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The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition

the Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses Including Health, Career, and Faith

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The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition

By: John W. James, Russell Friedman
Narrated by: Derek Botten
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Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on how to begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process' and work towards recovery and happiness. Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories as well as from others', the authors illustrate how it is possible to recover from grief and regain energy and spontaneity.

Based on a proven program, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to move beyond loss. New material in this edition includes guidance for dealing with:

  • Loss of faith
  • Loss of career and financial issues
  • Loss of health
  • Growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home

The Grief Recovery Handbook is a groundbreaking, classic handbook that everyone should have in their library.

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“This book is required for all my classes. The more I use this book, the more I believe that unresolved grief is the major underlying issue in most people’s lives. It is the only work of its kind that I know of that outlines the problem and provides the solution.” (Bernard McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chapman University)
Healing Resource • Emotionally Enlightening • Effective Grief Process • Impressive Expertise • Transformative Experience
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the book is helpful and I’m actually able now to think of some new memories that were happy times instead of sad memories that were later at the end.
I was able to listen at 1.3 speed for most of the book and then I only slowed it down to 1.0 for a couple of the instructions.
So I also realize that I’m grieving the loss of a loved one and grieving the loss of my job.
I like it but am having trouble completing the work because I do not have the visual for what to draw. Looked online helped some.
Death loss of a job etc good for everyone lol

Finally happy memories

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The content, the encouragement, the admonishment for recovery with action. Thank you for making this in audible format!

I enjoyed everything about this book.

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Impressed with the experience level of the authors. Well thought out presentation which leaves no one out. it will help me for sure... thank you Sara at the VA.

A must read for those of us suffering loss

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This book has helped me so much, I lost my husband in may 2022 and then my mom Dec 2022. Rough year for us so this has helped with healing and looking at it a different way. I was mad at God for taking them both so close. Definitely must listen if your hurting like I am / was.

Great for healing

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This is so helpful and I’m sure I can Google the visuals but I will buy the paper version and pick this apart both ways to really mine this treasure.

Buying the paper copy too!

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This book was incredible in so many ways. if you are dealing with grief, buy it. It will help.

A book that everyone should read

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This is an awesome book. Very eye opening on how we have been conditioned to grieve alone which doesn’t work. Do the work in this book and free yourself from things holding you back and haunting you.

Happi

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I have been helped so much with this book. The process working through grief and life long loss will help me for the rest of my life. Thank you!

Excellent

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loved the contents, very practical. compassionate with evidenced based, results oriented action plan. well read also.

a manual for grief

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This program may be a primary toolkit for savoring life and developing the resilience needed to journey through the losses that we will experience to find our way back to fullness of joy again, and again, and again.
The longer we are blessed to life, the more losses we will experience and the more we will need these tools and process.
The audible book was fantastic and the paper book is on its way to me now. Listen and read the book and take the offered journey. I am just beginning and can already feel a shift and k ow that I will not regret it!

Life changing!

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