Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

It actually saved me and completely transformed the way I view grief. Recommended for anyone who has lost someone, especially a child.

Excelente livro, que aborda a temática do luto de forma belíssima, acolhedora e cuidadosa! Amei

Das Buch kam leider beschädigt an. Inhaltlich kann ich noch nichts dazu sagen.

I recently started reading Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Dr Joanne Cacciatore. Joanne is a berieved parent herself and also has a PHD in grief counseling. What I have found in reading this book is that it validates every single emotion that I have felt since we lost our daughter, the book is written simply and in a language that every person who is grieving over the loss of a loved on can understand. The book has made me realise that love and grief go together and that hopefully/eventually my love for my daughter and my grief over losing her will sit side by side in my heart. Joanne has also shown me that my life is now like a jigsaw puzzle that will always have a piece missing, but that jigsaw is still a beautiful picture. I will always carry grief in my heart for the rest of my days but, like the jigsaw with the missing piece, that piece will live on in my heart making the jigsaw complete, - my life complete although different. That grief will sit beside the love that I have for my daughter and that the love and therefore the memories will never leave me. This has given me the courage to carry on. The book has also validated that I have become a different person and that is OK despite what our society tells us and expect from us who grieve. I would recommend this book as one of the best to help any one who is walking down the road of grief. I have read a lot of books about grief and love and this is by far the best that I have read, it should be the benchmark for every grief counselor! Thank you Joanne, you have helped me more than you can ever imagine and given me a wonderful gift. Phillip Spencer JP

il miglior libro sul lutto che abbia mai letto. Mi ha aiutato tantissimo, mi sono sentita completamente compresa, ho avuto la netta percezione che la profondità del mio dolore fosse legittimata. Solo così si può iniziare a stare bene. Questo non è un libro per chi no ha la forza di attraversare e guardare in faccia la propria disperazione. Ti aiuta ad accettarla, ma contemporaneamente ti da la chiave per iniziare a vedere la luce. Vorrei poter ringraziare l'autrice di persona, mi ha davvero preso per mano, accompagnandomi fuori dal tunnel della disperazione. Lo ha fatto, facendomi accettare la devastazione che sentivo e in un secondo momento regalandomi la forza di riaprirmi al mondo. Non è un libro per chi vuole la ricetta per mettere il lutto sotto al tappeto, ma per chi vuole trasformare questa tremenda esperienza, in un'opportunità per diventare piu consapevole e grato.