Living Grieving, Karen V. Johnson
Living Grieving, Karen V. Johnson
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Living Grieving
Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss

Author: Karen V. Johnson

Narrator: Karen V. Johnson

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hay House LLC

Published: 07/20/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Karen Johnson's fast-paced professional life came to an abrupt halt when she lost her twenty-seven-year-old son to a heroin overdose. Rather than grieve in a way that made people around her comfortable, she did the unexpected. She retired, sold her house and all her household goods, and went on a two-and-a-half-year journey that took her all over the world, finding a spiritual practice along the way.Karen didn't think she could ever find her way out of despair, but she found a process that worked-a sacred journey and map-that she wants to share with others so they can heal too. This book is structured around practices that are part of the Four Winds Medicine Wheel as developed by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. Karen blends her personal story and meaningful experiences with each direction of the Medicine Wheel, offering exercises related to each of the four practices.Writes Karen, "I want you to know something really important. You may be feeling stuck in your grief and wondering why you can't seem to get over it. I felt the same way until I realized we do not get over grief. It's not like catching the - u; we aren't sick. There is no cure, and we can't medicate it away. Grief is a state of being that carries energy that you can tap into to create a new life. Just as we use the energy of other newly acquired states of being like marriage or parenthood to transform our lives, we can likewise use the energy of grieving to transform."This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

About The Author

Karen Johnson is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center (J.D.), a former Fulbright Scholar in Afghanistan, and holds master's degrees in public health and public and international affairs (MPH, MPIA). Karen is a retired federal administrative law judge who practiced criminal and energy law for more than 3 years. She also is a former U.S. Army officer, major, USAR (inactive).Karen was personally trained by Alberto Villoldo and the Four Winds Society and holds a certification in Luminous Healing from Healing the Light Body School. She has trained extensively in the techniques of illumination, soul retrieval, extractions of energies and entities, divination, and death rites.https://karenjohnson.net/

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zibby on January 20, 2023

This book is about a mom and judge who lost her son to an overdose. She wrote so beautifully about her pain that it was such a gut punch especially knowing she found out her son was dead over the phone while traveling in Seoul, Korea. But on the way home, she saw her son at the airport and believed......more

Goodreads review by Marianne on July 29, 2022

This book is a must read for anyone working through loss or grief. Giving simple, but profound steps to creating a new life after grief and loss, I felt that this book could address any form of loss -- loss of a job, loved one, beloved pet, home, and even the feeling of a loss of self. Karen candidl......more

Goodreads review by Liz on May 07, 2023

This book is a heartfelt testimony to the pain of grief and loss AND the capacity we have to channel that pain into an impetus for deeply soulful transformation. Karen Johnson does a masterful job of weaving her personal story in with a framework for overcoming the fear and stagnation that grief can......more

Goodreads review by Ogden on March 01, 2023

I found karen’s book, very moving! And she tells the story of how she transformed after the loss of her son, and at the same time, gives you ideas of how to deal with any of the different griefs that you may hold in your heart. I recommend this book to anyone grieving or not grieving! A beautiful st......more

Quotes

“The owner’s manual for embracing grief with courage and transforming it into wisdom, to discover the ultimate and lasting gift of joy.”
— Alberto Villoldo PhD, bestselling author of Heart of the Shaman and One Spirit Medicine
 
“Karen Johnson has written a guide to grieving that reads like a hero’s journey tale. It is the story of her courageous and unlikely voyage from the life of a professional woman—a  Fulbright scholar, a lawyer and judge—who finds herself heartbroken and unmoored by the death of her son. Who she was before his death, and who she becomes because of his death and her willingness to listen to the call of her son’s spirit, inspired me, awakened me, and reminded me to continually choose a bigger life. Whatever your loss—a loved one, a job, a sense of self—you too will find her story and guidance profoundly helpful and transformational.”
— Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder, Omega Institute and bestselling author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, Cassandra Speaks, and other books

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