I'm not a mourning person Braving loss, grief, and the big messy emotions that happen when life falls apart

Kris Carr

Book - 2023

"A few years ago, Kris Carr's world was falling apart. Her father was dying, she had to pivot her business because of the pandemic, and she was on the verge of reaching her twenty-year milestone of living with an incurable Stage IV cancer diagnosis. While sitting in a CVS parking lot, she broke down, finally allowing herself to feel the massive stress and sadness she had been suppressing in order to seem strong for those around her, and for herself. And then she asked herself, "If embracing my intense emotions helped me feel even the slightest bit better, why was I so determined to avoid them? And given how all-encompassing this hint of catharsis felt, where else in my life have I been avoiding grief?" In this book, Kris... shares her (embarrassing, painful, helpful, hilarious, and sometimes inappropriate) stories and observations about what to expect when you're not expecting your world to fall apart. If your life has been turned upside down-whether it be the dissolving of a relationship or marriage, the end of a job or career, any other number of significant unexpected transitions. . . or, like Kris, you are wrestling with the pain that comes from an illness or the death of a loved one, this book is filled with real-life experiences, practices, and insights that can help you feel better-not cured-but better. It will provide comfort and community as you learn that these big messy emotions can be a catalyst to take inventory of your life, figure out what matters most, and reset. . . because as Kris says, "when we're brave enough to tend to our hearts: Our messy emotions can teach us how to be free-not free from pain, but free from the fear of pain and the barrier it creates to fully living.""--

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Subjects
Genres
Self-help publications
Published
Carlsbad, California: Hay House, Inc 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Kris Carr (author)
Edition
First Edition
Physical Description
xviii, 211 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781401970062
  • Introduction: Never Let Them See You Grieve
  • Chapter 1. I'm Not OK
  • Chapter 2. The Rupture
  • Chapter 3. Fear & Anxiety
  • Chapter 4. Becoming Unbecoming
  • Chapter 5. Grief & Trauma: The Golden Repair
  • Chapter 6. Acceptance
  • Chapter 7. Rest in Love
  • Chapter 8. Beyond the Stars
  • Chapter 9. Awkward Times, Awkward People
  • Chapter 10. Love Is Love, Grief Is Grief
  • Chapter 11. Self-Care in the Storm
  • Chapter 12. Listening to Your Life
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author