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A friendly and accessible book of 75 lists that will help anyone experiencing a change or loss--for readers of Maggie Smith, Cheryl Strayed, and Katherine May--from the creators of the popular What's Your Grief website and community. Losses, big and small, turn your world upside down. What's Your Grief? will help you through all of them. Many life changes need to be grieved, from the loss of a loved one to the loss of a job, from a breakup to a relocation, and all the rest of life's ebbs and flows. In What's Your Grief?, mental health professionals Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams help you examine, investigate, and move through the complex but universal experience of grief. Through seventy-five engaging, informative, and accessible lists, such as to-do (and not-to-do) lists, bucket lists, interactive lists, and more, you'll discover: - 5 Little-Known Truths About Grief - 4 Reasons Guilt Is Even More Complicated Than You Think - 9 Tips for Communicating What You Do (and Don't) Need - 7 Common Defense Mechanisms - And much more There's no single way to experience grief. But this unique book will help you move through whatever it looks like and feels like to you. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781683693024 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: 09-27-2022 Pages: 208 Product Dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)About the Author Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C are the co-founders of the online grief community What’s Your Grief. Together they run the grief education and creative exploration websites 'What's Your Grief' and 'Grief in Six Words'. Both are mental health professionals with a collective 24+ years of experience working with people coping with all types of complicated losses and life transitions.Read an Excerpt Read an Excerpt Introduction Welcome to a Book We Wish You Didn’t Need Dear Reader, It’s hard to welcome someone to a book like this. On the one hand, we wish you didn’t need it. On the other hand, we’re genuinely glad you’re here.      As part-time skeptics, we tend to pick up books (especially self-help books) with caution. Though we don’t want to assume that you’re equally dubious, we’d still like to provide you with a little background about this book by answering a few key questions. Why did we write this book? As mental health professionals working in the field of grief and loss—and as people who’ve experienced grief ourselves—we’ve always seen it as our job to help people understand the vast range of emotions and experiences considered “normal” after loss. That’s why we founded the online grief community What’s Your Grief in late 2012. Since then, we’ve written hundreds of articles about grief and loss that are read by millions of grieving people and grief-support professionals each year.      We began writing this book in 2020. (And if you don’t remember what happened in 2020, this book’s life in print is far longer than we ever imagined.) That was a year of major change—of cancellations, quarantines, remote work, loss, loneliness, sickness, and death. It was a year in which everyone’s eyes were open to the various shapes grief can take because everyone was experiencing loss on some scale. Still, many people also second- guessed their feelings and wondered, “Is it selfish to grieve things that seem minor when so many people are sick and dying?” Our simple answer to this question is no. Here’s why: Though some losses may seem smaller than others, your losses are valid and worthy of recognition, no matter the size. There’s no threshold one has to meet to feel grief-like things. One person’s grief doesn’t take away from another’s.      Regardless of the type of loss you’ve experienced, only you know the extent of your pain and struggle. Your grief is a distinct and subjective experience influenced by many factors. Here are just a few: Grief is a reflection of you and your relationship with who or what has been lost. Loss often sets off a domino effect of subsequent losses. So you’re likely grieving a web of interconnected losses. We all experience hardship, stress, and emotion differently. There is no one right way to grieve, there isn’t a standard timeline, and there are many (many, many) ways to cope.      Thanks to myths and misconceptions about grief, people often assume it’s formulaic. They think X type of loss will cause Y amounts of pain. Or they believe they’ll simply go through grief ’s stages and come out on the other side. But grief isn’t predictable or uniform; instead, it’s highly variable and individual.      The individuality of grief makes it hard to understand, and people often feel thrown when their experience doesn’t align with their expectation. It’s common to wonder, “Is this normal, or am I losing it?” But most of the time, the answer to this question is, “Yes, you are normal.” As the Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wisely wrote in his 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning, “An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”      We can’t save anyone from the messiness of grief, but hopefully we can help make it more manageable.      And in many ways, managing (rather than overcoming) grief is the goal. Or, if you prefer a different goal, you can choose tolerating it, integrating it, living with it, understanding it, maybe even growing from it if you’re feeling ambitious. We know these goals lack a sense of closure compared to overcoming grief, but the truth is that this process is ongoing and most people don’t just “get over it.” This idea may be scary—but you will be okay, we promise.      Because as your relationship with grief evolves, you will likely also find hope and healing by changing how you respond to, cope with, and conceptualize grief. That’s what we hope this book will help you do. Show More

