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As featured in the Wall Street Journal, Virginia-based writer and widow Sue Deagle now publishes the essential guide to navigating loss.
If you're reading this, chances are that you – or someone you know – has lost something. Not your keys or umbrella. Something more. A job. A marriage or a relationship. A child leaving home. Your health or identity. Some losses we anticipate, others completely blindside us.
Sue Deagle's loss was sudden and life changing. With no roadmap, She turned to philosophers, scientists, even the military for guidance. Now, she shares her unique approach and provides the tools, strategies and mindset to help you move forward. Discover:
If you're reading this, chances are that you – or someone you know – has lost something. Not your keys or umbrella. Something more. A job. A marriage or a relationship. A child leaving home. Your health or identity. Some losses we anticipate, others completely blindside us.
Sue Deagle's loss was sudden and life changing. With no roadmap, She turned to philosophers, scientists, even the military for guidance. Now, she shares her unique approach and provides the tools, strategies and mindset to help you move forward. Discover:
- The 3 common phases: cocoon, adapt and emerge
- An innovative playbook to draw from
- Ways to better support others
Price: $15.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Global Book Sales
Imprint: Do Books
Series: Do Books
Publication Date:
03 March 2026
Trim Size: 7.00 X 4.75 in
ISBN: 9781914168581
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
"This book helps us get better at loss. Not by avoidance, but by changing the narrative, developing skills and consoling others." – Josh Connolly, author of It's Them, Not You
"A true companion and encouraging playbook for anyone who has experienced loss, in any form. By providing concrete tools like 'actionable hope', how to say 'yes' when you feel like saying 'no', and crafting your 'list of regulators', Sue paves a way forward and helps the reader to shift their mindset. A must read for all human beings!" – Hannah Huber, founder of Storyhouse Works
"Read it before you need to" – David Hieatt, author & founder
"Loss is a universal experience, yet so many of us go through it alone. Now Do Loss has got your back" – Jodie Cariss, psychotherapist, founder & CEO of Self Space
"If you’re struggling to process a loss, or know someone who is, Do Loss is a powerful and practical read" – Chris Anselmo, Hello Adversity Substack
"A true companion and encouraging playbook for anyone who has experienced loss, in any form. By providing concrete tools like 'actionable hope', how to say 'yes' when you feel like saying 'no', and crafting your 'list of regulators', Sue paves a way forward and helps the reader to shift their mindset. A must read for all human beings!" – Hannah Huber, founder of Storyhouse Works
"Read it before you need to" – David Hieatt, author & founder
"Loss is a universal experience, yet so many of us go through it alone. Now Do Loss has got your back" – Jodie Cariss, psychotherapist, founder & CEO of Self Space
"If you’re struggling to process a loss, or know someone who is, Do Loss is a powerful and practical read" – Chris Anselmo, Hello Adversity Substack
Sue Deagle is a writer, speaker, and storyteller rewriting the story of loss and vibrant living. Her story has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and she blogs weekly on her Substack, The Luminist. Prior to her retirement from corporate America in 2024, Sue spent 30+ years in the U.S. defense industry, visiting and working with servicemen and women from Romania to Jordan, Greenland to Kuwait. She is an obsessive reader and an avid walker who lives in Northern Virginia in a modern-day treehouse with her two young adult children.