Inthisgroundbreakingand“poignant“(LosAngelesTimes)book,DavidKessler--praisedforhisworkbyMariaShriver,MarianneWilliamson,andMotherTeresa--journeysbeyondtheclassicfivestagestodiscoverasixthstage:meaning.In1969,ElisabethK羹bler-RossfirstidentifiedthestagesofdyinginhertransformativebookOnDeathandDying.Decadeslater,sheandDavidKesslerwrotetheclassicOnGriefandGrieving,introducingthestagesofgriefwiththesametransformativepragmatismandcompassion.Now,basedonhard-earnedpersonalexperiences,aswellasknowledgeandwisdomgainedthroughdecadesofworkwiththegrieving,Kesslerintroducesacriticalsixthstage:meaning.Kessler’sinsightisbothprofessionalandintenselypersonal.Hisjourneywithgriefbeganwhen,asachild,hewitnessedamassshootingatthesametimehismotherwasdying.Formostofhislife,Kesslertaughtphysicians,nurses,counselors,police,andfirstrespondersaboutendoflife,trauma,andgrief,aswellasleadingtalksandretreatsforthoseexperiencinggrief.Despitehisknowledge,hislifewasupendedbythesuddendeathofhistwenty-one-year-oldson.Howdoesthegriefexperthandlesuchatragicloss?Heknewhehadtofindawaythroughthisunexpected,devastatingloss,awaythatwouldhonorhisson.That,ultimately,wasthesixthstageofgrief--meaning.InFindingMeaning,Kesslersharestheinsights,collectivewisdom,andpowerfultoolsthatwillhelpthoseexperiencingloss.“Beautiful,tender,andwise“(KatyButler,authorofTheArtofDyingWell),FindingMeaningis“anexcellentadditiontogriefliteraturethathelpspavethewayforstepstowardhealing“(SchoolLibraryJournal).
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