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Navigating Loss A Survival Guide for the Newly Widowed

Don­na Marie Todd
Pub­lish­er: Widow’s Tale, 2020
ISBN 978–0‑9999–0160‑1
106 pages

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Navigating Loss

A Survival Guide for the Newly Widowed

When your life-part­ner dies, your life is turned upside down. The thought of going on alone is over­whelm­ing. You need a flash­light and a map to find your way out of the dark­ness and confusion.

Nav­i­gat­ing Loss is your roadmap to heal­ing after the death of your partner.

Writ­ten by TEDx speak­er, wid­ow, and Cer­ti­fied Grief Recov­ery Spe­cial­ist® Don­na Marie Todd, this book is a prac­ti­cal, easy-to-read, reli­able roadmap for your jour­ney from the dark­ness of death to new life.

What People Are Saying

“As a Crit­i­cal Care physi­cian, an impor­tant aspect of my job is tak­ing care of patients at the end of their lives and help­ing their loved ones make informed, lov­ing, but often very dif­fi­cult deci­sions.  As intense as their grief is at that moment, I know that the griev­ing process has just begun.  To have access to a thought­ful, prac­ti­cal resource to guide the sur­viv­ing spous­es and part­ners through the many aspects of their grief would enable them to move for­ward in their lives in a pos­i­tive, life-affirm­ing way.  Don­na Marie has pro­vid­ed that much need­ed guide in Nav­i­gat­ing Loss, A Sur­vival Guide for the New­ly Wid­owed.

“By work­ing through her own grief after her hus­band’s death and using her skills as a pro­fes­sion­al sto­ry­teller, writer and artist, she has been able to share the expe­ri­ences, insights and tools that have helped her nav­i­gate through the griev­ing process.

“I know this book will be a wel­comed resource for many, includ­ing hos­pi­tal chap­lains, Pal­lia­tive Care and Hos­pice teams and grief recov­ery sup­port groups.” (Amy Gollinger, MD)

“Wid­ow­hood uni­ver­sal­ly arrives as an unin­vit­ed guest. In Nav­i­gat­ing Loss, Don­na Marie Todd accom­pa­nies the read­er through grief’s phys­i­cal and emo­tion­al chal­lenges, finan­cial and med­ical issues, prac­ti­cal approach­es to memo­ri­al­iz­ing a loved one, and even dat­ing and remar­riage. The impact of the book is to guide the wid­ow or wid­ow­er into trans­for­ma­tive per­son­al growth that is heal­ing and con­struc­tive through­out the tra­jec­to­ry of loss. (Pat­ti Shear­er, MD)

“Nav­i­gat­ing Loss points out true north with a road map for the wid­owed per­son­’s jour­ney of grief. It’s packed with infor­ma­tion, insight and research-based prac­tices that help to gar­ner trac­tion on the path­way to heal­ing. Todd weaves sto­ries and anec­dotes from her own wid­ow­hood through­out the guide, which helps make the aspects of the jour­ney acces­si­ble and workable.

“This is a sol­id resource. I look for­ward to pro­vid­ing this guide to the new­ly wid­owed I care for.” (Jim Kul­ma, M.Div., Chap­lain and Super­vi­sor of Spir­i­tu­al Care, The Metro­Health Sys­tem, Cleve­land, Ohio)