Grief & Loss

'A deeply involving, humane book' ROWAN WILLIAMS 'Intimate, humorous, yet profoundly moving' STANLEY WELLS 'Deeply enjoyable' HARRIET WALTER A compelling blend of memoir, travelogue and investigation, Walking Shadow sheds new light on the past while Doran himself emerges from the darkness of...

Psychotherapist and author of Already Enough, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of living with depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with to offer readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty. Emotional pain...

Marcelene Dyer reflects on her life as wife to Wayne Dyer, mother of seven, and her daughter's struggles with addiction. In this deeply personal memoir, Marcelene Dyer explores the joys and sorrows of her daughter Sommer’s life as an addict: a journey filled with resilience, spiritual growth...

An invitation to be present with loss and discover the wisdom and beauty that can emerge from it. This program is read by the author. Grief and loss touch us all—tumbling into our lives and carving riverbeds through the soul. A partner dies, we lose our home, a marriage ends, and we find...

A tale of love, loss and laughter, this life-affirming memoir describes one woman's determination to survive unbearable grief and get back into running one step at a time. Lisa didn't think anything could be more devastating than the death of her beloved husband Graham. But then she lost her sister and father too all in the space of 17 months. Feeling utterly broken, Lisa turned to an old friend that had already helped her through many tough times: running. But before long a debilitating injury meant she lost her running mojo, too.

A searing memoir of love and grief centered around the loss of Siri Hustvedt’s husband, Paul Auster. "Genuinely moving...Hustvedt’s book is like Didion’s [The Year of Magical Thinking] in tone...a grainy and resonant book about loneliness, despair, and confusion. It’s close to a howl."...

This loss of a parent is painful. The loss of a mother or father can be traumatic. Oblivious to our suffering, the world around us speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned, shocked, sad, confused, and angry, we blink in disbelief. Our hearts are broken. We look for comfort. Our broken, grieving hearts need it to survive. Multiple award-winning author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades.

When grief becomes a journey of endurance rather than recovery. In June of 2022, Josh Coleman's world shattered when his wife Erin, his partner of twenty years, his best friend, and the love of his life, died from injuries sustained in a tragic car accident. In an instant, the future they'd carefully built together vanished, leaving Josh to navigate a landscape he never imagined walking alone. Society tells you to "move on" and "find closure." Grief counselors speak of stages to work through. Well-meaning friends offer timelines for healing.

Are you seeking a road map to guide you through your spiritual growth journey or your dark night of the soul experience? Are you ready to step into your full power and break free from the lack and limitation of the past? If the answer is yes, this audiobook is for you. The Palace of Light is an inspirational yet practical guide for your journey of ascension, weaving channeled messages from the Councils of Light with grounded tools, stories, and spiritual guidance to support you as you awaken.

What if the hardest parts of life could become your greatest teachers? We all know death is inevitable—but few of us are taught how to face it, prepare for it, or live fully in its presence. In this deeply personal and refreshingly honest book, Gwenda Lambert invites you into the moments most people avoid: loss, grief, difficult conversations, and the realities of end-of-life planning. With candid storytelling, practical insight, and a touch of disarming humour, she shares what it truly means to navigate death—not just as an ending, but as a powerful lens for living.

When someone you love dies, the grief is heavy enough—yet most of us also face a flood of logistics, decisions, and unanswered questions. Unbury the Burden is both a personal story and a practical guide, written by someone who has lived every step of it. Blending compassion with clarity, Hollie McEvoy shares what really happens when you become "the dedicated person": the paperwork, the funeral plans, the digital accounts, the closets full of memories.

A young widow’s triumph over tragedy. Amy King had a sinking feeling as she reached for her ringing phone one November morning. With a single sentence, loss split her life into a before and after. “Mrs. King, your husband’s been in an accident.”

Prison isn’t always made of bars. It can be an addiction you can’t shake, bills you can’t pay, a loss you can’t outrun, or a lie you’ve believed for too long. We’re all prisoners to something—fear, shame, regret, circumstances beyond our control. But here’s the plot twist: freedom is possible right where you are… even in the middle of your mess. In Plot Twist, grief-walker and soul mentor Lindsay Taylor takes you on a journey to freedom through raw honesty, personal stories, and spirit-led truth. This isn’t about religion.

An intimate memoir of love, loss, and enduring grief. Maura McGee's life turned upside down when, in the span of months, she found herself facing both the sudden loss of her mother and her husband Dave's shocking diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer. With six young kids, Maura and Dave were at a loss, unsure of how to move forward in the wake of this devastating news.

