Beyond Loss

The authors provide grief-recovery-related content on a memorial site called Tributes.com, to which readers submit personal and unique grief-related questions. Collected in this book are a bounty of personal and moving questions and the authors' compelling responses and tips. This book deals with grief from loss of a loved one, a divorce, a sudden downturn in health, the loss of a job, and even the loss of faith.

If you lost a relative, friend, or colleague before or during the COVID-19 pandemic, you know how difficult it can be to feel whole again, particularly at a time of uncertainty and isolation. With Beyond Loss in a Pandemic, Linda Donovan takes a compassionate and practical approach to help people move through their grief during this surreal period. You'll learn how to feel better, stay connected with others, and focus on achieving your most important priorities. Linda offers insight from her perspective as a grief support volunteer for hospice, where she has helped countless people to rebuild their lives, and from her own experience with loss.

"Beyond Loss: Rebuilding from the Ashes" chronicles the extraordinary life of Onesimus Malatji, beginning with his challenging high school years marked by isolation and a lack of direction. Despite these early setbacks, Malatji discovers a passion for electronics and computers, which sets the foundation for his future endeavours. The narrative delves into his initial business attempts, from repairing computers to mastering graphic design, demonstrating his self-taught abilities and adaptability. As Malatji's journey unfolds, the book highlights the establishment of Loxion Onys Printing Agency, marking his first significant venture into the entrepreneurial world. His business evolves to encompass publishing and printing services, showcasing his ability to identify and seize new opportunities. The story captures the complexities of business partnerships, detailing both the challenges and successes Malatji encounters as he collaborates with others. Transitioning into the world of telecommunications, Malatji's story takes a turn, depicting his foray into this new industry and the setbacks he faces, including sabotage and partnership difficulties. Yet, his resilience shines through as he navigates these challenges, always emerging more knowledgeable and determined. A significant pivot in Malatji's career occurs as he embraces writing, a move that opens a new chapter in his life. The book celebrates his astounding accomplishment as an author of 147 publications, spanning e-books, hardcopies, and audiobooks, highlighting his global recognition and the impact of his work. "Beyond Loss: Rebuilding from the Ashes" concludes with reflective insights, offering lessons learned from Malatji's diverse entrepreneurial experiences. The epilogue focuses on the legacy he has built, not only in terms of business success but also in the enduring impact he has made on those around him and the readers of his books. His life story stands as a beacon of hope and a guide for anyone facing adversity, encouraging resilience, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of dreams.

The goal of this collection of interdisciplinary essays by internationally established scholars is to see beyond the loss in dementia to the transformation and change, often in collaboration with others, of both personhood and identity. The collection identifies a number of new empirical, theoretical, and methodological areas that will be central to both research on and clinical practice concerned with age-related dementia in the coming years. Three general themes are identified as being of particular importance and interest: persons and personhood, identity and agency, and the social and the communal.

Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded this landmark work on the impact of death on the family system.

Congratulations! You have reached your goal weight. Now what? How will you maintain it? What makes this time any different from the last 5, 10, 15, or more times you achieved success only to regain the weight and then some? This book is about weight management, not weight loss, as we all know how to lose weight. The fact that you have been on numerous diets over the years and successfully lost weight means you are an expert on losing weight. However, like me, what you are lacking is a plan to keep it off permanently. Inside these pages you will find step-by-step instructions on the 7 Essential Success Factors for maintaining your goal weight while living an organic, authentic, strong, lean, and healthy life. Beyond Weight Loss shows you how to maintain your weight loss through: - doing what you love and feel passionate about; - being where you want to be and doing what you want and with whom; - embracing who you are and what you do; - speaking your truth; - not fighting what is; - walking through open doors and leaving closed doors alone; - understanding that changes occur and knowing the right time, place, and conditions; - not taking things so personally; and - enjoying the moment and having the answers you seek.

A validating new approach to the long-term grieving process that explains why we feel "stuck," why that's normal, and how shifting our perception of grief can help us grow--from the New York Times bestselling author of Motherless Daughters "This is perhaps one of the most important books about grief ever written. It finally dispels the myth that we are all supposed to get over the death of a loved one."--Claire Bidwell Smith, author of Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief Aren't you over it yet? Anyone who has experienced a major loss in their past knows this question. We've spent years fielding versions of it, both explicit and implied, from family, colleagues, acquaintances, and friends. We recognize the subtle cues--the slight eyebrow lift, the soft, startled "Oh! That long ago?"--from those who wonder how an event so far in the past can still occupy so much precious mental and emotional real estate. Because of the common but false assumption that grief should be time-limited, too many of us believe we're grieving "wrong" when sadness suddenly resurges sometimes months or even years after a loss. The AfterGrief explains that the death of a loved one isn't something most of us get over, get past, put down, or move beyond. Grief is not an emotion to pass through on the way to "feeling better." Instead, grief is in constant motion; it is tidal, easily and often reactivated by memories and sensory events, and is re-triggered as we experience life transitions, anniversaries, and other losses. Whether we want it to or not, grief gets folded into our developing identities, where it informs our thoughts, hopes, expectations, behaviors, and fears, and we inevitably carry it forward into everything that follows. Drawing on her own encounters with the ripple effects of early loss, as well as on interviews with dozens of researchers, therapists, and regular people who've been bereaved, New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman offers profound advice for reassessing loss and adjusting the stories we tell ourselves about its impact on our identities. With guidance for reframing a story of loss, finding equilibrium within it, and even experiencing renewed growth and purpose in its wake, she demonstrates that though grief is a lifelong process, it doesn't have to be a lifelong struggle.