Mourning Loss

In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her family were happily gathering for a surprise horror-themed birthday party for their youngest member, Julie, when the unthinkable happened. As Julie and her parents were walking home from church, they were hit by a car driven by an 84-year-old woman. While Catherine’s father somehow escaped without harm, Julie and her mother were rushed to hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries. Breathe Cry Breathe is the story of Catherine’s journey through grief.

Este libro nos puede ayudar a ser conscientes de los que supone la pérdida de un ser querido y cómo podemos ir caminando por el duelo y sus fases para salir transformados y crecer en el proceso como personas. Mirar a la muerte de frente nos puede llevar a darnos cuenta de que la vida es inmensamente importante y única en todos sus momentos, y que es posible vivir con más plenitud y felicidad.

A “conspiracy of improbabilities” was how Deepak Chopra described the tragic events that took the life of Joshua Rothstein in 2002 when he was struck by a car at just fifteen-and-a-half years old. That conspiracy would thrust Nancy, her husband, and their two daughters into a profound state of grief sparked by Josh’s sudden death. Yet with pure grace, the wall of death was shattered for Nancy, and she stepped back into life.

The tradition of Victorian mourning jewelry began with Queen Victoria after the death of her husband, Prince Albert. Without photography, mementos of personal remembrance were used to honor the dead so that their loved ones could commemorate their memory and keep their spirits close. Ashes were placed within rings, and necklaces were made out of hair, and the concept of death photography, small portraits of the deceased, were often encased behind glass. Wytovich's poetry explores the horror that breeds inside of the lockets, the quiet terror that hides in the center of the rings.

A revelatory book about death and mourning by a psychotherapist faced with sudden bereavement. When Juliet Rosenfeld’s husband dies of lung cancer only seven months into their marriage, everything she has learnt about death as a psychotherapist is turned on its head. As she attempts to navigate her way through her own devastating experience of loss, Rosenfeld turns to her battered copy of Freud’s seminal essay 'Mourning and Melancholia'.

Der Verlust des letzten älteren Familienmitgliedes ist besonders hart. Es ist dann so, als ob keiner mehr da ist, der Schutz und Rückendeckung geben kann. Nach dem Tod der Eltern bleiben Schmerz, Trauer und Ängste, aber auch die Chance, zu größerer Freiheit zu finden und individuelle Lebenskonzepte stärker in den Vordergrund zu rücken. Dieser einfühlsame Ratgeber bietet Ihnen Hilfestellung auf Ihrem Weg.

Caputo explora con sabiduría, humor y empatía uno de los temas más difíciles de transitar, ofreciéndonos las herramientas necesarias para nombrar y sanar de la pena y el dolor a través de anécdotas personales, mantras y ejercicios que nos invitan a emprender un viaje de comprensión y sanación profundas de la mano de nuestros guías del Más Allá. Las pérdidas van y vienen, pero depende de nosotros procesarlas y ser felices. ¡Aprovechemos los consejos que nos brindan los Espíritus!

Feeling like grief’s got you in a chokehold, and not in a cool, action-hero kind of way? Wonder if screaming into your pillow at 3 AM is a hobby you should list on your dating profile? Grief Sucks; But Your Life Doesn't Have To is here to throw you a lifeline and maybe even a few laughs along the way. Brooke Carlock gets it. She's been through the grief grinder, having lost her dad, mom, stepmom, and ten-year-old daughter in a span of a year and a half. This book isn’t your typical “let’s hold hands and cry it out” guide.

El dolor ha cruzado el umbral de tu casa, y se sienta un habitante abatido en tu corazón. Te lamentas como alguien a quien se le ha escapado toda la alegría. El semblante entristecido, la fuente abierta de lágrimas, los suspiros hinchados, el rechazo a los discursos innecesarios, las reflexiones, demuestran claramente tu carga de angustia. Este dolor debe provenir de una causa muy aplastante.

This audiobook is about my personal still-birth experience; an experience that was both harrowing and beautiful in equal measure. An experience that I would, never-in-a million-years, have predicted I could heal from, but I did. I really wanted to believe that life could be so pointlessly cruel, I mean where’s the sense in a full-term baby dying? But, I just couldn’t ignore all the selfless, kind, and all-round beautiful people that came my way. Those people paved my way to recovery.

Dragonfly and Other Songs of Mourning contains the collected poetry works of Michelle Scalise, dedicated to her husband and author, Tom Piccirilli.