Navigating Grief with Humor

2019-06-06

Author : Melissa Mork
Release : 2019-06-06
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Book Rating : 248/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Navigating Grief with Humor by : Melissa Mork

Download or read book Navigating Grief with Humor written by Melissa Mork. This book was released on 2019-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grief hits us all. Death, divorce, a broken childhood, job loss, loss of identity, or the loss of a dream can bring us each deep grief. This book reveals what we can do to work through the tasks of grief with resilience, coping, humor, and purpose. Melissa Mork is a professor of psychology and grief counselor who has studied bereavement her entire career. When her husband died, leaving her to parent their two children alone, it all became very personal. Taking what she's learned from her academic and professional studies, and using her questionable sense of humor, Melissa realized it was humor, laughter, gratitude and optimism that helped her navigate this very personal grief process.

Navigating Grief with Humor

1753

Author : Mork Melissa
Release : 1753
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Download or read book Navigating Grief with Humor written by Mork Melissa. This book was released on 1753. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Loss

2018-01-23 Social Science

Author : Rebecca Soffer
Release : 2018-01-23
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 22X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Modern Loss written by Rebecca Soffer. This book was released on 2018-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics. At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map. Let’s face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit. Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they co-founded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and—above all—empathize. Soffer and Birkner, along with forty guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and witty "how to" cartoons, each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message. Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.

Finding Humor in Grief

2015-12-11

Author : Ruth L. Baskerville
Release : 2015-12-11
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Download or read book Finding Humor in Grief written by Ruth L. Baskerville. This book was released on 2015-12-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of my husband's untimely death, we had been married forty-five years, which meant I had not just lost my one true love, but I was also lost! We were each other's best friends, and whatever one of us did was filtered through the lens of what we knew about the other's desires. I thought it impossible to survive without him because there were too many tasks, decisions, plans that he alone managed. As I shared with close friends my struggle to accomplish left-brain tasks previously foreign to me, they laughed heartily. I saw that grief had a funny side. Each segment of my book tells a different aspect of my journey to successfully function without Waverly. I reveal my intimate thoughts and actions in a stream-of-conscience writing style, rather than to tell my story in chronological order. Most experiences are highly amusing, but for times when I found no humor, I created a chapter called "Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This." Writing this book was cathartic for me, but I also wanted to connect with readers who are mourning like I am. Humor is excellent medicine. I apologized to a dear friend for naively thinking that grieving over the loss of her husband was something that diminished in time. I foolishly likened her grief to a wound that looked awfully painful at first, but got better each day until only a tiny scar remained. I now know that these distinct scars will never disappear, and that coping with grief is the only way to find a measure of happiness again. It's called a "new normal." I've learned that grief is like a roller coaster, where the ride never ends, and the goal is to find the courage to let go your grip of the safety bar and raise your arms high in the air, as you "free fall" with confidence that you'll land safely, in your right mind.

Navigating Grief

2021-11-16 Religion

Author : Kirk H. Neely
Release : 2021-11-16
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Navigating Grief written by Kirk H. Neely. This book was released on 2021-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sooner or later, each of us journeys through the valley of the shadow of death. Full of compassion and wisdom, Navigating Grief helps readers understand how to come to terms with death, whether expected or sudden. It also walks readers through the process of grieving as we experience life as a series of attachments and separations. Through this journey of grief, readers will learn that God gives gifts of grace and symbols of hope to bring strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.

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