Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future
What Do You Do When Your World Falls Apart? For Donna Marie Thompson, it was a perfect storm of losses. She lost her mother, her man, her money, and her health. But it wasn’t just about the people, things, and conditions; she lost her plans, her dreams–the very future she had been creating. So, what did Donna Marie do when virtually everything she had worked and sacrificed for disappeared? She picked herself up, brushed herself off, and began to rebuild her life. This is not a book about how Donna Marie made the best of a bad situation and had a fairy tale ending. (She didn’t.) Neither is it a review of why these terrible developments were the best things that ever happened to her. (They weren’t!) Instead, it is a blueprint for learning life’s lessons, a guide for how to glue it back together should your world fall apart.
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Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future
What Do You Do When Your World Falls Apart? For Donna Marie Thompson, it was a perfect storm of losses. She lost her mother, her man, her money, and her health. But it wasn’t just about the people, things, and conditions; she lost her plans, her dreams–the very future she had been creating. So, what did Donna Marie do when virtually everything she had worked and sacrificed for disappeared? She picked herself up, brushed herself off, and began to rebuild her life. This is not a book about how Donna Marie made the best of a bad situation and had a fairy tale ending. (She didn’t.) Neither is it a review of why these terrible developments were the best things that ever happened to her. (They weren’t!) Instead, it is a blueprint for learning life’s lessons, a guide for how to glue it back together should your world fall apart.
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Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future

Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future

by Donna Marie Thompson PhD
Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future

Bouncing Back From Loss: How To Learn From Your Past, Heal The Present, And Transform Your Future

by Donna Marie Thompson PhD

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What Do You Do When Your World Falls Apart? For Donna Marie Thompson, it was a perfect storm of losses. She lost her mother, her man, her money, and her health. But it wasn’t just about the people, things, and conditions; she lost her plans, her dreams–the very future she had been creating. So, what did Donna Marie do when virtually everything she had worked and sacrificed for disappeared? She picked herself up, brushed herself off, and began to rebuild her life. This is not a book about how Donna Marie made the best of a bad situation and had a fairy tale ending. (She didn’t.) Neither is it a review of why these terrible developments were the best things that ever happened to her. (They weren’t!) Instead, it is a blueprint for learning life’s lessons, a guide for how to glue it back together should your world fall apart.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781600378263
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 226
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Donna Marie Thompson, PhD is a popular speaker and featured author in the best-selling book "Bouncing Back:  Thriving in Changing Times" with Wayne Dyer.  She is a Certified Professional Coach and a Certified NLP Practitioner.   Donna Marie hosts the "Bouncing Back" show on Real Coaching Radio focusing on relationships and other topics of interest.  Donna Marie lives near Washington DC and enjoys dancing and in-line skating.  Her motto is "Just Say No to the Status Quo!"

Table of Contents

What Others Are Saying About Bouncing Back From Loss
Foreword To Bouncing Back From Loss
Introduction: Everything I Held Dear
Preface
Structure of the Book
Author’s Note

Chapter 1:   Today All Is Well
1.    My Physical Profile Today
2.    My Financial Profile Today
3.    My Emotional Profile Today
4.    My Spiritual Profile Today

    Chapter 2:  Our Relationship History
1.    My Career History and Our Relationship
2.    His Career History and Our Relationship
3.    Our Plans Together

    Chapter 3:  Elder Care Crisis with My Mother
1.    The First Signs of Trouble
2.    The Move to Assisted Living
3.    The Medical Error that Changed Everything
4.    The Medical Runaround—Take One

    Chapter 4:  Real Estate Investment as a Placeholder
1.    Pre-retirement Planning
2.    The Unlikely Tenant
3.    The Six Happiest Months of My Life
4.    It Costs How Much?

Chapter 5:  Unbelievable Betrayal
1.    My Retirement Date Is Here
2.    The Betrayal
3.    Too Much for Me at the Same Time
4.    The Threats Begin

Chapter 6:  My Physical Setback
1.    The Painful Pinched Nerve
2.    The Medical Runaround—Take Two
3.    The Medical Dream Team

Chapter 7: Real Estate Collapse Begins 
1.     Decision Time: I Give Up
2.     The Market Is Unimpressed
3.     House Prices in Free Fall

Chapter 8: The Relationship Unravels
1.     The Second Threat
2.     Offer of Reconciliation
3.     Not So Fast
4.     The Third Threat Issued
5.     The Third Threat Withdrawn

Chapter 9: The Real Estate Collapse Deepens 
1.     The Price Keeps Falling
2.     The Price Falls Some More
3.     The Physical Toll on Me
4.     Finally, the Sale

Chapter 10: The Relationship Unravels Further
1.     Mediation, or Not
2.     The Fourth Threat
3.     The Attempt at Counseling
4.     No, Wait
5.     The Fifth Threat
6.     It Was Indeed Over
7.     Possible Rationale for His Actions

Chapter 11:  My Recovery Process
1.     My Physical Recovery
2.     My Financial Recovery
3.     My Emotional Recovery
4.     My Spiritual Recovery
5.     Entrepreneurship in My Recovery

Chapter 12:  Lessons Learned
1.    Career and Priority Lessons Learned
2.    Elder Care Lessons Learned
3.    Physical Injury Lessons Learned
4.    Financial Loss Lessons Learned
5.    Relationship Loss Lessons Learned
6.    Emotional Loss Lessons Learned
7.    Spiritual Connection Lessons Learned
8.    Retirement Planning Lessons Learned
9.    Entrepreneurship Lessons Learned

Chapter 13:  Looking Back over It All
1.    What Really Happened
2.    The Takeaway Messages

Chapter 14:  Tools to Clear the Path to Recovery
1.    Your Values Are the Key Foundation
2.    Overview of the 5 Es to Recovery
3.    The First E: Explore What Happened
4.    The Second E: Eliminate Unwanted Feelings
5.    The Third E: Embrace the Situation
6.    The Fourth E: Envision Your New Future
7.    The Fifth E: Energize Your World

Chapter 15:  Seven Common Obstacles to Recovery

Chapter 16:  Tomorrow Is a New Day   
1.    A Brighter Future Is at Hand
2.    Apply the Tools that Work for You
3.    Your Personal Recovery Plan
4.    Next Steps in Your Personal Recovery

Appendices    

Survey
Appendix  The 5 Es to Recovery Custom Coaching Program
Quizzes
    Controlling Relationships Quiz
    Relationship Readiness Quiz
    Elder Care Quiz
    Physical Injury Quiz
    Financial Loss Quiz
21 Stupid Things to Say When Someone Has Suffered a Loss
Suggested Reading List
About the Author

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