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The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery

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As a grief counselor, I've seen a lot of books about loss. But rarely have I seen a book that is so sensitive and accurate about the many feelings people experience when they lose someone close to them. The journal entries, prompting the reader to write about their feelings about the loss, are exactly the kind of thing I suggest that the people in my grief groups do. If you've lost someone you love, I can't recommend this book highly enough.

This book was given to me soon after my mother died. Use it at your own pace because healing grief is not painless. However, it is wonderful at making you express your feelings, giving you something to chew on for a while. The book gave me the opportunity to say what I wanted to say to my mom before she died (I missed her last couple of days). It's cathartic to talk to your lost loved one through writing, so I recommend you give this book a try.

I lost my closest friend to breast cancer. After literally wanting to die myself ,because the grief was so overwhelming I had to do something. I found this book and immediately started working through my grief. I still miss Kim, but I have the tools to deal with my grief. it is a must for grieving people.

Unlike the reader who found this book shallow, I found it really helpful in every way. Perhaps the shallowness was in the reader, not the book. I found this book really heped me to make sense of my experience with loss, and understand what I was going through. The lessons learned from the book - actually, what the book helped me learn about myself - have helped me grow and I continue to use and think about the things I've learned about myself and the loss of someone close to me. The book is as good as it gets when it comes to helping. Thanks to the author!

The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery

A group of 3 other women began this journey with me in January 2010. A pair of friends in Oregon had recommended it to me and had suggested that I do it with another friend and so we all got together and began. We made the committment to finish it no matter what "life issues" got in the way, and 8 months later, we did. 2 women had recently lost sons who were in their late 20's, 1 woman was grieving the recent of her father, and I was grieving the loss of my mobility.

While I can't speak for the other women specifically, I can say, this book was life changing, truly. I began as I said grieving my loss of mobility, but ended up grieving my loss of parents (they died in the 70's) my brother (he died in 2000!) and my dog who died in 2009!). This book gives so many wonderful tool, but more than that, affirming, uplifting, concrete writing, reading & exercises to be shared that let you know that the things your are feeling..... everyone else feels just the same, REALLY.

We started another group 3 months later, and reading what I had written with the newer group was such a revelation. I realized how far I had progressed.

I'll be ordering a new book, as we are now in the process of starting ANOTHER group with some more people. This will be now 11 people who have gone through this book with me. I'm so grateful for all I am learning. Please, try it. You will be amazed, IF YOU DO THE WORK, WITH OTHERS!

I used this journal 7 years ago after losing my 31 year old brother. I have since recommended it to anyone I know who has suffered a loss. In addition to grief counseling, I think this was the single most effective tool for beginning to put my life back together. I still have the completed journal and go back from time to time and realize how far I have come. I would highly recommend this wonderful book!

This, obviously, is not a book to just read. It is indeed a workbook and everyone will go at their own pace. It is hard to give it a "book review" because it is a work in progress. Based on the amount I have already done and looking ahead I like the book, because it does have a lot of questions and "food for thought" to work through the pain of losing loved ones. Writing it out is the journaling process and gives one an opportunity to address issues we may not even have thought of. I would recommend this book, even though I thought it was a bit pricey.

I purchased this book three times, the first was when my sister passed; but,I never used it for grieving for her. However, my daughter recently passed and I picked up this book in my bookcase at a most crucial time in my life. I won't go through the obvious emotions, but, I will say that this book was everything I could hope for. I write a lot, and journalism is productive for me, it helps me to sort, visibly, through the mess.
I again purchased this edition for a close friend when his mother passed and I am hoping that he will find the comfort that I have through the research and writing process.
And, ultimately, I purchased a third copy for an impending death of another family member because I realize that, with time, my thoughts being structured through guidance in this book will once again bring me comfort. The control over such situations is not ours, the result, is. Additionally, should something happen to me, my family can know my purest thoughts and how I worked through the pain and anguish, leading them to a resource to help them to become stronger individuals.

it has helped me

Arrived nine days after ordering. Was in a recyclable bag, however the bag was not padded. The only damage to the book was on the front and back covers. I believe this was due to packaging and could have been avoided. Still, it was a fair price for what I received. I would order from this seller again.