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Tracks of a Fellow Struggler: Living and Growing through Grief
By John R. Claypool. 1974
With over a million copies sold one s pastor s personal experience with devastating grief…
and learning to heal through faith has touched countless hearts John Claypool had been a pastor for almost two decades ministering to others who suffered through the loss of loved ones when loss hit home with the death of his eight-year-old daughter In Tracks of a Fellow Struggler Rev Claypool shares his own journey through the darkness of heartbreaking grief through four extraordinary sermons The first was delivered just eleven days after his daughter s diagnosis of leukemia the second after her first major relapse nine months later and the third weeks after her death The final sermon an inspiring reflection on the process of grieving was preached three years later Loss is something we must all cope with and one of the greatest spiritual challenges is sustaining faith when life seems most unfair sometimes tragic With a depth of compassion born of his own personal experience the author of Mending the Heart brings emotional comfort and spiritual strength to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved oneFrom Heartbreak to Wholeness: The Hero's Journey to Joy
By Kristine Carlson. 2018
A guidebook for discovering how heartbreak can become the doorway to profound meaning and joy from the bestselling co-creator of…
the Don t Sweat the Small Stuff SeriesIn 2006 after building the bestselling franchise Don t Sweat the Small Stuff with her husband Richard Kristine Carlson faced a shattering loss the sudden death of her beloved spouse Woven together with the remarkable stories of others loss and recovery her deeply moving story reveals a clear process of healing that is common to everyone and goes far beyond ordinary prescriptions for getting through hard times In her new book From Heartbreak to Wholeness Kristine offers a life-altering map for navigating the heroic journey from loss to joy one that ultimately awakens readers to a deep love affair with life Every day people suffer heartbreaks of some kind loss of a loved one divorce illness loss of a job or home and seek to understand why these losses and traumas have befallen them and how they ll make it through in one piece For readers who have endured loss of any kind Kristine takes them by the hand showing them how to traverse their own jagged edge of growth and emerge as the hero whole happy and empowered Each chapter of From Heartbreak to Wholeness includes powerful exercises in self-inquiry and reflection along with step-by-step guidance for writing one s own heroic story of healing Journey with Kristine Carlson and learn how you can walk the path from heartbreak to wholenessThe Promise of Death, The Passion of Life
By Jana Baldridge Vargas. 2005
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger: Turning Bad Breaks Into Blessings
By Maxine Schnall. 2000
Losing a Parent: Parent Practical Help for You and Other Family Members
By Fiona Marshall. 2000
Whether from a sudden accident or a slow, terminal illness, the death of a parent is devastating to adults and…
children alike. In Losing a Parent, Fiona Marshall helps readers understand the process of coping with a parent's death, from preparing for death to recognizing the different stages of grief, from nurturing the relationship with the surviving parent to harnessing new strength to carry on with life. Wise, compassionate, and practical, Losing a Parent is an invaluable source of support for a time of overwhelming loss.Science in History: Death in Beijing
By Daniel Asen. 2016
In this innovative and engaging history of homicide investigation in Republican Beijing, Daniel Asen explores the transformation of ideas about…
death in China in the first half of the twentieth century. In this period, those who died violently or under suspicious circumstances constituted a particularly important population of the dead, subject to new claims by police, legal and medical professionals, and a newspaper industry intent on covering urban fatality in sensational detail. Asen examines the process through which imperial China's old tradition of forensic science came to serve the needs of a changing state and society under these dramatically new circumstances. This is a story of the unexpected outcomes and contingencies of modernity, presenting new perspectives on China's transition from empire to modern nation state, competing visions of science and expertise, and the ways in which the meanings of death and dead bodies changed amid China's modern transformation.The death of a loved one is a difficult and emotional time for everyone. For most of us, coping with…
death and planning a funeral is one of the most difficult things we will ever be asked to do. Yet, we are generally unaware of our funeral rights and don’t know how we can have genuine and meaningful involvement in the funeral.In this book, Peter Erceg informs and empowers you so that you can have more involvement in the whole experience. He provides independent and practical advice on how you can make informed decisions about all funeral-related matters. You’ll discover:How to plan a personal and meaningful funeral.How to deal with death, bereavement and the funeral process.How to create a unique commemoration of the deceased.How to arrange a funeral without using a funeral director.How to administer the deceased’s affairs when the funeral is over.How to manage a digital life after death.How to cope with the loss of a pet.How baby boomers are changing trends in the funeral industry.“Coping with death and planning a funeral is one of the most difficult things we will ever be asked to do. Yet, we are generally unaware of our funeral rights and don’t know how we can have genuine and meaningful involvement in the whole funeral experience.”A Safe Journey Home: A Simple Guide To Achieving A Peaceful Death
By Felicity Warner. 2011
