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Reaching Through the Veil to Heal: Death, Grief & Communicating with Loved Ones in Spirit

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Having lost my only child to suicide in 2004 I found myself searching for answers where none seem to exist. Reading Linda Drake's Reaching Through the Veil to Heal I found some serenity and peace. Her words brought comfort and insight into death and the actual process of dying, so much so that I recommended the book to a girlfriend of mine who recently lost her husband to cancer. This is an excellent book for those searching for a spiritual connection with lost loved ones.

Dying is not what it's made out to be. Find out from the people who died and spoke through Linda to their friends and family on "this" side of the veil. One of the issues that really intrigued me was the fact that everyone who died what might be considered a violent or painful death was actually out of their bodies before anything happened. They watched their physical body go through that process. How cool is that!

"Death is like getting a box of crayons and a big fat coloring book in which to create the new beginnings of your next life." These words spoken to Linda Drake from "the other side" aptly summarize the premise of this enlightening book. For Linda Drake is an intuitive life path-healer whose work is often to connect her clients to their angels, guides, and loved ones who have passed over to the other side in what we commonly call death. Ultimately, that is the work of Spirit, that which connects us all to our true purpose in heaven.

Reaching Through the Veil to Heal does exactly that for thousands of men and women whose stories Drake shares with the reader. Meet the woman who has lived such a difficult life with a dysfunctional family and dying loved ones. It is her departed sister, whose children this woman is helping to cope, who reminds her that she needs to have less stress and darkness and to play more. Or read the account of parents whose children are now comforting them from the other side. There are many more similar and very different accounts herein, all weaving together a seamless picture of a realm where peace and joy are the true factors about "passing away."

These stories aren't told for the drama that might normally be associated with the exotic fascination men and women have with this unknown experience of death. They are stories directed to revealing one's divine purpose, the way to fully heal and release sorrow, the way to fully lived a purposeful life, the way to cope with losses of any kind not necessarily directly about death, the true karmic reasons for learning to consciously face the stages of death and dying (whether in a relationship or through physical death), and preparing for death but understanding it as a beginning rather than an empty, meaningless end.

Reaching Through the Veil is mystical, potent, sweet, and very, very practical in its approach that is bound to bring healing to every one who wisely chooses to read every page. Beautiful!!!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on January 12, 2007

Linda Drake is a someone whose words and experience can truly help to heal the wounds of losing a loved one. Her guided perspective is one that views death not as an ending. With the loss of a loved one in the physical body there is the opportunity for greater understanding and love while we are still here. I bought this book for my Mom, Brother, as well as myself. We all found it supportive and it helped us begin to move forward.

I met Linda for the first time at a book signing in Austin and bought her book after hearing her speak. I was not sure what guided me to read this book when I bought it but figured it out by the time I finished it. My parents are getting older and my father is a widower that grieves the loss of his second wife and soul mate. My sister lost her only son when he was only 12 years old. Reading Linda's book has opened my eyes to how to really empathize with the grief that my family members are feeling. I hope that one day they are open enough to Linda's messages to read her book as well as I found it to be very comforting. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is losing or has lost a loved one.

I love this book. Linda is a great author and healer as portrayed in this book with true life stories. [...]. I highly suggest a reading with Linda a well.

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/06)

When you read "Reaching Through the Veil to Heal," you will need a box of tissues at hand. The author, Linda Drake, is an intuitive life path healer. She uses her talents to help people contact those that have passed to the other side. Her purpose in writing this book is to help people better understand life, death, grief and the healing process. She shows you how to let go of the feelings that you have towards those of whom you have lost so that you can heal. Drake does not limit her advice to those who are dealing with the death of a loved one; she also talks to you about the grief that you have to deal with when relationships end. I really appreciate that she included a chapter on this because having a relationship end is really rough, even if the person hasn't passed on. She tells us, "For all of us, the loss of someone we care about, or even once cared about, leaves a scar, as our hearts have been wounded and be given the opportunity to heal." We still need to go through the stages of grief.

Mixed in with her discussions about the states of grief and how to deal with them, Drake shares stories of people she has helped heal. In spite of the pain of loss, these stories are beautiful and inspire hope that there is more out there when we pass. Her contact with the departed has allowed people to have closure and to get on with their healing. The people who have passed are also able to receive closure. She says that, "their soul is not leaving you; it is simply being released from a body that can no longer serve it." It is our fears of death and loss than can force these souls to linger here. We need to let them go. Ours souls are forever, not our bodies.

I recommend this book to people that are either in the process of losing someone or have lost someone close to them. Caregivers will really appreciate it because Drake acknowledges the hardships of what they are dealing with, not just losing the person, but also the helpless, hopeless feelings that some caregivers get when they become overwhelmed with their responsibilities. Hospice workers would also benefit from the knowledge shared in the book "Reaching Through the Veil to Heal."

Book received free of charge