Nourishing the Grieving Heart : Reflections and Paths for Healing

A 2013 Midwest Book Awards First Place Winner!

Nourishing the Grieving Heart: Reflections and Paths for Healing provides the reader with an invitation to gently enter into their personal grief journey.

It is not a ''how to'' book nor does it suggest that there is a ''right way to grieve.'' It will speak to those at any point in the grieving process.

Through the poignant reflections and beautiful companion photographs, voice is given to the inner words and feelings experienced during a time of loss. It's content is timeless and, with reverence, the book becomes a ''compassionate witness'' to the grieving heart and paths toward healing.

Jane Thompson, MSW began practicing psychotherapy after she completed her graduate studies at Saint Louis University in 1975. Her career has chiefly focused upon counseling the bereaved, while guiding individuals and families as they meet the challenges of chronic and life-threatening illnesses. She has accompanied clients as they moved through various life transitions and the losses they incur.

Throughout Jane's career, she has regarded her clients as teachers and collaborators in her own journey. She sincerely values the privilege of being allowed to be a compassionate presence in the journeys of others.

Besides her rich professional life in Minneapolis, she enjoys reading, Pilates, drawing and the company of those dear to her.

Holly Cashin is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and has worked professionally as a physical therapist for 25 years. Her role working with disabled children and adults has been immensely fulfilling and given her much insight into the grief experienced with the loss of physical abilities. She has raised three active and healthy boys that kept her on her toes for many years.

Holly is now retired from her work as a physical therapist and spends her leisure time traveling with her family, reading, gardening, and socializing.