Healing After Loss

Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief

By: Martha Whitmore Hickman

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing with this profound loss, offering solace and illuminating a way forward. From January 1 to December 31, each day's meditation considers a meaningful quotation or passage on grief or suffering, with sources ranging Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson, from the Christian Bible to Hindu proverbs. A thoughtful, sensitive collection, Healing After Loss will comfort and inspire listeners on their journeys through grief toward recovery.

©1994 Martha Whitmore Hickman (P)2011 Tantor

UPLIFTING

I highly recommend this wonderful book- I never imagined a book could help me to heal after the loss of my husband. Every word is validating, comforting, and promotes feelings of hope. The narrator does a wonderful job. I hope anyone who is grieving will take a chance on this one since it truly helps. Thank you to the author for providing this comfort.

Not impressed

She did have a few things that were good to remember though I usually fell asleep when I listened to it. It was way to new agey for me. Your belief is your belief, your truth is your truth, yet we cannot really know the truth. I don't find that comforting at all. I defiantly won't recommend it for my clients nor will I ever read it again.

What a fantastic book.

If you could sum up Healing After Loss in three words, what would they be?

Healing

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

Grieving is a process and we are all joined together when we lose a loved one.

Any additional comments?

I want to thank her for helping me each day get through my pain.

Great advice

Very relevant and on point. I received much guidance in coping with my loss .

Thank you for this book.

Would you listen to Healing After Loss again? Why?

I lost my love of 39 years suddenly. I miss him. It's been a little over a month. Because we were are a gay couple in a small city, I've felt very alone. Listening to this book as I have my morning coffee and as needed has been extremely helpful. I have it on my phone and at the ready. Grief I know now is different for everyone but I recommend this book to try. It covers so many sides of grief in small easy to listen to pieces of knowledge. It's been very helpful to me.