Grief Diaries: How to Help the Newly Bereaved

by Lynda Cheldelin Fell, Mary Lee Robinson, Annah Elizabeth

Overview

When someone you know loses someone they love, what do you say? What can you do? How to Help the Newly Bereaved is a powerful etiquette guide that offers helpful suggestions, tips, and insight by 22 different grief educators and advocates who share what was most and least helpful when they lost someone they loved.



A comprehensive guide to everything you need to know to support someone facing loss, How to Help the Newly Bereaved offers straight talk to increase your confidence and comfort around the bereaved, and arm you with a toolbox of forget-me-nots and insight as you support someone during the most difficult time in their life.



"Should be on the bookshelf of every household." -MARY LEE ROBINSON, The Widow or Widower Next Door

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944328092
Publisher:	AlyBlue Media
Publication date:	04/07/2016
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Lynda Cheldelin Fell is co-founder of the International Grief Institute and an international bestselling author of over 30 books including the award-winning Grief Diaries anthology series. Considered a pioneering visionary, Lynda has interviewed hundreds of people about restoring hope after loss, including societal newsmakers such as Martin Luther King's daughter. She pioneered Managing Grief in the Workplace, earned four literary awards for her work, and has been nominated for five national advocacy awards. Learn more at www.LyndaFell.com.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Our World
What to Say
What Not to Say
What to Do
More Ways to Help
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Holidays
Understanding our Emotions
Understanding our Reactions
Understanding our Comfort
Understanding our Fear
What We Want You to Know
Our Journeys
Meet the Writers

Editorial Reviews

"BRILLIANT . . . How to Help the Newly Bereaved is a critically important collection of tips and suggestions written by the best of experts, the bereaved themselves. Who better to instruct family and friends on how to be helpful in the aftermath? Just brilliant."
-MARY LEE ROBINSON, Certified Grief Coach, Author, and Founder of Set an Extra Plate initiative

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