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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I became a rabbi because I wanted to help people, and I felt that being a rabbi was the best way to do that. I grew up in a Jewish ghetto in Minneapolis, and my childhood was filled with Yiddish, sour pickles, bagels, and smoked fish on Sunday mornings. #2 I was 14 when I was arrested for stealing Bob Dylan albums, and I was sent to a Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin....

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The point of this conversation is to help you realize that you are the only one who can take you to the truth. You are the only one who can take you there, because the truth exists in only one place. So don't let anyone else tell you that you have found a way to wisdom.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The way Charlotte was killed by a shooter in Newtown, Connecticut, generated a lot of media attention, which caused some people who were personally affected by the death of a child or loved one to feel helplessly exposed and vulnerable. #2 Grief is often misunderstood, and cultural norms promote double standards that are often harmful to those grieving. Certain...

The Diary of a Grieving Mother is just what it says. The inside looks into the mind of a newly bereaved mother. There is no filter, it is raw, and it is real. In this book, Emily Carpenter tells the story of what led her to be a grieving mother. She tells her story and shares the most intimate thoughts she had in the throes of her early grief experience-the good, the bad, the ugly, and the hideous. She shares this with the world in hopes of letting...

How do you become an expert of your own grief when a loved one dies? Erik Lewin shares how he turned the profound loss of his mother and father into life-changing growth, with intimacy, warmth and humor. He offers a no-nonsense, commonsense way to create your personal path to acceptance of your loss. Lewin became an expert in his grief experience twice over, encouraging readers to find their own way, as no two lives or losses are the same. He...

Cristina Carballo-Perelman, M.D. has been a physician for over 30-years, providing care and comfort to many of her patients as they take their last breath. In her book, The Caretaker of All Souls: An Intimate Interview with Death, Death takes center stage as the commentator of the experiences that she, as a physician, has had with Death throughout her career. The persona of Death is examined as is the role it plays as caretaker of the Soul. This...

'From Loss to The AfterLife' is a personal and restorative aid to Loss & Grief with the comforting clarity of an AfterLife experience through personal and channelled familiarities . Loss of a pet, precious object health, beauty or the many losses endured by us throughout life, can affect children and even babies. I purposefully leave Loss of a Loved One until a later chapter, not because I couldn't face it, although I have found Loss of our...

One of the few things in life that's certain is death-and here's a realistic, practical, and even humorous book about preparing for it. From cremation ("Making an Ash of Yourself") to funeral plans ("Plan and Plot Your Own Demise") to choosing executors and dealing with family relationships, media figure Jo Myers covers it all. It's sure to appeal to boomers caring for aging parents and anyone else who needs help approaching this not-so-easy-to-talk-about...

What happens when your worst fears as a parent come true, when you receive that dreaded phone call, the one you have always prayed you would never get? Your child has passed away, and now you are living a real-life nightmare. You suddenly beg God and bargain for just five more minutes with your child. You want to hold them again, tell them you love them, and that everything will be all right. In reality, you must now face the truth. You will never...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The night before her second semester started at the University of Pennsylvania, Madison broke her iPhone screen. She had to go back to school with a broken phone, and she dreaded it. #2 The drive was two hours long, mostly on Interstate 95, between New York and Philadelphia. Madison was downloading something onto her phone. She had never quit anything in her...