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See moreIn a heartbreak-illiterate world, Handbook for the Heartbroken offers solace and support through losses of all kinds.
In a heartbreak-illiterate world, Handbook for the Heartbroken offers solace and support through losses of all kinds.
In a heartbreak-illiterate world, Handbook for the Heartbroken offers solace and support through personal and collective losses of all kinds—including the end of a relationship or a job, death of a loved one, a natural disaster, infertility, abortion, a financial crisis, or any other form of loss.
Heartbreak sends us reeling—we can feel alone and adrift. After her own experience of serial heartbreaks over the span of five years, Sara Avant Stover felt deeply impacted by our culture's dysfunctional relationship with loss—especially for women. "We're encouraged at every turn to hurry up and get on with it," she says. "But by trying to power through these messier seasons of life, we're denying ourselves the very answers to our healing and growth."
With Handbook for the Heartbroken, Sara offers the grounded guidance she needed during her own falls from grace to help you navigate loss and turmoil. Blending her expertise in Internal Family Systems and various wisdom traditions, she examines the three main phases of heartbreak: devastation, transformation, and rebirth. With each phase, she shares gentle lessons and supportive practices for anyone experiencing the unthinkable, including:
- An exploration of nuanced emotions associated with heartbreak and grief—ranging from early stages of shock, anger, and pain to healing spaces of forgiveness and restoring trust
- Relevant and relatable stories from the author and her clients, creating a road map for your unique healing journey
- Practices and journal prompts to create a safe container to digest your experiences of heartbreak, both past and present, more fully
- An invitation for finding a way forward both as individuals and as members of a community to draw on the support of trusted friends and family
"Heartbreak is an inevitable part of everyone's life journey," says Sara. "It's by returning to our essential qualities like patience, openheartedness, and trust that we can truly heal." Handbook for the Heartbroken can be your trustworthy friend through the hardest seasons of life, helping you embrace change and "become a fully wise, mature, integrated human being."
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781649632364
Publisher: Sounds True Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Sounds True Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 344g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Sara Avant Stover is a certified Internal Family Systems practitioner, author of The Way of the Happy Woman and The Book of SHE, and teacher and mentor of women's spirituality and entrepreneurship. Her work-integrating Buddhism, embodiment, and psychology-has uplifted the lives of countless women worldwide. She has taught at Kripalu, 1440 Multiversity, and Shambhala Mountain Center and has been featured in Yoga Journal, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, Natural Health, and more. For more, visit saraavantstover.com.
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