Books

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving, which looks at the way we experience the process of grief.
Just as On Death and Dying taught us the five stages of death–denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance–On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the grieving process and weaves together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, including sections on sadness, hauntings, dreams, isolation, and healing. This is “a fitting finale and tribute to the acknowledged expert on end-of-life matters” (Good Housekeeping).

The book helped me understand the feelings I was feeling and identifying each stage. Examples of how others deal with grief in each stage enabled me to identify how others experienced grief and loss, making me feel I was’t alone.

Dr. Alexander is a famous neurosurgeon who was clinically dead & came back to life & he explains his experience while he was clinically dead proving that there is life after death. It’s a famous book & he is a world famous neurologist. I have read it & listened to it many times. A fascinating read.

True story & autobiography of Cheryl Strayed & her journey through grief after the loss of her beloved mother – the love of her life. She hiked the pacific crest trail to process & come to terms with her mothers death – it was made into a movie starring Reese Whitherspoon in December 2014 & she was nominated for best actress & Laura Dern won the Oscar for best supporting actress as her mother Bobbi. A must read for someone grieving.

William Bridges’ lifelong work has been devoted to a deep understanding of transitions and to helping others through them. When his own wife of thirty-five years died of cancer, however, he was thrown head-first into the kind of painful and confusing abyss he had known before only in theory. An honest account of being in transition, this uncommonly wise and moving book is a richly textured map of the personal, professional, and emotional transformations that grow out of tragedy and crisis. Demonstrating how disillusionment, sorrow, or confusion can blossom into a time of incredible creativity and contentment, Bridges highlights the profound significance and value of endings in our lives.

The author discovered that there were 2 worlds: the world before loss and the world after loss. . And she realized just how easy it was to become lost in the gap between them, a space she coined as “The Waiting Room.”
I found this book helpful as I began navigating my new reality.

A woman seeks a support group but finds she doesn’t fit in… she’s seeking a group to help move forward and understand grief . She gathers a group of all different types of women as they push themselves forward.

This book is packed with golden nuggets of inspirational thoughts and details of this journey. Thoughts I may have believed only you had..

It pushes you forward
It’s worth the read.

It is written by a rabbi ( the book is not religious at all), who has spent the last 35 years helping people who were terminally I’ll deal with dying and their families cope with loss.
He relates real stories that are amazingly sad and beautiful at the same time.
A very quick read with many stories that are very relatable for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one.

Some good ideas.

I thought this book was pretty good and I recommend it.

Great book!