Life after Loss: A Practical Guide to Renewing Your Life after Experiencing Major Loss » (Fifth Edition)

Bob Diets, M Th, has specialized in helping people cope with major loss experiences for over thirty years. He and his wife, June, live in Mesa, Arizona.

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A revised edition of the grief and recovery classic—with two new chapters and updated information throughout

Introduction ix

1 Loss and the Mourning After 1

2 First Responses to a Major Loss 13

3 Getting Back on Your Feet 29

4 Perception 41

5 Sudden Loss or Prolonged Loss? 55

6 Steps to Recovery 67

7 The Inward Search 83

8 Four Key Facts about Grief 89

9 Start Now! 103

10 Grief and Growth 115

11 A Test of Endurance 125

12 Beliefs that Help or Hurt 133

13 Quiet Losses 151

14 Children and Grief 167

15 Losses in Later Life 177

16 Making New Discoveries 187

17 Significant Points along the Way 195

18 Choosing to Live Again 205

19 Opening New Doors 221

20 Your Own Best Friend 241

21 Preparing for Loss 253

Appendices

A The Role of Nutrition in Grief Recovery 261

B Words that Describe Feelings 265

C Forming a Support Group 267

Further Reading 279

Notes 281

Acknowledgments 283

Index 285