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Write from Your Heart: A Healing Grief Journal

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I was looking for a book that offered me the opportunity to write about my thoughts and memories and also gave me encouragement. Write from Your Heart is a grief workbook journal that truly helped me to sort my feelings and to write about my love and my loss.The stories, verses and healing activities encourage me.
I'm dealing with individuals who have hurt me with things they have said or done. Our family's loss feels so great to us. I feel as though I am unburdening myself without burdening other family members when I can sort things out in my book. I am stronger using this journal. Writing in and reading this journal is calming for me.
I would like to also recommend this journal for anyone who wants to create a keepsake of a loved one. This book is for anyone who wants to write about their lives, emotions and memories. You don't have to be a professional writer to use this book. It is written in an easy to use format. It also had some helpful healing activities that I am finding useful.
This is a book that requires you to do something which is write and that is what gets you through grief. You must do your "griefwork" if you ever want to begin to heal.
Go ahead and begin to heal with your own copy.
May you all find the healing power of God.

I was happy to see this is a journal with guided prompts, helpful tips and Bible verses.As I wrote in my journal I did find comfort as I worked through the pages at my own pace. This is a grief workbook journal that has helped me to sort my feelings and to write about my love and my loss.The daily prompts helped me to deal with some of the emotions that needed to be addressed so that I then could release them.
One prompt asked, Who has been there for you? Can you forgive those who let you down?
While at the time people said some insensitive remarks, "aren't you over it yet?" that hurt deeply. Other people came forward that I never expected would. Those special people were a great blessing. I recommend this journal especially if you like to write, or if you want to create a loving memory book, or if you just want to get your feelings on paper. It also had some helpful healing activities scattered amongst the prompts.
You will get out of this book what you put into it. Take the time to write. It is worth it.
My finished book is one I will keep to pass on to my daughter.

The 18 Key Points to Grief Survival was a helpful section to me. I can see that the author has come through the loss of her husband, parents, siblings, and other family members and friends and still has a strong faith and courage.
My life isn't over and I know I have a lot still to experience and to offer others. As is quoted in the book Helen Keller, said "Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in the world."
I have my days when I feel down but the journal is helpful to me in many ways. Some days I feel like writing and other days I just want to read the verses and suggestions.
I am going to send a copy to my friend who just lost her husband. I know she will find comfort using it as I have.
I was anxious for my book to arrive because I wanted to find comfort. Grief is a process and I think this journal will help me through that process.

This journal offers the guidance I was looking for because when I try to use a wordless journal I just don't know where to start. Write from Your Heart, A Healing Grief Journal, gently prompts the writer and offers suggestions to help a person begin the writing journey. It will help you develop your own personalized book that will be meaningful to you.

This is a grief workbook journal that has helped me to sort my feelings and to write about my love and my loss.It offered daily prompts that helped me to deal with some of the emotions that needed to be addressed so that I then could release them.
One prompt asked, Who has been there for you? Can you forgive those who let you down?
While at the time people said some insensitive remarks, "aren't you over it yet?" that hurt deeply. Other people came forward that I never expected would. Those special people were a great blessing. I recommend this journal especially if you like to write, or if you want to create a loving memory book or if you just want to get your feelings on paper. It also had some helpful healing activities scattered amongst the prompts.
You will get out of this book what you put into it. Take the time to write. It is worth it.
My finished book is one I will keep to pass on to my daughter.

I needed a guided journal to help me put my thoughts on paper. This book leads me down paths that I do want to explore but hadn't thought of.
I agree with the book when it says: In Write from Your Heart: A Healing Grief Journal, instead of being pushed to "get over" the loss of a loved one, you will be encouraged to embrace and record the memories you hold of that special person.
So many people were pushing our family to move on when we were still deep in grief. Many people don't understand what grief feels like and don't know what to say to those who are grieving.
One of the main things I now understand is that it is OK to grieve at my own pace under my own terms. Everyone is different and everyone grieves differently.
Some people may choose to keep a loved ones belongings close to them while others want to get rid of everything.
I look at the verses, quotes and stories as bonus features of this book.
I LOVE this faith based journal. I am healing a little at a time. The healing activities are helping me.
The daily prompts are guiding and helpful. I don't feel as though I have to write every day. I write when I need to and it does help.
Now I send a journal instead of flowers to anyone who is grieving. Only people who have lost someone of their own will understand how important a book like this is.

I was looking for a book that offered me the opportunity to write about my thoughts and memories and also gave me encouragement. Write from Your Heart is a grief workbook journal that truly helped me to sort my feelings and to write about my love and my loss.The stories, verses and healing activities encourage me.
I'm dealing with individuals who have hurt me with things they have said or done. Our family's loss feels so great to us. I feel as though I am unburdening myself without burdening other family members when I can sort things out in my book. I am stronger using this journal. Writing in and reading this journal is calming for me.
I would like to also recommend this journal for anyone who wants to create a keepsake of a loved one. This book is for anyone who wants to write about their lives, emotions and memories. You don't have to be a professional writer to use this book. It is written in an easy to use format. It also had some helpful healing activities that I am finding useful.
This is a book that requires you to do something which is write and that is what gets you through grief. You must do your "griefwork" if you ever want to begin to heal.
Go ahead and begin to heal with your own copy.
May you all find the healing power of God.

I have found that writing some of my feelings is helping me to remember the good times as well as to work through my grief.
Everyone deals with grief differently and needs to find what works for them. It is a long road and it is important to find friends, family and in my case strength in God.
I enjoyed this faith based book and will keep it always to remember how I was feeling at the time and to pass it along to family members so that they can have the memories I have captured on paper.
I particularly found the 18 Key Points to Grief Survival, from a woman who had lost so many family members, to be invaluable.
I found reassurance that I wasn't alone in my feelings and that it is OK to set my own grieving pace. No two people grieve the same and we all must do what we feel is right for us.
Working through the 1st's are so difficult, the first birthday, 1st Christmas, 1st everything is difficult. Then we must work through the 2nd of everything and while it will always hurt it does get a little easier each passing year.
The tough part is learning to live without our loved one and carving out our new life without them. This takes courage, time and work.
I hope everyone who uses Write from Your Heart will find a new peace as I have.

I am in a grief group at our church and we are using this journal as we work our way through the grief process. I have discovered that many of the others experiencing grief feel the same way I do and it is healing to discover this together. Our losses hurt us deeply and it isn't something that is going to magically disappear. We must do our grief work and eventually we will learn how to get the most out of our own lives. It helps to have others who are walking the same path as I am to talk to.
This is a guided journal that is faith based. The more I write the more I am gaining in wisdom and peace.

The 18 Key Points to Grief Survival was a helpful section to me. I can see that the author has come through the loss of her husband, parents, siblings, and other family members and friends and still has a strong faith and courage.
My life isn't over and I know I have a lot still to experience and to offer others. As is quoted in the book Helen Keller, said "Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world."
I have my days when I feel down but the journal is helpful to me in many ways. Some days I feel like writing and other days I just want to read the verses and suggestions.
I am going to send a copy to my friend who just lost her husband. I know she will find comfort using it as I have.
I was anxious for my book to arrive because I wanted to find comfort. Grief is a process and I think this journal will help me through that process.