Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch : An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keefauver, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement.

Consolation.

Grief.

Loss (Psychology).

Self-help techniques.

Keefauver, Lisa.

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2024.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch".

Contents:

Frontmatter

A BRIEF NOTE ABOUT THE TITLE

Dedications to my grief supporters

Acknowledging my grief guides

Topic index

Inviting you to start here

Preface: life lessons learned at the bottom of the ocean

Introduction: a guide to reading this book

Time in grief: discovering how and why time feels so different

The world’s still spinning

Start close in

The messy middle

Wait. Am I still grieving?

Wait. am I still grieving? helping you see the 360-degree impact of grief (no, it’s not just all in your head)

Everything sucks (and other negative thoughts)

This is your brain on grief

Your body knows

Too much too soon

Emotions and feelings and moods, oh my!

Another full-time job

Relating to yourself and others (or not) (re)discovering yourself and your relationship to others in grief

Everyone is stylish in their own way

Knowing and honoring your needs

Oh, the places you go and the people you see (and why it’s exhausting)

People say stupid shit

Who’s got your back?

Of course it’s complicated

Access denied

Pitfalls and hazards: identifying the grief thief and other speed bumps when navigating loss

Watch out for the grief thief

There is no grief GPS

Ambiguity s-u-c-k-s

Should is a dirty word (and not the swearing kind)

Holidays, anniversaries, and other grief hazards

Secondary losses: the sneakiest bitches of them all

Skills and tools that help grief suck less: discovering ways to soften the hard edges of grief

Notice mindfully

Improv skills help

Your turn to buddy-breathe

Seek a creative resource

Make space

Now what? bringing curiosity to the emerging story of your life

The beautiful, messy, emerging you

Memories for safekeeping

Meaning-making (even though it didn’t happen for a reason)

When grief becomes part of the story—but not the whole story

A little extra

Afterword

Appendix A: an alphabet of reminders for your grief journey

Appendix B. A letter to the grief supporters

About the author

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781477329320

1477329323

9781477329313

1477329315

OCLC:

1430658656