Crying Out Loud
A Path Through Grief into a Life Reimagined

Quotes

“In this deeply personal and beautifully written book, Dr. Laura Berman creates space for grief to be felt and understood. She shows us how even the most devastating pain can become a portal to healing, connection, and a more expansive way of living.”
—Maria Shriver

"Dr. Laura Berman has written a beautiful and healing guide for anyone moving through grief. Crying Out Loud reminds us that pain can become a path to healing, grace, and new beginnings. With honesty and compassion, Laura shows us how to honor our grief without losing ourselves in it, and how to stay connected to love after deep loss. This book is a comforting companion for anyone with a broken heart, helping readers feel seen, supported, and less alone."
—Gabrielle Bernstein

"No one’s grief is more painful than a mother’s. Yet Dr. Laura Berman has endured, and she has taken her grief and turned it into medicine. Medicine not only for herself and her family, but for thousands of others who thought they could not take enough breath, they could not take another step, and then - through the grace of Laura's willingness to use her resources in service to the healing of others - they found, as she did, a way to go on. This book is about what happens when full tilt catastrophe enters our lives, then love prevails in the most beautiful and miraculous ways."
—Marianne Williamson

"For decades, Dr. Laura Berman has been the go-to guide for millions of people navigating their way through difficult issues in their psyches and their relationships. Now she has combined her formidable knowledge and skill with a courageous openness about her own devastating loss. The result is an extraordinary gift to anyone navigating the territory of grief. Crying Out Loud is one of those rare books that can serve as a compassionate witness, an empathetic friend, and a wise guide. It can lead us through our worst experience of inner darkness, all the way back to the light."
—Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Integrity and Beyond Anxiety

"Sourced from her own unfathomable loss, in Crying Out Loud Dr. Laura Berman has created a work that explores and illuminates all dimensions of grief, from the emotional to the bodily, from the relational to the spiritual. Grounded in her deeply processed personal experience and decades of clinical work, this book is an insightful, compassionate and practical guide to navigating the hazards, challenges, and profound lessons grief can offer."
—Gabor Maté MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of Normal

"With rare vulnerability and extraordinary wisdom, Dr. Laura Berman offers a new vision of grief, not as something to overcome, but as something that can awaken us more deeply to ourselves and to love. Crying Out Loud is soulful, grounding, and profoundly needed for anyone navigating loss."
—Dr. Shefali, Clinical Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author

"What I love about Crying Out Loud is how it honors grief as part of our soul’s journey. Dr. Laura Berman helps us understand that we are never truly separated from those we love, and that within our grief lies the potential for deep healing and connection. I would highly recommend this transformational book."
—Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author of Dying to be Me

"In Crying Out Loud, Laura Berman invites readers to be fully human by honoring the complex, sticky terrain of grief. No two people grieve the same way, yet through her honesty, clinical experience, and practical guidance, she draws through-lines in this experience—naming the shared, often unspoken truths of love and loss."
—Alua Arthur, New York Times bestselling author of Briefly Perfectly Human

"Dr. Laura Berman has written a profoundly heartfelt and healing guide for anyone navigating unimaginable loss. In Crying Out Loud, she weaves emotional truth with spiritual insight in a way that feels both grounding and expansive, reminding us that grief is not the end of our relationship with those we love, but the beginning of a new kind of connection. Laura’s vulnerability, authenticity, and wisdom shine through every page, offering a compassionate roadmap through the darkness and into a life reimagined — one where love doesn’t die, but evolves into a deeper connection that continues to transcend worlds through the frequency of love."
—Rebecca Rosen, Spiritual Medium and author of What’s Your Heaven?

"The spaces loss leaves behind are real, but so is our capacity to keep living, loving, and creating meaning. Dr. Laura Berman’s Crying Out Loud is a beautiful guide to carrying both at once."
—Nate Berkus, Interior Designer and Author