books about: bereavement     books:     Bereavement      90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life Don Piper, Cecil Murphey Revell, 2004 6,008 years out of Heaven, and counting... Donald Piper, following his accident, visited Heaven for 90 minutes, then returned to planet Earth to tell us about it. IMHO, evangelicals should stop their nitpicking. Granted: what Don saw while comatose does not quite square with Holy Scripture. But this guy had ...             Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Mitch Albom Broadway, 2002 Tuesdays with Morrie, Daily Life Lessons I enjoyed this so much the first time that I am rereading it. A heart-warming story about a former student paying homage to his favorite professor at Brandeis University. The book will tug at the heart and feed your soul, making you return for daily servings. Through ...             Wherever You Go, There You Are Jon Kabat-zinn Hyperion, 2005 Wherever You Go, There You Are This is a classic. Any day that I spend time with this book - usually just one entry at a time - greater peacefulness and focus are assured. And often the author's insights turn my views upside down - there's much to discover here.             Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief Martha W. Hickman Collins Living, 1999 Excellent resource I first came across Martha Hickman's Healing After Loss after my late husband died.It was one of the most helpful things I read at that time. In my work as a hospital chaplain I have given copies to several people who have experienced the death of a family member, and ...             Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church N. T. Wright HarperOne, 2008 Concise Culmination This is the best theological (not to mention eschatological) book I've read in a long, long time--a very valuable contribution to today's great conversation. Bishop Wright has written some very weighty, well researched and documented works on understanding the ...             Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish Mark R. Levin Pocket Books, 2007 Read this if you ever loved and lost a dog The dogs I have grieved most intensely over, I realize, have been the ones I who were in my life the shortest amount of time. Perhaps it is the deep wish that more time could have been granted to me with these dogs. So it was I think with Mark, who had only two short ...             How to Survive the Loss of a Love Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, ... Prelude Press, 1993 Ending the journey which started from the loss of a love and returning to home and being whole again. This book was the grand finale to a long journey which started from the loss of a love. This book lead me back to home and being whole again. I hope this book will help you in restoring yourself. Thank you to each of the authors for writing this book. Always ...             Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley Bantam, 1997 Comfort and Reassurance for the Caretaker This book was informative and comforting to me after I lost my mother to cancer. I wished I'd had this information while I was caring for her during her final months of life. However, it helped me to understand her needs and desires as I reflected on her health and ...             Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church) Forrest Church Beacon Press, 2008 Love After Death This is a MUST READ for anyone fearing their own death (and who doesn't?) or dealing with the death of a loved one. Written by a Unitarian Universalist minister dealing with his own impending demise, Forrest Church (son of the late Senator Frank Church of Utah) ...             Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith (Ballantine Reader's ... Studs Terkel Ballantine Books, 2002 Find the Power to Heal and understand After reading many books by several empowering authors such as Betty Eadie, John Edward, Sylvia Browne, and Tiffany Snow, that I am still reading, my life has opened up to me in such a compelling and wonderful way. This new book is well written, and thought provoking. ...             Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences Peter Levine, Ann Frederick North Atlantic Books, 1997 New hope for those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I am a Marriage Family Therapist Trainee who has suffered from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for over 15 years. Western medicine includes some form of medication and desensitization from the traumatic event. Although this treatment has been helpful, I ...             Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? Robert Schwartz Whispering Winds Press, 2006 Fantastic book! With my mother dying I had a lot of questions about the journey of souls. This book is packed with a lot of wonderful information and gave me a sense of calm and made me felt more accepting of situations and people in my life.             What to Do When You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids James J. Crist Free Spirit Publishing, 2004 Wonderful conversation starter This book was wonderful and a tool I'll use with my 9-year old son again! It was a conversation-starter because I was able to learn things that made my son anxious about that I wasn't even aware of and he felt less isolated because I completed the activities with him ...             I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye (Updated Edition): Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a ... Pamela Blair, Brook Noel Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008 A grief survival manual I highly recommend this book to anyone who has to make sense of living through this difficult time. It follows a timeline from the death time and assists the reader to make sense of what has had to be dealt with. The advice is practical yet lovingly given. The book ...             The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated ... Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney, ... HarperOne, 1994 "In the ground of primordial perfection, attain nirvana" This earns nearly a hundred positive reviews already on Amazon; it's been out fifteen years, and remains highly acclaimed. I read it when it came out, and remember being moved. Re-reading it (and this eloquent, accessible volume rewards such repetition) after tackling ...          products you might be interested in search for books communications, international, meditations, overwhelming, resurrection, understanding      toavi.com    web we recommend Tuesdays with Morrie, Daily Life Lessons randomly chosen book: Mica Moon and The Domed Cities