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Unattended Sorrow : Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart
Unattended Sorrow Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart Author:Stephen Levine Wise and compassionate advice from one of the nation's most trusted grief counselors-to help heal emotional wounds that linger and prevent us from leading full and happy lives. — Unattended sorrow is unresolved grief that has never been given a chance to heal. It disturbs sleep and infects our dreams. It affects all our appetites. It often makes ... more »relationships a place to hide instead of an opportunity to open. Unattended sorrow narrows the path of our lives. In the first book to address the unhealed grief that is the underlying cause of myriad physical, emotional, and spiritual maladies, bestselling author Stephen Levine shares with the reader dialogues with many patients confronting the common losses that asail us all and offers a series of techniques for approaching and healing this pain.
The book not only guides those who have experienced a fresh loss to face the pain before it settles in, but it also addresses the devastating impact of tragedies past, when people become "stuck" years after experiencing any loss. From his three decades of grief counseling, Levine has discovered techniques that can help make people whole again, and he presents them here-including breathing exercises; keeping a grief journal; tracking sorrow through the body; and talking to the dead. This lovely, spiritual book presents fresh evidence, as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross said of Levine's work with the grieving and dying it is "magic...amongst the most skillful and compassionate that I am aware of."« less