For decades, Amy Scott Rooker lived split in two: the bright, high-achieving woman everyone saw and the invisible girl inside who carried unspeakable wounds. She tried to outrun the pain with perfection—law school, prestigious jobs, an ever-shrinking body. But underneath it all, she was barely holding on. Then her mother died. With her death came rupture. The fragile order Amy had built her life around began to crumble. And in the midst of that collapse, a dragonfly appeared.

La muerte es uno de los tránsitos inevitables en la existencia humana, aunque suele estar rodeada de miedo, rechazo y evitación. ¿Por qué no abordarla con claridad, con el mejor ánimo, e incluso con espíritu aventurero? Este libro quiere hacer de la muerte la mejor experiencia posible para la persona moribunda, los cuidadores y familiares, y todos los implicados. Se trata de cambiar nuestra manera de pensar sobre la muerte utilizando el coraje y la planificación para dejar atrás la vida física en un estado de paz.

Мысль о том, чтобы попробовать снова стать родителями после потери ребенка, рано или поздно приходит многим парам. Книга перинатального психотерапевта Елизаветы Сухановой поможет разобраться, как родителям, потерявшим своего малыша, прийти к планированию новой беременности. Вы узнаете, как справиться с чувством вины, болью, тревогой и страхом, что отвечать на неудобные вопросы и где найти силы и спокойствие. Здесь собран колоссальный авторский опыт общения с парами и основные затруднения, с которыми можно столкнуться.

?J'ai déjà tout raconté, tout écrit. J'aurais dû m'arrêter là, garder pour moi ce qu'il nous restait à vivre. Mais Gaspard est mort. La veille de ses vingt ans. Il n'y a rien à écrire. Et pourtant, j'écris. Parce que je suis en vie. Pour ceux qui sont en vie. J'écris, au nom de tous...

When John Crismon lost his son Caleb to stillbirth, the world didn’t stop—but his did. In this raw and reflective memoir, Crismon invites listeners into the quiet aftermath of tragedy, where grief becomes a lifelong companion and healing is anything but linear. Through honest storytelling, spiritual introspection, and the power of music, Crismon traces the invisible wounds of trauma and the slow, stubborn path toward hope. Not Okay After All is not a story of closure—it’s a testament to resilience, faith, and the courage to keep walking even when the road disappears beneath your feet.

Death is awkward, so let's talk about it with love, humor, and gratitude! What if we could learn how to live intentionally, fully awake and aware—and die consciously, with a full heart, connection, and feeling complete? The award-winning book Walking A Friend Home: A Practical Guide to Consciously Living & Dying by acclaimed author Kathy Arnos answers this essential question from every angle, promoting profound healing and unconditional love in every chapter of life—including death.

When Anthony Sobb’s wife, Kim, was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer, their world changed overnight. Instead of surrendering to the diagnosis, they chose to fight, to push boundaries, and to live as fully as possible for as long as they could. My Business Is Now North is a powerful memoir of love, loss, and survival. After Kim’s death, Anthony is left to raise their three sons while navigating the overwhelming reality of grief and rebuilding a life without the person he loved most.

Lily und ihr Freund erleben die erste große Liebe und sind überzeugt, dass sie ewig halten wird. Doch ein tragisches Ereignis in einer Partynacht zerstört das Leben mehrerer Menschen, woran auch ihre Beziehung zerbricht. Lily findet Halt und ein neues Glück in ihrer zweiten großen Liebe. Ihr Ehemann, der Ornithologe Marshall, wird der ruhende Pol in ihrem Leben. Doch die Erinnerung an ihre Jugendliebe lässt Lily nie ganz los. Über Jahrzehnte hinweg kreuzen sich ihre Wege immer wieder, bis zu einer weiteren schicksalhaften Nacht.

Zaterdag 2 december 2006, mijn dochter Nadine belde aan bij haar ex-vriend Gerold. Een kwartier later lag ze dood op de vloer, bruut vermoord met een mes. Mijn wereld stortte in... In de jaren die volgden krabbelde ik weer overeind. Ik schreef de pijn van mij af, vocht voor de relatie met mijn man en zag mijn andere dochter Jacqueline mama worden. Het lukte haar de moordenaar van haar zusje te vergeven.

A long-kept secret is revealed long after the battlefield death of a beloved and courageous West Point army officer in the Vietnam War. His young widow, in an act of love, had climbed up to the treacherous north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps with his ashes. In the casket in which his body had returned from war, she placed beloved memorabilia of their marriage and all, except one, of the hundreds of letters he had written to her.

There are moments that divide life into before and after. What comes next isn’t about bouncing back; it’s about rebuilding, piece by piece.