Grief Meditation

After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing with this profound loss, offering solace and illuminating a way forward. From January 1 to December 31, each day's meditation considers a meaningful quotation or passage on grief or suffering....

Thirty days of meditation for those in grief, based on Learning to Thrive Amid Grief: Understanding, Coping, Forgiving, Connecting and Finding Support During Times of Profound Loss, by Eugenia Rapport. Central to the book is the 12 Steps of Dealing with Grief, an original view of how we deal with grief while learning to thrive.

In Embodied Hope, Kelly Kapic invites us to consider the example of our Lord Jesus. Only because Jesus has taken on our embodied existence, suffered alongside us, died, and been raised again can we find any hope from the depths of our own dark valleys of pain. As we look to Jesus, we are invited to participate not only in his sufferings, but also in the church, which calls us out of isolation and into the encouragement and consolation of the communal life of Christ.

Written with wisdom, warmth, and clarity, this inspirational and practical handbook offers tools for overcoming problems and enjoying more fulfilling lives. Judy Tatelbaum contends that while hurt is inevitable in life, suffering is not. We cannot control our circumstances and tragedies, but we can choose how much we suffer over them. The author suggests "We can use powerful experiences like losses, illness, hardship, and disappointment as stepping stones to our own growth."

Loss is never easy, and the grief of miscarriage is a deeply personal journey—one that often feels invisible to the world. Silent Grief, Gentle Strength is a compassionate and healing guide designed to support you through this difficult time with meditations, affirmations, and reflections that offer comfort, resilience, and renewal. Written with heartfelt understanding, Michelle Jones gently leads you through meditations that honor your emotions, provide a safe space for healing, and help you find peace amid the pain.

Grieving the loss of a loved one, whether it be through death or choice, is a deep and profound pain that shakes you to your very core. It must be approached gently and with conscious care. This healing process does just that. Jane's great respect for the delicacy of this process makes her Healing Grief recording the best of its kind. Her soothing voice leads you gradually into a soft, safe healing space where, at your own pace, your heart will gently come to a place of peace.

No human being needs a definition of pain and suffering to understand what they entail. The most crucial question about pain and suffering is not “What is pain or suffering?” The most crucial question that demands a cogent and unambiguous answer is, “Why do we have so much pain and suffering in the world?” This is the question that has dogged mankind for ages. At the center of man’s frustration and anger with pain and suffering is the fundamental premise that God created the world. How could an omniscient and omnipotent God have created a world full of pain and suffering? What is ...

Finding your way through grief: A compassionate guide to healing after lossLosing someone or something meaningful to you is a heart-wrenching experience. In those moments, it can feel as though no one truly understands your pain, and in many ways, that's true—grief is a deeply personal journey unique to each individual. Processing your emotions in the aftermath of a loss has no timeline. It can feel as though you're left totally adrift, with no guidance on where to begin the healing process. So, what can you do to move forward? Opening yourself up to the possibility of healing and taking ...

Do you find yourself getting angry easily, or feeling like your anger is controlling you? It's time to take control of your emotions and learn how to overcome anger with the 30 Days to Overcome Anger mindfulness workbook. With daily prompts and exercises, this workbook will guide you through a journey of self-discovery and help you identify the root causes of your anger. Through mindfulness techniques such as meditation, breathing exercises, and self-reflection, you'll gain a deeper understanding of your thoughts and emotions, and learn how to respond to situations with calm and clarity. By...

In this collection, expert Headspace mindfulness and meditation teachers guide you through seven 25-minute themed walks to help you process and navigate challenging emotions. Each walk is rooted in mindfulness-based stress reduction and other therapeutic techniques from Headspace’s teachers and mental health clinicians.

Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that teaches us to act depending on what is within our control and separate things worth getting upset about from those that are not.

Few losses are as painful as the death of someone close. No valley is as vast as grief, no journey as personal and life changing. Compassionate and wise guides Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish and uncertainty; understand the cycles of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear, and depression; and face the god who allowed you to lose the one you love.

Wilderness Meditations is a 40-day devotional guide designed for the season of Lent, inviting readers on a journey toward deeper intimacy with Jesus in preparation for Easter. While originally created for Lent, the devotions are equally suited for times of fasting, spiritual retreats, small group studies, or personal spiritual growth throughout the year. Each day’s devotion centers on a specific aspect of Christ’s character, offering a theme for meditation, Scripture passages for reflection, and thoughtful guidance to help you engage in meaningful prayer. Designed to be completed in ...

Gratitude is so easy to forget. And Grief is so very hard to do well. This small guide is filled with easy to use practices that will open up both of these critical realms. When they are done well they open us up to the possibilities of love, experienced in so many ways and coming from so many different directions.

We plan, as the old proverb says, and God laughs. But most of us don't find it all that funny when things go wrong. Most of us want love, a nice home, good work and happy children. Many of us grew up with parents who made these things look relatively easy and assumed we would get them, too. So what do you do if you don't? What do you do when you feel you've messed it all up and your friends seem to be doing just fine? For Christina Patterson, it was her job as a journalist that kept her going through the ups and downs of life. And then she lost that, too.

Suicide rates among Army soldiers increased 80 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to a recent report published in Injury Prevention. In the last several years, the number of soldiers returning from the Middle East with mental and physical wounds has continued to climb. According to Dr. Simon Rego, a supervising psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center, "Unlike any other time in history, U.S. military suicide rates now appear to have surpassed those among comparable civilian populations. It is therefore critical that we address this emerging public-health problem."

At some point in our lives, most of us will become caregivers...For us, too, it is a preparation for a letting go that draws upon our deepest spiritual resources in ways possible to fully anticipate. This gathering of reflections for caregivers focuses on the season of death and the strenuous, challenging, life-changing work of accompanying a beloved friend or family member on the final stretch of his or her journey and of mourning the losses that come at every stage.

Are you struggling with depression? Are you struggling with feelings of sadness or hopelessness? Do you want to take charge of your mental health and reduce the impact of depression on your life? If so, the 30 Days to Reduce Depression mindfulness workbook may be just what you need. This comprehensive workbook provides a 30-day program that includes daily mindfulness exercises, cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques, and guided self-reflection. Through a series of targeted exercises and prompts, you will learn to identify negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to ...

In the immediate aftermath of a loss, sometimes it is all we can do to keep breathing. With his signature clarity and compassion, Thich Nhat Hanh will guide you through the storm of emotions surrounding the death of a loved one. How to Live When a Loved One Dies offers powerful practices such as mindful breathing that will help you reconcile with death and loss, feel connected to your loved one long after they have gone, and transform your grief into healing and joy.

Do you often regret the past and worry about the future? You are not alone. We live in a world of persistent noise – physical, emotional, and mental noise. Every hour, we are subjected to thousands of stimuli, positive and negative. And most of these are internally-generated. We are no longer free! The external stimuli are even more and just as impactful. Daily, most people face an unending stream of other people’s actions, opinions, and thoughts. There is absolutely no filter or respite for the mind of the average man. In social media, we have a constant source of unending triggers for...