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When Your Soulmate Dies

A Guide to Healing Through Heroic Mourning
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When Your Soulmate Dies offers a compassionate guide for those facing the profound loss of a deeply connected partner. Author Alan Wolfelt, a renowned grief counselor, provides empathetic advice and shares real-life stories to help readers mourn heroically and fully. This book helps you honour your soulmate and your grief while finding a path towards renewed purpose and joy.
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Ideal for readers experiencing the loss of a life partner or soulmate and seeking compassionate guidance in grief and healing.

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You were one of the lucky ones. You found a partner or friend with whom you shared a deeply profound connection. You understood, opened fully to, served, and challenged one another. You were the heroes of each other s lives. You lived a grand adventure together. But now that your partner has died, what felt like luck may have turned to wretched des

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You were one of the lucky ones. You found a partner or friend with whom you shared a deeply profound connection. You understood, opened fully to, served, and challenged one another. You were the heroes of each other's lives. You lived a grand adventure together.

But now that your partner has died, what felt like luck may have turned to wretched despair. How do you go on? How do you live without your champion and other half? The answer is that you mourn as you loved: heroically, grandly, and fully.

In this compassionate guide by one of the world’s most beloved grief counsellors, you’ll find empathetic affirmation and advice intermingled with real-life stories from other halved soulmates. Learn to honour your loved one and your grief even as you find a path to a renewed life of purpose and joy.

When Your Soulmate Dies offers a compassionate framework for navigating the sorrow of loss and finding a way to embrace life once more.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781617222429

Publisher: Companion Press,US

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 July 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Companion Press,US

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Dr. Alan Wolfelt is a speaker, grief counselor, and Director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He is the author of When Your Pet Dies, Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart, and The Depression of Grief: Coping with Your Sadness and Knowing When to Get Help. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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