Healing the Bereaved ~ Helping Another in Grief

If you're like many other good-hearted, well-meaning people, you may find it difficult to be there for someone who is anticipating or coping with the death of a loved one. When you aren't sure what to say or do to support another person, it's natural to feel awkward and uncomfortable. It's not that you don't care or don't want to be helpful – it's just that you feel completely helpless in the face of loss, and so does the person you want to help.

Helping the Bereaved
You cannot take the mourner's pain away but there are many wonderful and caring ways you can help and support a friend or family member move through the difficult grief process.

Unlike a lot of other online grief-healing material, this grief ebook is authored by Marty Tousley – a certified bereavement counselor. Marty brings unmatched compassion, wisdom, sensitivity and warmth to her grief-healing material. Marty welcomes reader questions and comments.

Information provided in Marty's grief ebooks and courses stems from decades of professional experience and training, as well as insights gained from personal experience with loss. Your purchase today also comes with the below bonus gifts.

Additional Product Details:

Format: PDF; Pages 36.  Access to bonus gifts provided in the front of the main ebook.

Bonus Gift 1

Heartfelt Condolence Letters ~ With Condolence Message Samples by Marty Tousley Bereavement Counselor Cell-phones, instant messaging and e-mail along with our fast-paced, busy lifestyles contribute to making letter-writing seem like a daunting task, if not a forgotten art altogether. Yet in times of sorrow, few things are more appreciated than a handwritten note, which can be held and saved by the recipient, and read over and over again. For most of us, writing a letter of sympathy is not a simple matter, and it can be especially challenging when a death happens under very difficult circumstances. There are... Caring ways to honor or memorialize the deceased in your letter Euphemisms to avoid Advice not to give Help you can offer and Ways to offer help that will be greatly appreciated by a person in mourning.   (Downloadable eBook - 40 pages)

Bonus Gift 2

Grief Songs: Music for a Grieving Heart by Marty Tousley Bereavement Counselor When we are struggling with grief, music can lift us up, take us out of our current mood, and transport us to another time and place. Music helps us to remember the one who died, and it can help to bring a sense of balance, peace and harmony back into our lives, even if only for a moment. In this spirit, this list of Grief Songs has been compiled for the bereaved. (Access to full music list, music videos, and discussion venue)

Bonus Gift 3

Join the Discussion! Moderated by Marty Tousley Bereavement Counselor Encourage your bereaved friend or loved one to join bereavement counselor Marty Tousley and many others in this supportive online grief-healing community. This Grief Healing Discussion Forum is moderated by Marty. Find support and learn about the many resources available to the bereaved. There is no need to go it alone! (Access to Discussion)

Bonus Gift 4

Soup Recipes: To Warm the Heart and Soul By June Cook & Julianne Koritz Prepared with intention, soups can provide health and healing for the body, mind and spirit. As the body intuitively knows what it needs for health and healing, listen to the whispers from your soul and incorporate the ingredients that call to you as you prepare your soup. We hope you enjoy some of our favorite soup recipes and that they will warm your heart and soul. (Downloadable eBook - 30 pages)

About the Author

Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT, DCC is a certified hospice bereavement counselor who has focused her practice on issues of loss, grief and transition for more than 40 years. As both a bereaved parent and a bereaved child herself, she joined Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona as a bereavement counselor in 1996, and now serves as moderator for its online Grief Healing Discussions Groups. A frequent contributor to healthcare journals, newsletters and magazines for the lay public, she has authored a number of books, booklets and articles addressing various aspects of loss and grief. With her special interest in grief and the human-animal bond, she facilitated a pet loss support group for bereaved animal lovers in Phoenix for 15 years, and now serves as consultant to the Pet Loss Support Group at Hospice of the Valley and to the Halton-Peel Pet Loss Support Group in Ontario, Canada. Her own Grief Healing Web site, www.GriefHealing.com, offers information, comfort and support to anyone who is anticipating or mourning the loss of a loved one, whether a person or a cherished companion animal.

She authored three Self-Healing Expressions e-courses including:
The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey
A Different Grief: Coping with Pet Loss
A Different Grief: Helping You and Your Children with Pet Loss