Have you ever sat with someone as they were dying and wished that you could make it a better experience…
Helping others face death with dignity and positivity is an act of profound kindness that also helps give the caregiver a chance to come to terms with this critical moment in our life s journey Felicity Warner reveals her guide to the unique experience of death in A Safe Journey Home based on years of experience in hospice care This essential guide will tell you all you need to know to help a loved one or friend to die gently and with dignity once medicine has reached its limits You can honour their experience and nurture it by giving them all your attention kindness and love Accompanied by beautiful illustrations that will act as a comfort to all those experiencing death or bereavement this book is a powerful guide to a subject that affects us allResisting Elegy: On Grief and Recovery
By Joel Peckham. 2011
In this thoughtful collection of narratives, author Joel Peckham explores the transformative power of emotional and physical pain from the…
vantage point of a husband and parent who lost his wife and a child in an accident that left him in chronic distress. Along the way, he fills a need for a brutally honest literary examination of not only grief and suffering, but also of recovery.Assisted Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision
By Lesley Close, Jo Cartwright, Terry Pratchett. 2013
The latest developments in the arguments for and against assisted dying, with a foreword by Terry PratchettAssisted dying is perhaps…
one of the most divisive issues of the modern age, generating endless headlines and moral debates. Published in conjunction with the organization Dignity in Dying, this important book provides a forum for expert commentators in a variety of fields, including religion and medicine, to explore whether the most humane response to the torment and helplessness of certain severely incapacitated individuals is to assist them in their wish to die. This collection is edited by two proponents of greater choice at the end of life, and all the contributors support the need to change the law. Starting from a position that the current legal situation is untenable, detailed case studies shed light on the negative consequences of the current state of the law which forbids assisted dying, and the lack of choices offered to dying people who are suffering intolerably at the moment. The book's case studies punctuate chapters, written by a variety of authors, about different aspects of the subject: these chapters attempt to address the concerns raised by the case studies.Heidegger et le problème de la mort
By Cristian Ciocan. 2014
Cet ouvrage est la première monographie systématique d'expression française dédiée exclusivement au problème heideggérien de la mort. Il se donne…
pour tâche de clarifier tout l'enjeu de cette question capitale de la pensée de Martin Heidegger. La nouveauté de cette étude réside dans une approche systématique et précise de Sein und Zeit, à partir d'une clarification rigoureuse de la notion d'Existenzial, en interprétant le problème de la mort dans l'articulation des structures fondamentales de l'être du Dasein Cette approche permet non seulement d'expliciter les différentes couches ontologiques où intervient le phénomène de la mort dans l'analytique existentiale, mais aussi de mettre en lumière la rigueur de l'analyse heideggérienne et la systématicité de sa démarche. En outre, cette investigation explore l'intégralité de la pensée de Heidegger : des écrits de jeunesse jusqu'aux textes les plus tardifs, l'ouvrage retrace non seulement la genèse complexe de cette question, mais aussi son évolution arborescente.The Caregivers
By Nell Lake. 2014
A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers and illuminates critical issues…
of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local hospital's caregivers support group. Soon members invited her into their lives. For two years, she brought empathy, insight, and an eye for detail to understanding Penny, a fifty-year-old botanist caring for her aging mother; Daniel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who tends his ailing wife; William, whose wife suffers from Alzheimer's; and others with whom all caregivers will identify. Witnessing acts of devotion and frustration, lessons in patience and in letting go, Lake illuminates the intimate exchanges of caregiving and carereceiving. Her work considers important and timely social issues with humanity, warmth, and concern: How can we care for the aging, ill, and dying with skill and compassion, even as the costs and labors of care increase? How might the medical profession take into account the needs of caregivers as well as patients? Nell Lake understands that broad policy questions are experienced personally, in the daily, difficult but rewarding lives of caregivers everywhere. The Caregivers is a thoughtful and tenderly reported depiction of the real-life predicaments that evoke these crucial questions. With more and more people spending their late years ill and frail, and 43 million Americans caring for family members over age fifty, The Caregivers is an important chronicle of a widely shared experience and a public concern. It offers a humane, realistic, and life-affirming portrait of what it means to give and receive love.The period following the death of a friend or loved one can be tumultuous for anyone, but can be especially…
difficult for children, with lasting effects if the loss is not acknowledged or supported. This book emphasises the importance of listening to children and helping them to create positive bonds that can sustain them as they go through their lives. It provides practical, creative approaches to support children in their time of bereavement and to those whose loved one is dying. By recognising feelings of pain, anger, and confusion through open and positive discussions, a child is able to build emotional resilience and create enduring memories of the person they have lost. The author explains the importance of developing continuing bonds between children and loved ones in times of bereavement and offers practical ways in which these bonds may be nurtured through creative activities, memory making, and personal storytelling.Raven's Light: A Tale of Alaska's White Raven
