When Their World Stops: The Essential Guide to Truly Helping Anyone in Grief - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996802401 ISBN 13: 9780996802406

Publisher: Joseph Allen Press, 1840

Synopsis

Have a grieving friend and don't know what to say or do? No more fear, or walking on eggshells. This 4-time award-winning book will equip the reader to understand what they are experiencing and feeling, say the right things and avoid saying the wrong things, be supportive with appropriate actions and gifts, encourage them during the holidays, write a lovely message in a sympathy card and so much more. Tips are general as well as specific to the loss. Included is a special reminder list for the first year of grief. This simply to read, practical book will give you all you need to take the awkwardness out of grief. "You will enter this book awkward and unsure - you will emerge a confident, loving and creative advocate for your grieving friend." Dr. Vicki K. Harvey

About this title

About the Author

Anne-Marie Lockmyer is an award-winning author, speaker and Certified Grief Recovery and Loss Specialist who lives in Anaheim, California. Her work has appeared notable media outlets such as Rolling Stone, LA Wave and Billboard. She has been a featured speaker at multiple venues. As a widow who suffered a devastating loss herself, Anne-Marie is passionate to dispel the myths of grief and bring hope, encouragement and resources to the grieving and those that care about them. She works with groups and individuals who have suffered loss by helping them work on recovery and also educates businesses on the impact of grief on productivity and costs. Her mission is to bring individuals hope in the midst of pain and provide tools that help people experience joy in their lives once again.

Review

 "This is a golden-nugget of a book, written with heart and, unfortunately, written from experience. These are helpful words and directions that will not solve the issues of grief, but allow you to better understand how to deal with grief and help a friend get through a horrible time."  - Feathered Quill

"Author goes well beyond the usual advice on how to comfort the grieving. We find a refreshing depth here, made all the more admirable since the insights spring from the author's own unfathomable loss. It's such an act of generosity to arise from the depths of grief to provide comfort to others. We often hear the basics of what not to say to the grieving, and author embraces these, yet expands upon them to provide actual scripts of what to say and how to say it. She veers us away from our well-meaning yet harmful expressions, many of which elicit reactions of surprise in us. How brilliant to advise not talking about your own experience unless the grieving *asks* you about it! We find helpful lists of practical ways to help the grieving, and again the author goes beyond the expected into those brilliant light bulb moments of tasks to accomplish for them. The Comfort Blanket is a stellar idea, one I plan to put to use. Pacing is superb, approaching topics in chronological order. A standout is the advice on not throwing out the departed's clothing right away, since once the fog of grief lifts, you may wish to make a quilt or keep their clothing. Author's writing voice shines with uplifting guidance, and delivers cautionary tales sweetly yet effectively. I found so many fresh insights in this book, I am quite sure that I - and readers - will have more ability to be godsends to our grieving loved ones, that we will say the right things to uplift and avoid those 'invisible' landmines of wrong statements, working our faith and our hearts in the service of our loved ones. As I read this, I thought about the positive benefits for the loved ones OF the grieving. When we know better how to comfort the grieving in the thick of their loss and even years later, the inner circle of the grieving benefits as well when an unintentional injury occurs. Very well done. Resonant insights, smooth cadence and the author's instinct for providing us with great ideas for the holidays (again, including some we might not initially consider) round out the high quality of this book."  Writer's Digest
 
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Joseph Allen Press
• Publication date: 1840
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996802401
• ISBN 13: 9780996802406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1