Written by psychotherapist and grief expert Alexandra Kennedy, Honoring Grief provides a collection of inspirational wisdom and compassionate self-help tips for dealing with loss.
Alexandra Kennedy, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private
practice thirty-nine years and author of Losing a Parent; The
Infinite Thread: Healing Relationships Beyond Loss; and How Did I
Miss All This Before? Waking Up to the Magic of Our Ordinary Lives.
She is an adjunct faculty member of John F. Kennedy University and
has taught at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension and
the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She has been interviewed
in USA Today, the San Jose Mercury News, the San Francisco
Examiner, and the Boston Herald, as well as on NPR's Talk of the
Nation, CNN's Sonja Live, and on KQED's Family Talk and New
Dimensions Radio.
Foreword writer Stephen Levine is an American poet, author, and
teacher, who along with his wife and spiritual partner Ondrea
Levine, is best known for his work on death and dying. He is the
author of Who Dies, Healing into Life and Death, Turning Toward the
Mystery, Becoming Kuan Yin, and many other books.
"A true pioneer in our field, Alexandra Kennedy offers a profoundly
clear understanding of what it truly means to heal after a loss in
her elegantly simple new book, Honoring Grief. It's sure to become
a classic. For years to come, I'll be sharing this wonderful book
with clients, families, friends, and communities besieged by
loss."
--Ken Druck, PhD, grief and resilience coach and author of The Real
Rules of Life: Balancing Life's Terms with Your Own
"Grief is the way that loss heals. In Honoring Grief, Alexandra
Kennedy offers us a sanctuary in which to process our losses and
find healing. This simple-to-use, step-by-step workbook on the
healing of grief can be a nightlight for people in dark times."
--Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My
Grandfather's Blessings
"I loved this book. Honoring Grief provides safety, comfort, and
guidance for healing after loss. The format makes it easily
accessible to someone experiencing deep chaotic emotions. The text
is poetic and beautifully crafted. I would recommend this book to
my colleagues and friends. It will become part of my teaching."
--Janet M. Schreiber, PhD, director of the Grief, Loss, and Trauma
certificate program at Southwestern College, Santa Fe, New
Mexico
"If there is one person I'd like to talk to after a loss, it is
Alexandra Kennedy. She offers no platitudes for grief--no
one-size-fits-all recipe--just wisdom, kindness, and empathy. Most
of all, Kennedy tells us what we all need to hear: we are not
alone, and, no, we are not going crazy."
--Lolly Winston, MFA, author of the novels Good Grief and Happiness
Sold Separately
"This is a gentle, quiet book. Alexandra Kennedy has traveled these
pathways; authentic, genuine, heart-shredding grief is a fiercely
intimate, intensely private matter, experienced in vastly
unpredictable ways. We are thrust against our will into some brand
new world, unique for each and every one of us. While she offers
gentle suggestions, simple tools, and practices along the way,
Kennedy wisely counsels there is 'no map, no schedule.' There is
tremendous mercy here. We are too often rushed through what must be
allowed its time, its season, to ripen, to die, to heal. "Kennedy
is wise and compassionate, and she refuses to desecrate this holy
mystery of loss. Rather, she offers simply to accompany us as we
walk a path only we can follow. Kennedy teaches us to trust that
Death knows the way to lead us into Life. For us, we can trust that
Kennedy knows of what she speaks."
--Wayne Muller, author of Sabbath and A Life of Being, Having, and
Doing Enough
"We don't usually think of grief as a healing journey; in fact,
most of us would rather not think of grief at all. But Alexandra
Kennedy gently, expertly guides the reader into a depth that is
neither frightening nor overwhelming, but manageable and critical
to one's true well-being. In Honoring Grief, she has distilled a
lifetime of listening and examining to bring forth a sacred
practice that allows us to meet grief where we are, be embraced in
sanctuary, heal wounds, and renew life with new eyes and a more
open heart. With this book's practices, grief can be a time to
break free from the pain of long-held sufferings, and expand our
capacity to love and live fully."
--Beth Witrogen, Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of Caregiving:
The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal
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