Progressing Through Grief: Guided Exercises to Understand Your Emotions and Recover from Loss Paperback – May 17, 2016

I have lost quite a few family members throughout my life, but the death of my infant son has been the hardest for me to face and, as such, I deal with my grief over his passing on a regular basis. When I came upon this book, I was hopeful that it could make a difference for me.I've been reading through it, a few pages at a time, for a few days now and am very pleased with what I've experienced thus far. From making lists that allow me to essentially itemize what's going on in my mind and heart so as to be more aware of myself and my needs to little moments for myself in meditation, reading something I enjoy, a bit of self-pampering, and the like to learning new ways to appropriately express my grief and accompanying feelings to others, this book has given me many new tools to help me deal with, understand, and survive my grieving.Not only is this book an excellent tool for people like me, but it is great to employ for friends and family of grieving people in helping them to understand the grieving process from an outside view. The way this text tackles grief is a boon to anyone who reads it.Grief is a very tricky and often taboo subject and it is handled differently by every single person who experiences it, but having a helping hand through this book has done wonders to give me strength to keep going without having to lose myself in the process.It is of note that I received this product for free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review of this product.

I am very happy to have this book in my possession! I only wish I had this book before now, as there have been a few times in my life, where I lost a loved one and did not have the coping skills to deal with their loss. I lost my best lady friend, 3 years ago, and, even today, I am still not over her passing....This book, Progressing Through Grief is a wonderful guide in dealing with grief! I have never seen such a thorough and complete book with all that you need to help you in going through the process. It even includes pages for journaling where you can write on paper, exactly how you are feeling and why...I have many friends and family members that would love this book and I also, have a daughter who suffers from depression and this book is exactly what she needs! Many people are not comfortable in discussing their feelings with a professional doctor, therapist or counselor, and if that is true for you, then this book is the answer. The author,Stephanie Jose, has included real stories of her clients and after reading this, I wish I could purchase at least 50 copies of this book, because I know everyone I know, would LOVE a copy! I highly recommend this book to anyone who has suffered a loss, whether it be a person, a pet, a loss of a job or any changes that have affected your emotions. I was offered this book at either a discounted price or free, in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion, which I am leaving here.

Processing Through Grief is a great interactive book, the reader has guided exercises to help the reader deal and recover from loss. The gives the reader an in depth look at grief and what can be expected as one journeys through the process. There are also real life stories to help the reader relate and feel more normal during the process. I really enjoyed the chapters on anxiety and journaling through grief and the available pages to write out your feelings. I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. I found this book to be very helpful.There is also a chart that lays out signs of normal grief to signs of clinical depression to help the reader identify what stage they could possibly be in.

Excellent book and fantastic resource I had a chance to read this book and it is an excellent book. It is a compassionate, easy read, without all of the jargon, that actually provides the reader with the tools needed to work through their grief, even regarding basic self care. Also, something stuck out that I haven’t seen in other books of this kind and that is that the author discusses how we’re not only grieving a loss but also who we were before the loss. The person we had been. I haven’t seen that touched on before this book…

This is a great book for anyone who has had or dealing with losing someone or even a pet, or who has a love one that has terminal illness. In this book she goes over that everyone grieves differently and some people can take longer than others. She also gives you places to journal thoughts and feels. There are tips for dealing with stress and the different feelings that come with any loss. This is one book that I would recommend anyone to read, because we all have some type of grief in our lives. I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Highly recommend. This book has helped my children so much with the loss of their dad. Six lost their father on Christmas Eve. This book helps with understanding, techniques on how to cope, and so much more. This book also helped me understand so much and to help me help them. Recommend this book! For everyone!

I really think most us should read this book just understand different ways deal with grief. There's a couple of things that I liked about this book 1. The author includes client stories. 2. Something that I hadnt seen in a book was when you are reading it gives you journal space to right down your thoughts. A quote that stuck in my mind was " allow yourself to be angry,but find positive ways to manage your anger" I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Good, but nothing in the book helps me get the grieving people in my family to read it. An excellent book to educate oneself on grief. The earlier you find and read this book the better. I bought one for my mom and my sister. It's just hard for me to get angry and grieving family to try to read it. What can I do?

Part of the CD (MP3) does NOT play. I purchased it 2 months ago, but could not bring myself to listen to it. As I have had a number of losses/deaths and I felt overwhelmed. Unfortunately waiting to open it - I lost the window of opportunity to return it.