Il cielo è sempre lo stesso. Capire la morte per ritrovare la vita
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Caitlin è preoccupata, Stephen è incredulo, Brigitte è arrabbiata, Cheryl è depressa. Mussie è un giovane spaccone con un abisso dentro, Jean un'ex figlia dei fiori con un progetto lacerante. Sono persone diversissime con una cosa in comune: l'incontro con la morte, quella dei loro cari o la propria. Un trauma che li porta da Julia. E Julia li porta dentro se stessi, per aiutarli a tirarsi fuori dal dolore. Queste sono le loro storie e sono le storie di tutti: il racconto di come si sopravvive a un'esperienza definitiva, di come si impara a sopportare l'insopportabile. Dunque, un libro sulla morte? Al contrario, un corale inno alla vita, di cui anche la perdita fa parte. Inutile negare il dolore, argomenta Julia Samuel: bisogna farci pace e gestirlo, che sia il nostro o quello degli altri. In questo libro, l'autrice parla innanzitutto con le voci di chi ha compiuto questo processo, raccontando le storie vere dei suoi pazienti: persone come noi, personaggi a cui, leggendo, ci affezioniamo e che sono la chiave per capire i diversi tipi di lutto, i traumi che provoca, le reazioni e gli errori più comuni nell'affrontarlo. Dalle diverse storie, l'autrice distilla i suoi consigli, semplici, chiari e alla portata di tutti, per imparare a gestire al meglio il nostro lutto ma anche quello di chi ci sta accanto, spiegando come accogliere, ascoltare, capire, trovare le parole e i gesti per uscirne, insieme. I passi di un percorso capace di restituirci a noi stessi e alla serenità.
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A very well written book, about how people cope with grief and loss. It's split into different sections... death of a partner, a parent, a sibling, a child, and gives us 3 or 4 examples of how people have reacted and eventually coped with grief. In addition, there's a really helpful chapter at the b Leggi tutto
I started reading this book in the immediate weeks following the sudden death of my father, when I bought and read several books on grief, desperate to fix what is so obviously unfixable. Author Julia Samuel does an excellent job of compassionately reminding the reader of certain inherent truths: we Leggi tutto
Written for the lay person and probably aimed at those experiencing grief, GRIEF WORKS is an approachable and manageable book of grief tales with some theory woven discreetly through. I imagine that those who are in the early midst of their grief journey may not read this cover to cover but dip into Leggi tutto
I read this book because I heard a talk by the author on Dan Snow's history hits . I would suggest going and listening to this first. This is an impressive book, and although I have finished it, and returned it to the library, it is one which I want to reread and mull over more. This book highlights t Leggi tutto
A very good book about grieving. With a very sanitized view to death in the western world, we are nearly not allowed to show any grief and expected to move on very quickly. I am Chinese, we treat death and grieving very differently. I am often shocked to see my European friends have to 'get on' with Leggi tutto
Julia Samuel is a bereavement expert in the United Kingdom. She has spent 25 years working as a grief counselor. She was also a dear friend of Princess Diana and is young Prince George's Godmother. Because death is still such a taboo subject and the grief process is deeply misunderstood, Samuel wrot Leggi tutto
This book felt more like a psychologists memoir than a compilation of stories on how other people are working through their grief. At one point Samuel even writes, "I was struck that I was sitting opposite someone of my own generation who would probably be dead within the next 6 months. My mortality Leggi tutto
I bought this book just a week after my father passed away. It helped me to accept what happened faster, I'm still in the process of recovering, but at least thanks to this book and plenty of meditation I'm managing better than expected everything. It breakdown why you might be going through some of t Leggi tutto
Heartbreaking stories of love and loss, and the courage of people surviving after the death of their loved ones. Well-written with insightful learning on grief. Definitely recommend.
I finished reading this collection of varied stories related to different forms of grief; when a loved one dies, when a parent dies, when a sibling dies, when facing your own death and when a child dies. This last chapter was the only one I didn't read as it felt too close to home with having a 9 mo Leggi tutto
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