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Feel Better in the Mourning: Give Grief a Voice

Embedded in stories are answers. Feel Better in the Mourning: Give Grief a Voice is the book that won't collect dust when you are grieving.

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Written in the wake of my brother's death from complications arising after heart and kidney transplants, Feel Better in the Mourning is at once a personal memoir, an informational resource for grievers, a collection of prose and poetry by mourners, and a stirring invitation to give voice to your grieving process through creative expression. The thread weaving these elements together is a candid narrative that will gently guide you through rough terrain. This book's unflinching willingness to go into the uncomfortable territories of mourning will elicit a deep exhale or two as you get permission to explore your responses to the losses you have absorbed.

 

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Feel Better in the Mourning includes more than 100 examples of prose and poetry by published and unpublished writers. Each chapter offers several suggested activities for creative self-expression. Topics include:

Belongings, Bodies and Rituals
Anger at the Deceased, or Unhelpful Helpers
Distinctions between Bereavement and Depression
Guilt over Actions Not Taken, or Moving On
The Elusive "Other Side" of Grief
Contact with your Beloved


To read an excerpt from Feel Better in the Mourning, click here.




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