The Little Book Of Grieving

This beautiful, non-judgemental book on Loss and Grief is the perfect gift for yourself or others in times of deep sadness. It can be sent instead of flowers to remind people that they are not alone in their experiences and emotions.Liz Crowe has taken the complex theories of loss and grief and created a book with simple, easy to read text that is complemented by gentle illustrations. This book while designed for adults is accessible to people of all ages - including children and people with a range of literacy levels. This book could be used by schools and by therapists to work with clients in times of crisis.It would also be the ideal coffee table book in GP surgeries, medical specialists offices and solicitor rooms. Easy to pick up and put down it will have readers returning to its pages again and again for comfort and assurance. About the Author Liz Crowe has 20 years' experience counselling adults, children and families during loss, grief, crisis and bereavement. She has a gift for encouraging belief in the future even after seemingly unbearable loss and sadness. She speaks regularly at conferences and workshops nationally and internationally. Liz creatively divides her time between writing, counselling, public speaking, research and raising her own family.

What led you to a book about grieving? Is it because you feel like a piece of you is missing and you need to know why you're so broken hearted? Or is it because you know someone who has been bereaved and you want to understand more about grief to help them? Sadly, at some time in our lives we will all be affected by death and loss...If you are affected by loss or know someone grieving, this book is for you...and for them. I think everyone should have a crash course in how to deal with grief, but then I would say that, as I am a bereavement volunteer. If you want to learn a lot of basic facts in a very short time then this book can help you. This little pocket book is full of useful information, guidance, straight-forward theories as well as personal anonymous grief stories to help you when grieving. If you're new to grief, then it will give you an outline of what you can expect, for when you experience a death or significant loss in your life. You will also discover - A useful acronym to remember what grieving is - The many different grief reactions in your mind and body - 3 easy theories to help understand the roots and range of grief reactions - Why grieving is individual and why we all grieve in our way, in our own time - How to cope - Why grieving is about remembering and the many ways you can do this - How to live with grief - How to support those who are grieving Given that grief will visit us all at one time or another, this book will - I hope - help some of you find your personal pathway to understanding and managing your grief as well as supporting those who are grieving. Grief caused by death, loss and change can have a powerful effect on your life. It can be agonising, gut-wrenching, soul destroying and extremely tiring. It can be exhausting. But you need to know it won't always be this way. You won't always feel this way. This little book is a pocket companion which is just what you need when you're feeling overwhelmed with the effects of grief. There is a notes section so you can jot things down as you go along and refer back to them, particularly helpful if your memory and concentration are being affected by grieving. It is a basic introduction to grieving and affordable to gift to friends, family, colleagues and others at a time of sadness and need. It is my heartfelt wisdom and experience condensed into a book, offering my help to you through these difficult days.

The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools is written by best-selling author Ian Gilbert together with his three children. Is a very personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, tried and failed and sometimes didn't try at all to help William, Olivia and Phoebe come to terms with the death of their mother.

A thoughtful and gentle approach to working through grief, specifically created for those in the overwhelming early days of loss.

The Little Book of Grief walks readers through the emotions of grief during the labour of loss. Based on the work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler's stages of grief; this little book attempts to offer big healing.

People who lose a loved one often have trouble relating to others as they grieve. This little book offers gentle suggestions for moving forward and is ideal as a subtle gift to recognize the tremendous pain of loss.