The Courage to Grieve - Softcover

Tatelbaum, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0690019300 ISBN 13: 9780690019308

Publisher: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980

Synopsis

A title which takes a fresh look at understanding grief and intense emotions such as sorrow, guilt, loneliness, resentment and the loss of the will to live. First published in 1990.

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Book Description

Expert advice on how to cope with loss and bereavement

From the Back Cover

Creative living, recovery and growth through grief.

Profound loss and disappointment are emotions that each of us will experience at some point in our lives. Loss is one of the most difficult experiences to come to terms with. The Courage to Grieve explores how we can deal with every kind of grief reveals:

- How grief manifests itself in many ways, ranging from anguish, exhaustion, emptiness, resentment, longing, tension, confusion, sleeplessness and sometimes the temporary loss of the will to live.
- How can we help ourselves and others to cope with the immediate experience of death and the grief that follows.
- How children and adults cope with grief in different ways.
- What we should do mentally and physically to prepare ourselves for loss and bereavement.
- How grief can transform our lives in unexpected ways, encouraging joys and growth.

The Courage to Grieve offers spiritual, optimistic, creative, and practical guidance and shows us how to live with courage, not fearing death.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott & Crowell
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0690019300
• ISBN 13: 9780690019308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1