Joanne Cacciatore Knihy

"This is a book that is easy to use and easy to carry with you throughout your day to touch in with and be supported by when bearing the often unbearable pain of a loved one's loss. Our culture often makes the bereaved feel alone, isolated, broken, and like they should just get over it-this book offers a loving antidote. Open the book to any image, and you'll find something that will instantly help you feel not alone, while honoring the full weight of loss. This book is comprised of quotations from Bearing the Unbearable, and other sources as well, plus an enormous amount of new material from Dr. Jo-it is especially well suited for the grieving mind who may struggle with concentration. Just a 30 seconds on any page will empower, hearten, and validate any bereaved person. This is a book that everyone who encounters it will want to buy five copies to share with others. Chaplains, ministers, and therapists will want to keep cases of it on hand"-- Provided by publisher

If you love, you will grieve—and nothing is more mysteriously central to becoming fully human. Foreword INDIES Award-Winner — Gold Medal for Self-Help When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable—especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, “ NO!” with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear—and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. Organized into fifty-two short chapters, Bearing the Unbearable is a companion for life’s most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore—bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest, and leading counselor in the field—accompanies us along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities—as well as her own experience with loss—Cacciatore opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief. Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. Organized into fifty-two accessible and stand-alone chapters, this book is also perfect for being read aloud in support groups. Now available as an online course from the Wisdom Academy.

Vorwort von Dr. Jeffrey B. RubinEINE SCHATZTRUHE VOLLER VERBALER UMARMUNGEN IN DUNKLEN ZEITENWenn ein geliebter Mensch stirbt, kann sich der Schmerz des Verlustes unerträglich anfühlen – vor allem, wenn es sich um einen plötzlichen oder traumatischen Tod handelt. Jede Zelle unseres Körpers möchte sich dagegen auflehnen, die ganze Welt um uns herum scheint ihren Sinn zu verlieren. Die Trauer macht uns das Alltagsleben zur Hölle, und manchmal brauchen wir viel mehr Zeit, als andere Menschen uns zugestehen wollen.Die Trauerpädagogin Dr. Joanne Cacciatore hat mit diesem Buch einen einfühlsamen Begleiter für schwere Zeiten im Leben geschaffen. Sie zeigt darin auf, wie sich in Tragödien Chancen zum Wachstum offenbaren können und erzählt dabei von Menschen mit bewegenden Schicksalen, denen es gelungen ist tiefen Verlustschmerz zu bewältigen.Das Unerträgliche annehmen ist nicht nur für Hinterbliebene, sondern auch für Trauerbegleiter und Therapeuten eine wertvolle Lektüre. Das Buch ist in leicht verständliche und in sich geschlossene Kapitel gegliedert, so dass es sich auch hervorragend zum Vorlesen beispielsweise in Selbsthilfegruppen eignet."Einfach das beste Buch, das ich jemals über den Prozess der Trauer gelesen habe. Erschütternd und ermutigend zugleich."— Ira Israel, The Huffington Post