I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One -- Brook Noel, Paperback

The most helpful grief book to read when you're ready to start healing after the loss of a loved one.

The grief book that just gets it. Whether you're grieving the sudden loss of a loved one or helping someone else through their grief, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye offers a comforting hand to help guide you through the grieving process, from the first few weeks to the longer-term emotional and physical effects. It then reveals some of the myths of the grieving process and what really happens as you navigate through the pain.

Top-rated within grief books, topics include:

• Grieving the loss of a child, partner, parent, sibling, friend, or pet
• The physical and emotional effects of grief
• Navigating difficult days such as holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays
• Helping children cope with grief
• Understanding the grief recovery process

Written by two authors who have experienced it firsthand, this book has offered solace to over one-hundred fifty-thousand people, ranging from seniors to teenagers and from the newly bereaved to those who lost a loved one years ago. An exploration of unexpected death and its role in the cycle of life, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye provides those people coping with grief with a rock-steady anchor from which to weather the storm of pain and begin to rebuild their lives.

For further step-by-step support, the I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye Companion Workbook offers a combination of self-exploration questions, visualization activities, and journaling to help readers through the grieving process.

Praise for I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye

I highly recommend this book, not only to the bereaved, but to friends and counselors as well.-- Helen Fitzgerald, author of The Grieving Child, The Mourning Handbook, and The Grieving Teen

This book, by women who have done their homework on grief... can hold a hand and comfort a soul through grief's wilderness. Outstanding references of where to see other help.-- George C. Kandle, Pastoral Psychologist

Finally, you have found a friend who can not only explain what has just occurred, but can take you by the hand and lead you to a place of healing and personal growth...this guide can help you survive and cope, but even more importantly... heal.-- The Rebecca Review

For those dealing with the loss of a loved one, or for those who want to help someone who is, this is a highly recommended read.--Midwest Book Review

Author: Brook Noel, Pamela Blair
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.04w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781402212215

About the Author
Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and pastoral counselor in private practice in Hawthorne, New York. Brook Noel is a CEO, author, speaker and mom. She has been featured in hundreds of shows and magazines, including ABC World News, CNN Headline News and Fox & Friends. She is the author of The Change Your Life Challenge and several other books.