By Marianne Schlegelmilch. 2008
Zak was a normal raven until a vacation to Prince William Sound changed his life forever. Caught in the aftermath…
of the greatest oil spill in Alaska's history, Zak's inner light was nearly smothered as he faced the enormity of the disaster. Unable to reconcile the overwhelming emotions wrought by witnessing the devastation on millions of birds, animals and people, Zak ceased to do little more than exist until meeting the white raven from the heart of Denali. Paired beautifully with the commanding splendor of Alaska and its people, Raven's Light is the tale of Zak's struggle. Set amongst the beauty and people of Alaska's Matanuska Valley, Raven's Light is an intimate glimpse at the journey within that leads to the ultimate serenity of inner peace.The Soul Midwives' Handbook: The Holistic and Spiritual Care of the Dying
By Felicity Warner. 2013
Soul Midwives a movement begun by Felicity Warner has changed the face of modern holistic and spiritual palliative…
care in the UK and abroad Soul Midwives are holistic and spiritual companions to the dying They draw on traditional skills now largely forgotten applying them to our modern world to ease the passage of those who are dying Their services are used within people s own homes in hospices and in care homes Anyone with an open and compassionate heart and a desire to help others can train to become a Soul Midwife This book will guide you through the core principles and techniques of this practiceSmall Miracles: Coping With Infertility, Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Premature Birth
By Rachel Stanfield-Porter. 2009
SMALL MIRACLES is a landmark Australian self-help book offering practical advice, inspiration and comfort for anyone coping with the loss…
of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility.199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
By Loren Rhoads. 2017
A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography and their unique histories and…
residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Père Lachaise cemetery each year. They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city. 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.Trauer verstehen
By Kerstin Lammer. 2014
Trauer verstehen Trauernden wirksam helfen, ihren Verlust zu bewältigen und sich in einer veränderten Lebenssituation neu zu orientieren - das…
leistet professionelle Trauerbegleitung. Wie das geht, zeigt dieses Buch. Kurz und bündig werden die Ergebnisse neuerer internationaler Trauerforschung aufbereitet und zu einem Praxismodell entwickelt. Drei Querschnitte präsentieren: - Studien, die Formen der Trauer beschreiben, - Theorien, die Trauer psychologisch erklären, - Modelle, die Trauer bewältigen helfen Mit vielen Schaubildern und Beispielen aus der Praxis. Formen, Erklärungen, Hilfen Der Leser, die Leserin findet ein verständliches Buch, das mit Mythen über Trauerprozesse aufräumt und eine hilfreiche Basis für die Bewältigungsarbeit mit Betroffenen sein kann. Die Autorin identifiziert Aufgaben, die Trauernde nach dem Verlust eines für sie bedeutsamen Menschen bewältigen müssen. Sie entwickelt daraus - als geeignetere Alternative zu gängigen Phasenmodellen - ihr Aufgabenmodell der Trauerbegleitung: - Tod begreifen helfen (Realisation) - Reaktionen Raum geben (Initiation) - Anerkennung des Verlusts äußern (Validation) - Übergänge unterstützen (Progression) - Erinnern und Erzählen ermutigen (Rekonstruktion) - Risiken und Ressourcen einschätzen (Evaluation) Eine praxisnahe Basis für die professionelle Beratung TrauernderDeath's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework
By Dennis R Cooley. 2015
This book brings together the relevant interdisciplinary and method elements needed to form a conceptual framework that is both pragmatic…
and rigorous. By using the best and often the latest, work in thanatology, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, physics, philosophy and ethics, it develops a framework for understanding both what death is - which requires a great deal of time spent developing definitions of the various types of identity-in-the-moment and identity-over-time - and the values involved in death. This pragmatic framework answers questions about why death is a form of loss; why we experience the emotional reactions, feelings and desires that we do; which of these reactions, feelings and desires are justified and which are not; if we can survive death and how; whether our deaths can harm us; and why and how we should prepare for death. Thanks to the pragmatic framework employed, the answers to the various questions are more likely to be accurate and acceptable than those with less rigorous scholarly underpinnings or which deal with utopian worlds.New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
By Michael Cholbi, Jukka Varelius. 2015
This book provides novel perspectives on the ethical justifiability of assisted dying. Seeking to go beyond traditional debates on topics…
such as the value of human life and questions surrounding intention and causation, this volume promises to shift the terrain of the ethical debates about assisted dying. It reconsiders the role of patient autonomy and paternalistic reasons as well as the part proposed for medical professionals and clinical ethics consultation in connection with assisted dying, relates the debate on assisted dying to questions about organ-donation and developments in medical technology, and demonstrates the significance of experimental philosophy in assessing questions of assisted dying. This book is ideal for advanced courses in bioethics and health care ethics.