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Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.Chicken soup for the grieving soul: stories about life, death, and overcoming the loss of a loved one (Chicken Soup For The Soul Ser.)
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen. 2003
Accounts of people who have lost a loved one. Each story details the particular death and explains how the author…
dealt with grief and found the courage to go on. Sections include "Final Gifts," "Coping and Healing," "Special Moments," and "Living Again." 2003.Home with God: in a life that never ends : a wondrous message of love in a final conversation with God
By Neale Donald Walsch. 2006
Author of the "Conversations with God" books explores death, dying, and the afterlife. Walsch states that his dialogue with God,…
addressing life's purpose and passing, reveals that death is a joyful, peaceful experience - not an end, but an act of creation. 2006.Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
By Mitch Albom. 1997
Some twenty years after college, Mitch Albom rekindles his relationship with a former professor who is terminally ill. His weekly…
visits with his dying mentor become a colloquium on the meaning of life, and Albom gains insight into "love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death." Bestseller. 1997.Il existe une solution spirituelle à tous vos problèmes
By Wayne W Dyer, Mathieu Fleury. 2003
Dans cet ouvrage, Wayne W. Dyer nous livre un témoignage émouvant sur le pouvoir de lamour, de lharmonie et de…
la gratitude. Il nous enseigne lart de canaliser nos énergies collectives vers nos aspirations profondes plutôt que de les utiliser pour contrer nos lacunes. Titre uniforme: There is a spiritual solution to every problem.Sentinelle dans la nuit
By Fernand Patry. 2009
[...] Par-delà les différentes cultures avec leurs lieux de culte, leurs rites et leurs traditions spécifiques pour nommer Dieu, lauteur…
invite le lecteur à découvrir son propre chemin intérieur vers laccessibilité à sa divinité. Il démontre que cette essence divine qui habite chacun de nous a été créée à limage et à la ressemblance du divin auquel lhumanité tout entière doit tendre et aboutir. -- 4e de couv.Le pouvoir du moment présent: guide d'éveil spirituel ((J'ai lu.)
By Eckhart Tolle, Annie J Ollivier. 2000
" [...] Au coeur de cet enseignement se trouve la transformation de la conscience : en vivant dans l'instant présent,…
nous transcendons notre ego et accédons à un état de grâce, de légèreté et de bien-être ... " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The power of now.Éloïse: letters to a lost child
By Loïse Lavallée, Christopher Stone. 2002
Loïse Lavallée's daughter was severely injured by a drunk driver when she was a seven-month-old; for the next twelve years…
Éloïse needed constant medical attention, numerous corrective surgeries and was totally dependent in every aspect of daily life. A day before she was to turn thirteen years old she died quietly at home, in her mother's arms. For the next two years Loïse wrote letters to her daughter that reflect the long road she traveled from complete despair to taking the first hopeful steps to rebuilding her own life. 2002.Spirituality and ageing
By Albert Jewell. 1999
This work presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are…
religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of backgrounds. They define "spirituality" not just as a religious concept but as an answer to the natural human need for purpose, values and relationships - a sense of wholeness in life.The oil of joy for mourning: 365 daily meditations to comfort the widowed
By Jan Sheble. 1997
Comfort, support, and encouragement are offered for the grieving widow or widower. Contains 365 daily meditations to help lead people…
through the mourning process to a healing that only God can provide. 1997.A promise of salt
By Lorie Miseck. 2002
On a bitterly cold Edmonton day, Lorie Miseck's sister disappeared. Struggling for words to use in the face of sudden…
and complete horror, she tries to document the event, and the lonely and painful aftermath. How do you express the truly unimaginable? 2002.Option B: facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy
By Sheryl Sandberg, Adam M Grant. 2017
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure…
joy again. Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's research on finding strength in the face of adversity. "Option B" goes beyond Sheryl's loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere. and to rediscover joy. Bestseller. 2017.In the slender margin: the intimate strangeness of death and dying
By Eve Joseph. 2014
Part memoir, part meditation on death itself, this book is an exploration of death from an “insider’s” point of view.…
Using the threads of her brother’s early death and her twenty years of work at a hospice, the author utilizes history, religion, philosophy, literature, personal anecdote, mythology, poetry and pop culture to discern the unknowable mystery that awaits us all. 2014.The year of magical thinking
By Joan Didion. 2005
Writer reflects on her emotional response to the unexpected death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, after a visit to…
their comatose daughter. Discusses the shock of suddenly facing a crisis, the memory of their time together as a family, and the meaning of marriage. National Book Award. Bestseller. 2005.Finding time for serenity: every woman's book of days
By Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. 2004
The immortalization commission: science and the strange quest to cheat death
By John Gray. 2011
For most of human history, religion provided a clear explanation of life and death, but in the late 19th and…
early 20th centuries new ideas - from psychiatry to evolution to Communism - seemed to suggest that our fate was now in our own hands. Gray investigates the belief that the science-backed Communism of the new USSR could reshape the planet, and the belief among a group of Edwardian intellectuals that there was a non-religious form of life after death. c2011.What dying people want: practical wisdom for the end of life
By David Kuhl. 2002
Facing death, and the fear and anxiety that arise from it, is part of the human experience. Though much as…
been done to address the physical pain suffered by those with a terminal illness, Western medicine has been slow to understand and alleviate the psychological and spiritual distress that comes with the knowledge of death. Dr. Kuhl attempts to bridge that gap. 2002.A new earth: awakening to your life’s purpose
By Eckhart Tolle. 2006
Embark on the Inner Journey
By Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai, Atmarpit Snehal Shah. 2011
Discourses are one of the most effective means of making the Guru's vision one's own. This book is comprised of…
four discourses out of the many spiritually empowering discourses given by Pujyashri Gurudev through the decades. The teachings are an in-depth exposition of the sacred text Shrimad Rajchandra, devotedly known as 'Vachanamrutji' - a compilation of the teachings of Shrimad Rajchandraji. 2011.No flowers-- just lots of joy
By Fiona Castle, J Greenough. 1996
A sequel to GIVE US THIS DAY, in which Fiona Castle remembers the final months of her life with her…
husband Roy Castle before his death from lung cancer in 1994.