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Mom's Search for Meaning

Grief and Growth After Child Loss
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Description

Paralyzed by guilt, grief, and PTSD after her 2-year-old daughter Alice died in her sleep of unknown causes, acupuncturist Melissa Monroe determined not to become a victim in the story of her life. While taking the advice she had given to many grief and trauma patients throughout the years, hoping she could create a meaningful life without closure, she took notes throughout her healing process.


Struggling to advance her timeline beyond that of her daughter's - and still eager to be the keeper of Alice's stories - Melissa began to write about Alice's life and the impact of her death. She became her own lab rat, trying various approaches to healing with the hope that her experience might be helpful to others stuck in a trauma time loop.


As much a study of trauma's effect on time perception as it is an intimate view into the heart and mind of a bereaved mother, "Mom's Search for Meaning" shows us that meaning resides in the search itself ... with a spoonful of gallows humor to help the medicine go down.

Product Details

PublisherMelissa Monroe
Publish DateMarch 28, 2023
Pages276
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9798987152836
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches | 1.2 pounds

Reviews

"Melissa doesn't just say the way out is through, she very much takes us through what that looks like. And in being so specific, I think it's universally relatable. The final chapter is "To be, or not to be"-level work. This is mom-loss Shakespeare."

-Teresa Strasser, author of Exploiting My Baby, the upcoming Making It Home, and co-host of the syndicated TV show The List


"Melissa's book provides powerful testimony to the strength of the human spirit and our vulnerable, complicated, and yet inspirational ability to heal."

- Kim Cookson, Psy.D., founder of the Trauma and Resiliency Training and Services Program at the Southern California Counseling Center


"It is the story of how one person found her way - with grief and with pain, but also with humor and grace - back to a life that would be forever different, but which couldn't be, and wouldn't be, anything less than purposeful and honest."

- Dan Koeppel, author of To See Every Bird on Earth, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, and Every Minute is a Day


"The explorations of compassion are deep, Melissa's march toward love is inspiring, and the writing is beautiful. It is a book about child loss that - at times - made me laugh out loud. I will never stop thinking about this book. And I am so glad."

- Liz Friedlander, film and television director


"You have never read anything like this before. Melissa's words, crafted together in unforgettable sentences, empty of clichés and platitudes, can help one persevere in unbearable and impossible situations. Thank you, Melissa, for giving us a roadmap to get up and make toast again."

- Jo Kaur, Founder of Riaan Research Initiative


"In Mom's Search for Meaning, Melissa Monroe shares her deeply personal and heartfelt story, demonstrating that child loss grief is a physical, emotional, and spiritual journey unlike any other."

- Candace Cahill, author of Goodbye, Again

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