Helping widows and widowers to learn how to cope with the grief of losing their helpmate, their lover, and perhaps their financial provider, this guide shows them how to find continued meaning in life when doing so seems difficult. Bereaved spouses will find advice on when and how to dispose of their mate's belongings, dealing with their children, and redefining their role with friends and family. Suggestions are provided for elderly mourners, young widows and widowers, unmarried lovers, and same-sex partners. The information and comfort offered apply to individuals whose spouse died recently or long ago.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Alan D Wolfelt PhD, serves as director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He writes the 'Children and Grief' column for Bereavement Magazine and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, and Today. He is the author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart, and Understanding Your Grief. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read as many books as I could find when my husband died suddenly this year. This was the most helpful one I found. I have since bought at least three more for friends in the same circumstances. I reccommend it highly.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is so easy to lose sight of daily life and things that need to be done. Uppermost in our minds is the loss of our loved one. How can the rest of the world keep going to work, shopping for groceries, worship, keep up with sporting activities and volunteer work? My world has changed. It is empty. Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart helps to keep us focused during our mourning so we can get back the life our spouse would want us to enjoy living.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is very helpful at at very difficult time. Allows you to acknowledge the hurtful or less than helpful things that people say and take them with a grain of salt.
Gives some great ideas for you to pick an choose from and do what you need at that time or what is helpful to you. I heard the author speak a few years before the loss of my wife to cancer at 54. When we had our loss I remember what he shared and wanted to get more details plus catch things I might have missed now that I was in the middle of morning and greaving.
Introduction is very good and sets the stage for where he comes from. I am and educator and like his material very much. Got related books of his for my adult children that were college graduates and early in their career when their mother passed away. I read and utilized the one for spouse personally.
Gives some great ideas for you to pick an choose from and do what you need at that time or what is helpful to you. I heard the author speak a few years before the loss of my wife to cancer at 54. When we had our loss I remember what he shared and wanted to get more details plus catch things I might have missed now that I was in the middle of morning and greaving.
Introduction is very good and sets the stage for where he comes from. I am and educator and like his material very much. Got related books of his for my adult children that were college graduates and early in their career when their mother passed away. I read and utilized the one for spouse personally.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Book on spousal grief.
I am a school counselor, and recently a father of one of my students lost his wife. His son shared that his Dad was really struggling. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eddy
Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart
My husband recently passed away at age 69, having had Alzheimers for the last 14 years. We had had a very close and strong marriage and while I knew his passing was inevitable... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lin
Modern & Helpful
I purchased this book for a co-worker when her 54-yr. old husband died suddenly. They were inseparable and did everything together in their 30-yr. marriage. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. Breznai
Good advice; Poor design
The advice in this book is valuable and useful. The difficulty is that it is printed in a small, gray font. Good advice; poor printing.
Published 3 months ago by J. McGrath
HEALING STARTS HERE
I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS FOR MY MOM. SHE HAS TOLD ME THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK AND IS HELPING HER TROUGH THIS HARD TIME.
Published 4 months ago by ima
Helpful
When my mom died I purchased many books for my dad and this was the one that helped him the most.
Published 9 months ago by elizabeth heath
Extremely helpful and insightful.
After the sudden loss of my husband, I recently purchased this book to help me get through the grief process. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Martha Pellegrino
Excellent resource
This makes about the twelfth copy of this book that I've purchased. It was a great resource for me and now I share it with friends that have lost spouses and also bought a few for... Read more
Published 18 months ago by k
Inside This Book
(learn more)
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
