Grief Loss Psychology

Author Joanne Steen tackles the subject that terrifies parents of military personnel - the death of their son or daughter on active duty. In short, accessible chapters Gold Star parents find thoughtful explanations and trustworthy advice for coping with military grief. Steen weaves together realistic examples with voices of other Gold Star parents, connecting the listeners to the wisdom of those parents who have walked in their shoes.

Finding Comfort is a book about easing grief and trauma after unimaginable horrors - mass shootings, catastrophic natural disasters, and terrorist acts. Through personal recollections of responding to tragedy, combined with a practical application, Earl Johnson offers listeners the tools they need to seek support and offer it to those in need. The book walks through the life cycle of disaster care from the first hours and days to the years that follow.

The issues that surround the loss of a spouse are numerous and complex. A very small sampling of these issues include helping children cope with a parent's death, re-entering the workplace and eventually re-entering the world of dating, love and intimacy; as well as moving through a profoundly emotional period. The widowed must find a way to accept and deal with these oftentimes conflicting and confusing emotions while being expected to "carry on and carry forward" by those around them.

Life is full of tough transitions, and they are a bitch! Ugly divorce, death of a spouse, losing a parent to dementia or worse, losing your mind and body through menopause or other physical changes, and losing children to college and then to adulthood. These losses can take you out right to the edge of sadness and even despair. I know you can’t see it now, but inside the turbulence, what you face now is a gift. I promise that you can get to the other side of these tough transitions.

Balena è la storia di un corpo che cambia e diventa gigantesco, ma è anche la storia di una donna che si riappropria di sé grazie a quel corpo. Dopo la perdita del padre, a soli undici anni, Giulia inizia a cercare di colmare quel vuoto enorme col cibo, finendo per passare da 40 a 96 chili in pochi mesi. Poi, insieme al corpo, cominciano a crescere il rifiuto di sé e la vergogna, mentre compagni e insegnanti iniziano a trattarla in modo diverso. Un memoir toccante e acuto che racconta la stigmatizzazione del corpo, il superamento del lutto e la ricerca di un nuovo inizio.

For people who struggle with their mental health, and those who love them, the call to action and support is long overdue. Stronger than Stigma shares the stories of people who have been impacted by this disease, and their efforts to magnify their voices and make a difference. The honest and raw stories in this book aren’t just about mental health and its impact on lives - they’re about how to change the conversation around mental health, and create a better world.

You’re riding an emotional roller coaster that takes your breath away. You find yourself going from happy to sad to mad in a heartbeat. Your relationships with family, friends, and coworkers feel strained or uncomfortable, and your energy is so low that it’s hard to get out of bed and keep moving throughout the day.

The Breakup Breakthrough provides clear strategies based upon research to help you heal and move on faster. Dr. C. M. Sense, with his years of experience working with individuals who struggle to overcome romantic grief, gives a guide to getting over your ex in a thought-provoking and easy-to-follow book. Breakthrough the heartache and stop doing things that aren’t helping you heal. It’s time to move on and breakthrough the breakup.

Explore the relationship between loss, grief, and depression. Discover how an understanding of the grieving process can assist you in working through an experience of loss.

This collection of writing...picking up from where Images of Darkness, Vol. 1 left off...dives even deeper into the abyss of deep depression.

During the COVID pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people have lost loved ones. Loss and grief are all around us. Dealing with the pain can become a daily struggle for those left behind. To create context for my workbook, I discuss my own range of life experiences. I also explore the stages which most survivors experience. At the core, those stages are denial, guilt, anger, bargaining, and depression. This audiobook is not a step-by-step checkpoint of the stages. I present a holistic approach that provides practical, workbook-style explorations of where you are in your own journey.