Grieving Well: A Personal Journal For Adults About Loss [Paperback]

Judy Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 2002

The journey through grief can only be accomplished by the individual who experienced the loss. Written by a national expert in grief and trauma, this journal prompts the grieving person to reflect upon the issues that relate to healthy resolution of loss, unresolved relationship issues, circumstances surrounding the death, safe people who support recovery, difficult days, growing through loss, celebrating the memories leading the survivor to renew life. The memory of the deceased is savored, unresolved issues released, knowing the love, once shared, will never die.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This journal assists the grieving person through the normal grief process. Leading statements prompt the writer to address typical issues related to loss. The use of a journal is an effective strategy in coping with and reducing stress related to the death of a loved one. This journal can be helpful for any adult who is grieving any type of death experience.

From the Author

Following the death of my husband at age 30, I searched for ways I could help myself survive. After his death, I returned to graduate school. I chose to specialize in death education when I completed my doctorate. The death of my son ten years later convinced me there was a need for journals to guide others through the recovery process. Grieving Well and other grief journals were written after years of teaching and guiding many grieving people through their grief process. Life goes on when a loved one dies whether we like it or not. How we choose to live it is up to us. May the users of this journal find peace, knowing they can hold their loved one in their hearts forever.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Renew Ctr for Personal Recovery Inc (May 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971956901
• ISBN-13: 978-0971956902
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,395,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greving well is a First Class Journal, August 10, 2002

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Mary Ann Slaughter (Concord, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grieving Well: A Personal Journal For Adults About Loss (Paperback)

This book is one of the best journals on grieving available. I recommend it to all my friends and associates who are expereincing the grief of a personal loss.
Dr. Davidson's book allows for more indepth thinking about the greiveing process. Her openended questions in the journal show her first hand experience at gireving personal losses.She gently walks you through the greiving experience and allows you to truly feel and work though your loss. She asks you to refelct on expereicnes that other, less expereinced authors, do not ask ask. These questions allow you to get to the root of your greif.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grieving Well, September 9, 2002

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Sheila A. Smith (Long BEach, MS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grieving Well: A Personal Journal For Adults About Loss (Paperback)

I wish I had Judy Davidson's book "Grieving Well" 13 years ago when my husband died. Now six months ago my father died and again I face the journey of loss, loneliness, and the reality of not seeing my beloved father ever again. This book is a God send....it is a guide to be able to express ones self when you are not even sure what you need to express. It takes you from a beginning point and leads you down a path of recovery. As I began to express myself, in a journal form, I began to notice how much better I was feeling.
I recommend this book to everyone who has lost a loved one. It would be a first step in getting better.
Thank you Ms Davidson for you courage and for the gift of this book!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grieving is Work. This is your workbook, July 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Grieving Well: A Personal Journal For Adults About Loss (Paperback)

Dr. Judy Davidson has provided us a wonderful roadmap for the most difficult journey most of us will ever take. It's that trip from despair to recovery following the death of a loved one. In a loving, patient, and methodical way, her journal, Grieving Well, guides you through the grieving process by providing practical advice and permission to express sadness, fear, anger and acceptance.

Accepting loss is complex, progressive, and multidimensional. We are affected in every way that matters-spiritually, psychologically, physical, and our relationships. Sometimes we can deal with it head-on, but other times it time to run and hide. From my own personal experience, I need to focus on something-anything to get through it. The Grieving Well Journal provides a vehicle to both focus and heal. In a step by step series of questions, constructive direction is given that can be used for any loss, recent or more distant. By answering the journal questions you look at the qualities of the deceased and what you've lost; what else you have lost because they are gone, any feelings of regret and guilt you may have; how other's clichés and platitudes affect you, what you are doing to take care of yourself, and more. The questions can be done in any order and any interval-ready when you are. Alone or in conjunction with counseling.

If you're not ready for this book now, share it with some one else who may be in need of renewal...