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Restore Your Spirit after Sudden Loss
“The Sudden Loss Survival Guide is a must-read guidebook for everyone who has experienced an unexpected loss of any kind in their life.” – The Grief Reiki
Healing after loss. When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden death of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a nationally-recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn’t know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson’s The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss.
A proactive, intentional approach. While you cannot control losing a loved one, you can consciously guide your own recovery. Through the application of simple, proactive practices, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide will empower you to overcome the darkness and anxiety of grief.
Action-based tools. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide includes heart-lifting prompts and action steps that guide you towards reengaging in life and discovering deeper meaning. Through Hanson's grief healing practices, this book delivers the essential answers and tools needed to survive, cope, and heal from the devastating impact of sudden loss.
The Sudden Loss Survival Guide is a distinctive grief recovery handbook. In this book, discover:
- Seven practices for healing, including creative memorialization and maintaining an ongoing spiritual connection
- Skimmable, stand-alone passages with immediate, usable information for the trauma you’re facing
- A transformative method for living a meaningful, fulfilling life in remembrance of your loved one
Readers of grief books like Your Grief, Your Way, I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, or Grief Day By Day will learn how to live again with the help of The Sudden Loss Survival Guide.
Table of Contents
Introduction
This is a Book of Healing
This is a Book of Transformation
This is a Book of Comfort
How to Use this Book
The Seven Grief Healing Practices
Practicing What You Learn
Noticing Resistance to Healing
Starting A Dedicated Healing Journal
Creating a Safe Place to Grieve
Making Your Healing Sanctuary Meaningful
Using Your Healing Sanctuary
Practice One: Readjust
Understand Sorrow
Journey through Grief
How Will I Get Through Loss?
What Grief Is
What Grief Is Not
How Long Will Grief Last?
What Should I Expect?
Am I Going Crazy?
Why Don’t Others Talk About Death?
Should I Talk About Her/Him?
Where Is My Loved One?
Why Did This Happen
Why Am I Questioning My Faith?
How Do I Make Sense Of This?
Will I Have Closure?
Will Happiness Ever Reappear
Practice Two: Release
Allow and Let Go of Grief
You Can and Will Go On
Choosing Hope
Committing to Healing
Owning Your Grief
Defining Healing
Choosing to Heal with Intention
Affirming Your Intention to Heal
Allowing Your Painful Emotions
Soothing Resistance to Grieving
Letting Go of Emotions
Identifying Cumulative Grief
Practice Three: Renew
Foster A Support System
Caring for Yourself
Reaching Out for Help
Asking for Specific Help
Finding Support From the Right People
Talking About Sorrow
Putting Your Needs First and Expressing Preferences
Being an Advocate for Your Needs and Emotions
Exploring and Breaking Grief Myths
Dealing with Misinformation
Surviving the Milestones
Making Progress
Easing Into Work Challenges
Navigating the Grief Terrain
Practice Four: Reconnect
Develop Ongoing Spiritual Connection
Healing Grief with Spiritual Presence
Using Spiritual Connection
Noticing the Signs
Imagining Heaven
Asking for Without a Doubt Signs
Becoming Familiar with Types of Signs
Not Sensing Signs
Using Meditation
Using Prayer
Practice Five: Reassess
Discover Meaning and Purpose from Loss
Noticing Your Growth
Viewing Today as a Gift
Living Life Authentically
Cultivating Desires from your Authentic Self
Answering the Important Questions
Bringing Joy into Your Life Gradually
Finding Passion and Purpose
Exploring Your Inner Self
Returning to Joy
Practice Six: Reassure
Provide Peace to Those you Love
Revealing Your Heart
Letting Others In
Creating a Legacy Letter
Overcoming Resistance to Sharing Your Message
Crafting Your Legacy Message
Sharing Messages for Future Occasions
Shining On
Practice Seven: Remember
Honor Your Beloved and Memories Creatively
Memorializing Your Loved One
Choosing How to Remember
Repurposing Personal Belongings
Redesigning Jewelry
Linking to Tangible Items
Using Living Memorials
Mourning With Symbols
Remembering Through a Cause
Using Remembrance Practices
Living While Remembering
Epilogue
Suggested Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author