best-selling author Joanne Fink, "e;When You Lose a Beloved Pet"e; offers healing comfort with all who are grieving and dealing with loss.
An indispensable, compassionate end-of-life resourceAfter four decades of training volunteers to offer comfort at the bedsides of the dying, psychologist and Shanti Project founder Charles Garfield has created an essential guide for friends, family, and healthcare professionals who want to ease someone's final days but don't know how to begin.
Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "e;redefining mourning,"e; this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics.
Als ihr Mann 2016 an einem plötzlichen Herzinfarkt starb, verarbeitete sie ihre Trauer in einem Buch und beschrieb das, was sie an Kräften und Energien führte, um daran zu wachsen.
A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish traditionAfter One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today.
