Zeigt Titel in Trauer & Verlust

Am Ende eines Lebens rückt das Unwesentliche in den Hintergrund und es stellen sich die ganz grundlegenden und großen Fragen. Doch welche sind die Fragen, die sich in den letzten Stunden eines Lebens als die zentralen herausstellen? Und wie lässt sich mit ihnen umgehen? Der Pfarrer und Frankfurter Krankenhausseelsorger Matthias Struth begegnet in seinem Berufsalltag vielen Menschen, die am Ende ihres Lebens stehen und sich Gedanken über das "Danach" machen oder sich mit dem Glauben auseinandersetzen.

Viele Trauernde haben das Gefühl, wie amputiert zu sein. Ein Teil von ihnen fehlt! Dieses Buch wendet sich gezielt an Trauernde nach dem Verlust eines Partners oder einer Partnerin. Die jahrzehntelange Erfahrung der Autorin mit Trauernden spiegelt sich in der Darstellung der vielschichtigen Aspekte der Trauer wieder. Beispielsweise werden Trauergefühle, Trauerphasen und das Trauerjahr ausführlich behandelt, ebenso wie verschiedene Todesumstände, wie plötzlicher oder unerwarteter Tod, die Problematik verschiedener Altersstufen, die Trauer der Kinder.

In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After...

With or Without Me is an unsparing and eloquent critique of religion. Yet Esther Maria Magnis’s ire is merely the beginning of an exceptional journey toward belief and God—a journey punctuated by personal losses retold with intense immediacy. She fiercely dismantles both the clichéd phrases she’s heard in church and the vague progressive pieties of her parents’ generation.

Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, childhood friends who grew up to be journalists, both experienced late-term loss, and together they take an incisive, deeply reported look at the issue, working to shatter taboos that have made so many pregnant people feel ashamed and alone.

Recently widowed, Winnie, 84, was in need of some companionship. Someone to help with the weekly food shop and offer tips on the crossword. Ben, 34, was looking for a new housemate. As the UK was locked down in 2020, Ben and Winnie's lives interwove, forming an unlikely friendship, where lessons were learnt (heat the red wine in the oven with the plates, preserve or pickle whatever you can, never throw anything away) and grief, both personal and that of a nation, was explored.

Internationally renowned psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom has devoted his career to counselling those suffering from anxiety and grief. But never had he faced the need to counsel himself until his wife, esteemed feminist author Marilyn Yalom, was diagnosed with cancer. In A Matter of Death and Life, Marilyn and Irvin share how they took on profound new struggles: Marilyn to die a good death, Irvin to live on without her.

Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world, and what it was like to work with a legend. "The most complete picture yet of Bourdain's complex and conflicted...

Ten years ago, without time to think or prepare, Georgina Scull ruptured internally. The doctors told her she could have died, and, as Georgina recovered, she began to consider the life she had led and what she would have left behind. Paralysed by a fear of wasting what seemed like precious time but also fully ready to learn how to spend her second chance, Georgina set out to meet others who had faced their own mortality or had the end in sight.

What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced end-of-life care and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and acceptance? In this empathetic and knowledgeable guide, TikTok star Julie McFadden – known online as ‘Hospice Nurse Julie’ – shares the valuable lessons she’s learned in her fifteen years as a palliative care nurse.

Treating Traumatic Loss starts with an introduction to traumatic loss and the GRIEF approach model, then guides you, step by step, through treatment planning—from conducting a thorough assessment of symptoms informed by a multicultural lens, to selecting modules for intervention.

It’s hard to imagine anyone else being able to make understanding the grieving process...well, funny, while also being genuine and compassionate. As always, Faith nails it. This zine contains words of solace and helpful wisdom for when you’re dealing with grief…but most of all it’s full of helpful advice for when you are trying to figure out how to support someone else in their grief and what to say. Grieving is a natural part of life, and having the space to do it the way you need to is vital.

From the host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, comes a wise, humorous roadmap and caring resource for anyone going through loss and grief—or even a difficult life moment. In the span of a few weeks, thirty-something Nora McInerny had a miscarriage, lost her father to cancer...

Pregnancy should be a time of joyous anticipation, but those forty weeks can feel very different if you are one of the many women who has previously lost a baby. In Pregnancy After Loss, Zoe Clark-Coates has created a compassionate and essential guide to lead you, day by day, through your pregnancy.

Würdevoll Abschied nehmen und die eigenen Wunden der Trauer heilen. Wie Sie mit dem Verlust eines geliebten Menschen umgehen, wieder Kraft schöpfen und neuen Lebensmut erfahren. Verstirbt jemand im nahen Umfeld, so hinterlässt er zweifelsfrei eine schmerzhafte Lücke, wodurch das emotionale Gleichgewicht der Angehörigen enorm belastet wird. Während die einen nichts als grenzenlose Wut spüren, ziehen sich andere aus dem sozialen Umfeld zurück. Wieder andere lenken sich schon fast zwanghaft mit allerlei Aktivitäten ab, um all die unangenehmen Gefühle und trüben Gedanken zu unterdrücken.

An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks. Soon, the clouds from the sky above plummet down on top of him, followed by the stars, till the black night covers him like a shroud. He is hallucinating.

'I'm not going to tell you that everything happens for a reason. Those words are cold comfort in any traumatic moment. This is what I will say, though: I see you. I hear you. I am with you.' Growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Chloe Chapman thought her life would unfold close to home...

‘Powerful, humane and wise’ JULIA SAMUEL ‘Everyone should read it’ NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Beautiful … This is a book for everyone. You feel held by it’ PHILIPPA PERRY Most of us have a conversation we’re avoiding. From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about...

An “eloquent…beautiful” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir from award-winning writer Peter Godwin about his evolving relationships with the women and places that shaped his life. Peter Godwin’s mother is dying. Born in England, and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in...

Après la mort brutale de son mari, le Dr Tara Swart, célèbre neuroscientifique, commence à voir des rouges-gorges, des nombres récurrents, des cœurs et une série de synchronicités. Ces « signes » l'aident à traverser le deuil, à retrouver un sens à sa vie… et éveillent chez elle une question vertigineuse : « Et si le hasard n'existait pas ? » En s'appuyant sur d'étonnants témoignages et sur les dernières découvertes en neurosciences, elle vous apprend à reconnaître vos propres signes (rêves, symboles, coïncidences, rencontres).