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We need both of everything good and bad, that’s why we need to stay in balance. I’ve always said that contrast is universal. You cannot know light without dark. There is indeed a lot turmoil on earth, but it’s not without purpose nor sense. Consider it a gift, in order for you to blaze your own trail. ~ Ginmardo Amatpawiro Share This :FacebookTwitterPin ItLinkedInWhatsAppBufferGot Something to Say! Comment below :- comments

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Notes From Your BooksellerWhen tragedy strikes, so many people respond with "I have no words." The job of the poet is to show us that we DO have the words. How do you reply to grief without merely saying ""I'm sorry""? Victoria Chang's Obit is the most beautiful treatise on loss. She manages to capture various endings (life, memory, the world surrounding both) with an understanding that keeps us moving forward. To suffer the loss of a parent is universal. The actual experience is so deeply personal. Victoria Chang guides us between both worlds. The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020 Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 NPR's Best Books of 2020 National Book Award in Poetry, Longlist Frank Sanchez Book Award After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, Chang writes of “the way memory gets up after someone has died and starts walking.” These poems reinvent the form of newspaper obituary to both name what has died (“civility,” “language,” “the future,” “Mother’s blue dress”) and the cultural impact of death on the living. Whereas elegy attempts to immortalize the dead, an obituary expresses loss, and the love for the dead becomes a conduit for self-expression. In this unflinching and lyrical book, Chang meets her grief and creates a powerful testament for the living. "When you lose someone you love, the world doesn’t stop to let you mourn. Nor does it allow you to linger as you learn to live with a gaping hole in your heart. Indeed, this daily indifference to being left behind epitomizes the unique pain of grieving. Victoria Chang captures this visceral, heart-stopping ache in Obit, the book of poetry she wrote after the death of her mother. Although Chang initially balked at writing an obituary, she soon found herself writing eulogies for the small losses that preceded and followed her mother’s death, each one an ode to her mother’s life and influence. Chang also thoughtfully examines how she will be remembered by her own children in time."—Time Magazine Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781556595745 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Copper Canyon Press Publication Date: 04-07-2020 Pages: 120 Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)About the Author Born in Detroit, Michigan to Taiwanese immigrants, Victoria Chang was educated at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Stanford Business School and holds an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She is the author of five books of poetry, including Circle; Salvinia Molesta; and The Boss, which received a PEN Center USA Literary Award as well as a California Book Award. Her children’s picture book, Is Mommy? was named a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Southern California with her family and serves as the Program Chair of Antioch’s Low-Residency MFA Program.Read an Excerpt Read an Excerpt Obit Language—died again on August 3, 2015 at 7:09 a.m. I heard about my mother’s difficult nights. I hired a night person. By the time I got there, she was always gone. The night person had a name but was like a ghost who left letters on a shore that when brought home became shells. Couldn’t breathe, 2:33 a.m. Screaming, 3:30 a.m. Calm, 4:24 a.m. I got on all fours, tried to pick up the letters like a child at an egg hunt without a basket. But for every letter I picked up, another fell down, as if protesting the oversimplification of my mother’s dying. I wanted the night person to write in a language I could understand. Breathing unfolding, 2:33. Breathing in blades, 3:30. Breathing like an evening gown, 4:24. But maybe I am wrong, how death is simply death, each slightly different from the next but the final strike all the same. How the skin responds to a wedding dress in the same way it responds to rain. Show More Table of Contents Table of Contents I My Father's Frontal Lobe 5 My Mother 6 Victoria Chang 7 Victoria Chang 8 Voice Mail 9 Language 10 My children, children 11 Each time I write hope 11 Language 12 Victoria Chang 13 The Future 14 Civility 15 My Mother's Lungs 16 Privacy 17 My Mother's Teeth 18 I tell my children 19 I tell my children 19 Friendships 20 Gait 21 Logic 22 Optimism 23 Ambition 24 Chair 25 Do you smell my cries? 26 I tell my children 26 Tears 27 Memory 28 Language 29 Tomas Tranströmer 30 Approval 31 Sometimes all I have 32 You don't need a thing 32 Secrets 33 Music 34 Appetite 35 Appetite 36 Form 37 Optimism 38 I can't say with faith 39 To love anyone 39 Hands 40 Oxygen 41 Reason 42 Home 43 Memory 44 II I Am a Miner. The Light Burns Blue. 47 III Friendships 61 Caretakers 62 Subject Matter 63 Sadness 64 Empathy 65 The Obituary Writer 66 Do you see the tree? 67 My children, children 67 The Doctors 68 Yesterday 69 Grief 70 Doctors 71 Blame 72 Time 73 Today I show you 74 My children, children 74 Form 75 Control 76 The Situation 77 Memory 78 Doctors 79 Obsession 80 My children, children 81 My children don't have 81 The Clock 82 Hope 84 The Head 85 The Blue Dress 86 Hindsight 87 The Priest 88 I put on a shirt 89 Where do they find hope? 89 The Car 90 My Mother's Favorite Potted Tree 91 Similes 92 Affection 93 Home 94 When a mother dies 95 My children, children 95 The Bees 96 Victoria Chang 97 Clothes 98 Guilt 99 The Ocean 100 The Face 101 My children say no 102 Have you ever looked 102 IV America 104 I am ready to 105 My children, children 105 Notes 107 Acknowledgments 108 About the Author 113 Show More

