Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss [Paperback]

Alla Renee Bozarth Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 1994

Dr. Bozarth shows us how to make grieving a positive action that's part of the healing process.

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About the Author

Dr. Alla Renée Bozarth is an award-winning poet, Gestalt therapist, and Episcopal priest. She is the author of twenty-eight titles of prose books, poetry collections, and audiotapes, including Hazelden's Life is Goodbye/Life is Hello and A Journey Through Grief, as well as Stars in Your Bones, Soulfire, Lifelines, Wisdom and Wonderment, and WomanPriest. Dr. Bozarth holds degrees in performing arts from Northwestern University and a certificate in Gestalt psychotherapy from the Gestalt Training Center of San Diego. Currently she lives near Mt. Hood in western Oregon, where she is the director of Wisdom House, a center for healing and spirituality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (April 19, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568380577
• ISBN-13: 978-1568380575
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Alla Reneé Bozarth, poet and prose writer, therapist and Episcopal priest, was among the first eleven women ordained as Episcopal priests in 1974 in Philadelphia. Dr. Bozarth is author of numerous books, including Soulfire, a book of poetry published by Yes International, holds degrees in performing arts from Northwestern University and a certificate in Gestalt psychotherapy from the Gestalt Training Center of San Diego. She has nearly forty years of experience as a professional counselor, consultant and mentor for individuals and groups. Dr. Bozarth currently resides at Wisdom House in Sandy, Oregon, where she now devotes herself to writing as a way of harvesting the fruit of a life richly fertile from experience and formal learning, plumbing the depths of the human condition, exploring the breadth of Creation from Earth's smallest creatures to the vast regions of the stars. In addition to her many books available on Amazon and directly from her or her publishers, she is preparing 14 large new poetry collections for publication. Watch for them on Amazon! Meanwhile, please visit her blog to see a revised Books and Authors Interview, hundreds of poems, prayers and beautiful images, complete book and audio resource information, a word and image tribute to Alla's beloved husband Phil Bozarth-Campbell, tributes to the fifteen women Nobel Peace Prize laureates in the organization's 110 year legacy with a special poem honoring the environmental activist and champion of women's rights, 2004 Peace Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, along with a full account with pictures of the Philadelphia Ordinations and anniversaries and tributes to women and men who prepared, participated and followed the historical watershed event in human culture: http://allabozarthwordsandimages.blogspot.com/

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for all kinds of grief jouneys!, October 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss (Paperback)

I read this book in 1994 to help me with the loss of my grandmother to cancer. As I was reading the book, I began to understand how many other ways I had experienced grief in my life and never even knew it because "we don't talk about things like that". I understood how changing jobs, moving to a new state, and giving birth are all moments in my life when I experienced change, and as a result, grief. I learned/understood that my emotional responses to each of these situations were not crazy but normal, and that awareness allowed me to work through the grief process much better. I was also better able to support myself in healthy ways. Because of the chapter on personal illness or the illness of a loved one, I have been sharing this information with the patients at my hospital ever since. The patients (and their loved ones) are experiencing grief as they learn to cope with a temporary or permanent disability as the result of illness, accident, or surgery. I am truly grateful that I found this book so that I can heal through my own grief, as well as support the people I meet on a daily basis. Many of the patients and their loved ones have thanked me for sharing this information with them and commented on how much the information has helped them to begin healing through their changes.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool for processing grief., October 14, 1999

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This review is from: Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss (Paperback)

I discovered this book in the early 90's after my Father passed away from cancer. There had been many deaths in my small family - a sister at 19 (auto crash) and 3 weeks later my first husband committed suicide several years ago. This book enabled me to work through the grief that had been unresolved for a long time and regain self-esteem which tragedy destroys. I was so impressed that she didn't "preach" - she shared her own experience. I have used this book through the years for reference and have passed it on to friends. I have bought 3 copies just for myself because no one wants to give it up after they read it. My present copy is dog-eared and highlighted throughout. My husband and soul-mate died almost 2 years ago - also from cancer. Once again, this book is helping me, especially when I learned that Bozarth-Campbell had lost her husband after writing it. She had added a prologue describing the additional grief she suffered. I am now ordering a copy for a friend who is also going through grief. I highly recommend Life is Goodbye for anyone experiencing grief of any kind. It doesn't have to be a death. Thank you Dr. Bozarth-Campbell for saving the sanity of many.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death is not limited to the dying, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss (Paperback)

Bozarth walks you through all kinds of loss. Loss is of a friendship, a job, an age, or a beloved person or pet. This book is conclusive evidence that we will encounter many deaths within our lifetime, and as long as we have faith, we will survive intact. The trick is to acknowledge the loss, allow the grieveing and looking ahead once again with trust. This book is a great restoritive. I bought it first for a sociology class, then bought four more copies to give.