Grieving Mindfully

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SKU: 9781572244016
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A Compassionate And Spiritual Guide To Coping With Loss

By Sameet M Kumar, PhD

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Grieving Mindfully presents a fresh perspective on the grief process through the metaphor of the spiral staircase, illustrating the ebb and flow of emotional pain following loss. It guides readers in coping with grief-triggering events using mindfulness exercises and the concept of radical acceptance, encouraging the full experience of grief rather than denial.
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This book is ideal for individuals seeking mindful and compassionate tools to navigate personal loss, as well as psychologists, counsellors, and carers supporting those in grief who are interested in innovative and holistic approaches.

In this book, grieving readers find a new understanding of their own grief process. Dr. Kumar offers readers ways to cope with the events and situations that trigger personal grief and presents strategies for making life more meaningful by acknowledging death and working to embrace life.

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This book offers a new understanding of the grief process. Readers will learn about the spiral staircase, a metaphor used to describe the ebb and flow of emotional pain that typically follow loss. The book offers ways to cope with the events and situations that trigger personal grief by using mindfulness exercises and radical acceptance, a concept that encourages the experience of grief rather than its denial.

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Esteemed experts praise this book for its transformative and humane approach to grief. Richard Tedeschi highlights its path to healthy grieving for diverse losses, while Glenn H Mullin emphasises its creative blend of psychology and Buddhist tradition, advocating mindful and compassionate engagement with grief that can revolutionise care for the bereaved.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781572244016

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 August 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 176

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Grief & Loss Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Sameet M Kumar, PhD Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Sameet M. Kumar, Ph.D., is a psychologist and Buddhist whose areas of expertise include palliative care, spirituality in psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation, stress management and relaxation, and grief and bereavement. He received his doctorate at the University of Miami and has trained with several leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers. He has traveled extensively in India, China, and Tibet and works at the Mt. Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami Beach and Aventura, FL, and at the Wellness Community in Miami, FL.

Foreword writer Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke University Department of Psychiatry in Durham, NC. He is founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine, as a spokesperson for which he has given many radio, television, and print media interviews. He is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind.