A Mother's Hidden Grief: Learning to Manage the Pain of Baby Loss While Supporting Your Children
- ISBN-10
- 1796832243
- ISBN-13
- 9781796832242
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-25
- Author
- Adrianne Wagner
Description
Learn how to manage your grief while supporting your kids through theirs. The death of a baby changes everything. You aren't the same. Your experience has changed the way you see the world, and you may wonder how you will ever get over the endless pain of your grief. You may also wonder how to explain death, grief, and other adult themes to your children. What is appropriate? How do you help them with their grief when you can barely face your own? What if it's possible to get through your pain while supporting your children?What if you can take the worst pain you'll ever know and transform it into something that will help you find your place in the world again? Grief counselor Adrianne Wagner, MA, NCC shares her own story of loss and transformation and reveals common themes, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that often accompany the grief process. In addition, this book will also help you: *Learn what grief is and what it's not (and reassure you that you aren't going crazy!).*Examine the ways you cope and learn healthy skills for dealing with your grief.*Process your grief at your own pace through workbook activities for you and your children.*Learn how children grieve and how to better support them through simple yet proven strategies and techniques.*Experience your pain in a different way by learning to lean in to your grief instead of avoiding, stuffing, or escaping it. You know it is time to do something different, so don't wait for the pain of your grief to become unmanageable. Take a step to start healing today.
