Grieving Mindfully
A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss

I bought this book 3 days after my mom died and it took me more than a month to get through it. It was hard for me to read about what I was going through while I was experiencing it, but I'm glad I did. Although this book comes from a Buddhist perspective, it presents a way of looking at loss and gri......more

This was a difficult book to read. But that's OK, it's meant to be. I found myself in need of a book to read to help me make sense of my grief after losing my Dad this past January. I never expected to need a book of this sort - I am a Mental Health Counselor that has worked with countless people who......more

The first grief book I've encountered that paints grief as something that possesses transformative power rather than a bevy of horrifying feelings to be gotten over as quickly as possible (which God knows is also an accurate description). I don't know why such a simple concept hadn't occurred to me......more

I liked the Buddhist/mindful approach in this book but I disliked the psychological/approach. In fact I only skimmed the last 10 pages because I was feeling so horrible while reading it. I'm hoping that thoughts have changed in the 10 years that the author wrote this book. I'm saying this because I'......more