Description
HEALING AFTER THE LOSS OF YOUR MOTHER -- recognized as among the 100 Best Grief Books Of All Time by GriefAuthority -- is a heartfelt and practical guidebook for those mourning the loss of their mother & for supporters hoping to help a loved one through grief.
Like a compassionate friend, author Elaine Mallon captures the raw, unique pain of losing your mother with empathy, honesty, and eloquence. She tenderly walks the reader through each step of the grieving process, offering straightforward answers to many common questions and addressing fears faced by those in grieving, as well.
This is an essential step-by-step guidebook for anyone uncertain about what to do or where to turn after their mother's death.
For those hoping to support someone through grief, this book also offers insight on how to comfort them by explaining what a person in mourning is going through and how to be most helpful to them.
If you've lost your mother, please know this: If you're grieving, you're healing-and you are not alone.
This grief recovery manual provides helpful information on:
- What Can I Expect? The List
- How Do I Do This? The Process
- How Long Will This Pain Last?
- Getting A Support System
- Shifting Relationships
- Identity Crisis
- Grief Work vs. Allowing
- Coping Tools
- Grief vs. Depression
- When to Seek Help
- Triggers
- Surviving the Holidays
- The New Normal
- The Path Toward Healing
- What to Do/What Not to Do for Someone Grieving
- Grief Community Forum Q&As
*BONUS: PERSONAL JOURNALING SECTION
- Notes to Myself
- Favorite Stories & Memories
- Gratitude Journal
Product Details
| Publisher | Elaine Mallon |
| Publish Date | December 19, 2018 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781733538909 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.5 pounds |
Reviews
"I wish I would have had Elaine Mallon's book Healing After the Loss of Your Mother: A Grief & Comfort Manual to help guide me through the difficult time of my own mother's death. This book is a wonderful guide and resource for both the griever and those that want to support the person grieving.
The death of your mother brings on a grief like no other, even when it is expected. This book is like a compassionate friend who has been there and knows just what you are feeling and the comfort you are seeking on each step of this grief journey. She writes with empathy and knowledge about grief and the winding path that grief takes you on as you move through the many emotions, thoughts, and questions that arise during the process.
In the first section of the book, Mallon is writing to the person grieving. She writes in a very accessible and easy style with short chapters, what is exactly what a person needs when they are fresh in their grief and find it hard to focus on reading (or anything else for that matter) She lays out straightforward ideas regarding coping tool and strategies and what can be expected at milestone dates and events. Throughout the book, she encourages the griever to be gentle and kind with oneself even if they aren't receiving that message from the world around them.
In the second section of the book, she is writing to those who are supporting the grieving person. She is able to express exactly how to best comfort and companion a friend or relative who is grieving. Again, her straightforward and compassionate words will no doubt bring much comfort to both the grieving person and those who want to support them in a loving and helpful way.
I highly encourage this book for one grieving the death of their mother, or for one who wants to comfort someone who is grieving one of the most significant deaths a person experiences in their lifetime."
-- Nancy Loyd, Grief Support Supervisor, Grace Hospice
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