Grief is a powerful and universal emotion. It's an emotional experience that can feel like an overwhelming storm, leaving us agitated and exhausted. During these times of profound loss and sorrow, practicing self-care becomes not just a luxury, but a lifeline. "Extreme self-care" emerges as a crucial and transformative

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KEY FEATURES 1xLP pressed on 180-Gram Black Vinyl Includes 12-Page Booklet Liner notes by David Sims Housed in a Gatefold Jacket with OBI strip RELEASE DESCRIPTION Very few films have had opening credit sequences as disarming as AFTER YANG - "Welcome to Family of 4" is at once an introduction to all of the key and incidental players of the chamber play that the film becomes, but also acts as the film's central theme in action - how disruptive grief can be on the family unit. What follows is a patience and sensitive portrayal, both sonically and visually, of the confusion, and occasional clarity that come from unexpected loss. Matsumiya's score is also meta in many ways - using an AI plugin as a tool to sequence a few tracks - teaching it the themes she had written for the film and asking the AI to perform an interpolation of sorts. What it produces is a refracted, strange but poetic reinterpretation of ongoing melodies from the score, mirroring the film's narrative of seeing the family through the memories of their former robot companion. And if that wasn't enough, the film features additional music from famed, iconic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, that plays during one of the film's most emotional moments. The music from AFTER YANG, much like the film itself, is a reminder of the beauty that exists in the spaces between your perception of reality. An astonishing work of filmmaking, and a truly gorgeous score. This limited edition vinyl pressing features a 12-page booklet with liner notes by writer David Sims (The Atlantic, Blank Check Podcast) and is pressed on 180-gram Tea Leaves vinyl (also available on 180-gram Black vinyl) TRACKLIST In My Breath Welcome to Family of 4 Yang & Mika Chasing Yesterday Mizuiro Memory (A.I. Version) Yang & Mika (A.I. Version) Ada's Synth Butterflies The World Of My Breath Yang Eternal (A.I. Version) Memories of Ada My Breath Again Mizuiro After The Rain Memory Bank performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto The End Walk featuring Rhye LISTEN Available on Desktop & Mobile

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Haile Fida ena YeGillé Tizita (My Reminiscences of Haile Fida) is a moving account of the life and death of an Ethiopian socialist revolutionary who perished at the hands of the most brutal Ethiopian dictator some 40 years ago.\nHaile Fida ena YeGillé Tizita (My Reminiscences of Haile Fida) is a moving account of the life and death of an Ethiopian revolutionary who perished at the hands of the most brutal Ethiopian dictator some 40 years ago. It is a book imbued with passion, pain and grief, honesty and vigor, and lucidly conveys the untold story of Haile Fida. Amare Tegbaru's ability to record, recall and weave a story as well as his engagingly colorful and persuasive style once again demonstrates that he is one of the most gifted writers of his generation. He has provided a refreshing intellectual and multifaceted story about his mentor, friend and leader, Haile Fida. The book deserves to be read by all who wish to seek fresh knowledge, rethink the past, examine old biases and establish fairness in their judgement of an Ethiopian socialist, humanist, artist, modernist and internationalist of Oromo origin who championed genuine Ethiopian patriotism with universal values of human dignity, equality, and social justice. CharactersThe book is a moving account of the life and death of an Ethiopian revolutionary who perished at the hands of the most brutal Ethiopian dictator some 40 years ago. Page count: 262Perfect bind (Left Edge)

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18 Grief Quotes Grief, like an ocean, ebbs and flows in our lives. It is the price we pay for the profound love we hold for those we’ve lost. In the midst of sorrow, grief sayings offer solace, reminding us that we are not alone in our pain. They are like gentle whispers from the… Read More »18 Grief Quotes

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We hold so many misconceptions about grief, what grief is, and the grieving process. Encounters with loss and grief are happening all around us. Yet, we don’t talk about it. We avoid these topics, and our society is highly grief illiterate. We have been tossed around all kinds of misinformation when it comes to grief and talking about death is often considered taboo, so we avoid the topic at all costs. Exploring loss and heartache feels too heavy to face, so we turn away. Being with others in th

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