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Creative Grieving

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I felt lost and abandonded until I read this book. The person I loved the most was gone. I was unable to love myself or anyone else and was sinking in despair.The book enabled me to get back in touch with the loving part of myself. It helped me nurture myself through the pain of my loss. What is most awesome about the book is that it helped me to identify what I was most missing about that person and use that quality to strengthen myself and share with others. It was a Godsend in helping me through the death of my mother and my divorce.

Creative Grieving signals a turning point in the literature dealing with loss. Psychiatrist Art Samuels joins his 40 years of experience with age old techiniques from the East to create an effective healing process. It helps the reader transcend the fear of impermanence and teaches how to turn major losses into an ever available source of strength and joy. Separate sections in the book address losses due to death, divorce, money, status and moving to a new location.This book is strongly endorsed by eminent scholars in Buddhism and psychoanalysis.

I wish I had this book when my father died. Even now, eight years later, it's a Godsend