The Eternal Bond: Daughters Honor Their Mothers on the Other Side

by Janet Lynn Roseman PhD, Christina Pulchalski MD

Overview

Featuring 20 narratives from women who have lost their mother but still feel her presence in their lives, this book supports your journey of grief and spiritual connection.

Mother loss is unique and significant. Written by a therapist and healer who truly understands this loss, The Eternal Bond helps healthcare professionals and adult daughters understand and empower those who are navigating the complex journey of grief.

This book not only shares moving stories, original research, and tools for well-being, but it also assures you that your journey is unique and sacred. The validation of the metaphysical dimension offers insight into the eternal connections between mother and daughter, a connection that women yearn for and is timeless. Grief is not limited to ordinary dimensions, and the book offers support to clinicians and daughters on this often taboo topic. Supernatural signs such as inner knowing, dreams, and visions acknowledge this enduring bond and are immensely healing.

Exploring physical, emotional, and spiritual components, this book fills a void in grief publications and sheds light on the sacred bond between mothers and their adult daughters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738779874
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	11/08/2025
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Janet Lynn Roseman, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Integrative Medicine at the Dr. Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. She teaches courses in Spirituality and Medicine, Art and Medicine, and Death and Dying for medical school students. She received the first Joseph Moore Presidents Award for her work in oncology and spirituality from Lesley College and was a David Larsen Fellow in Spirituality and Medicine at the Kluge Center for Scholars at the Library of Congress. Roseman is also the Founding Director of the Sidney Project in Spirituality and Medicine and Compassionate Care™, a medical education program for physician residents.

Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM, is an international leader in the movement to integrate spirituality into health care. As founder and director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health (GWish), Dr. Puchalski's work has been featured in print, on television, and in numerous scholarly journals. She is the author of Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying (Oxford University Press) and co-author with Dr. Betty Ferrell of Making Healthcare Whole (Templeton Press).

Dr. Puchalski is a professor at GW's medical school and is board certified in palliative care and internal medicine. As a Medical Hospice Director in Washington, DC, she directs an interdisciplinary outpatient supportive and palliative clinic.

Editorial Reviews

"Here daughters write about the presence of their mothers even after death. These brief testimonies provide a mythic dimension to our ordinary lives...We come to understand that the veil between the living and the dead may at times disappear."
—Ann Filemyr, PhD, former President of Southwestern College, founder and director of the PhD in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership

"A rare and beautiful book that speaks directly to the heart of what it means to lose a mother. With deep reverence and honesty, Janet Lynn Roseman, PhD, creates space for the spiritual, emotional, and even mystical aspects of grief that are so often overlooked. This book validates experiences many daughters hesitate to share, from subtle signs to powerful moments of connection, and invites readers to view grief not as something to fix, but as a sacred continuation of love. It is a profound contribution to the conversation around loss and healing."
—Christine Anastos, MS, BS, founder and CEO of Connect & Thrive, Inc.

"Roseman combines her personal experience with grief and loss alongside moving stories from other daughters who have walked a similar path. The way she explores the deep, lasting connection between mothers and daughters, even after death, felt so relatable. I found comfort in her reflections on signs from the other side...The book also offers spiritual insights and healing practices that felt like a gentle guide for navigating grief."
—Kelly Daugherty, MSW, FT, founder of the Center for Informed Grief, LLC

"Roseman is a gifted writer that magically transforms a painful life phenomenon—mother loss—into a natural, developmental life process not to be feared but to be embraced in the metaphysical realm. The book provides research-based and anecdotal narratives that will touch your heart and assist you in nurturing the land of mother grief...She invites us to believe in the unbelievable, to see the universe with our eyes closed, to feel eternity even in pain, and to follow those who walked through pain and isolation from mother loss before us—and made it."
—Mercedes B. ter Maat, PhD, LPC, ATR-BC, HLM, professor, Department of Counseling, College of Psychology

"Roseman walks us through not only the practical business of living with grief, but also offers the reader an opportunity to listen to and identify with other women who navigate the unique bond and loss between mothers and daughters. Through sharing her personal experience, she lovingly weaves both science and spirituality into a story of understanding and hope."
—Theresa Wyatt Prebilsky, spiritual director and author

"Allow this book to be the companion who holds your hand, soothes your heart, and shows you the way. Janet Roseman has created for you in this book a very special healing pathway for those who have lost very special women, who were also their very special Mothers. Dr Roseman has successfully blended together a guide to assist you in the natural process of death, the reality of the spirit realms, and the process within our physical lives."
—Tina M. Zion, internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher and award-winning author

"Roseman shares her own incredible journey of grief and triumph over grief after the death of her beloved mother. She validates the multicultural phenomenon of after-death experiences that accompany the death of a loved one. She describes dreams, visions, and visitations by the dead in a practical, realistic, and supportive manner that explores human spirituality."
—Alison Bested, MD FRCPC ABOIM, director of Hyperbaric Medicine and associate professor of the Department of Internal Medicine at Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

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