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  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief
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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Martha Whitmore Hickman (Author), Lorna Raver (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
4.8 out of 5 stars 6,483 ratings

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After the loss of a loved one, once the services are over and the relatives and friends have gone home, we are left to enter a strange new land, where someone who has given meaning to our life is gone. Drawing on her own experience as well as that of others, author Martha Whitmore Hickman presents a year's worth of meditations for people dealing with this profound loss, offering solace and illuminating a way forward. From January 1 to December 31, each day's meditation considers a meaningful quotation or passage on grief or suffering, with sources ranging Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson, from the Christian Bible to Hindu proverbs. A thoughtful, sensitive collection, Healing After Loss will comfort and inspire listeners on their journeys through grief toward recovery.

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  1. Listening Length
    9 hours and 45 minutes
  2. Author
    Martha Whitmore Hickman
  3. Narrator
    Lorna Raver
  4. Audible release date
    Nov. 14 2011
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B071RBD54T
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 9 hours and 45 minutes
Author Martha Whitmore Hickman
Narrator Lorna Raver
Audible.ca Release Date November 14 2011
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B071RBD54T
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Customers find the content of the book amazing, comforting, and helpful. They say it's a valuable source for those who find themselves in profound sadness. Readers describe the book as supportive, helpful, and recommended for the early first steps in grieving. They also appreciate the writing quality, saying it's well-written with compassion.

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34 customers mention "Content"34 positive0 negative

Customers find the content of the book amazing, comforting, and helpful. They say it's a valuable source for those dealing with the loss of a loved one. Readers mention the book has inspirational daily meditations that help put hard times in a better place. They also say the writing is beautiful and profound in its wisdom.

"The writing is beautiful and so profound in its wisdom...." Read more

"...The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts...." Read more

"...This book has been a God send. It is helping me cope and accept grief and leading me to deeper understanding and healing." Read more

"This helped me process the loss of my father. Daily reflections are coupled with quotes from famous authors." Read more

13 customers mention "Comfort"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the book comforting, supportive, and helpful. They say it brings great solace in their pain, is calming, grounding, and helpful in a healing way. Readers also mention the meditations are gentle and helpful.

"An amazing daily read on grief - I found this very comforting and helpful for me, in a time when maybe not everyone is able to relate to the subject..." Read more

"...It’s not preachy at all. The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts...." Read more

"...My husband and I have received such comfort and healing from reading this Healing After Loss Book by Martha W. Hickman and would highly recommend..." Read more

"...It really "saved" me - reading the daily messages, calming and grounding. I used it through a difficult and painful separation, too...." Read more

6 customers mention "Effectiveness"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book effective. They say it's well-written and extremely helpful to their family. Readers also recommend it for the early first steps in grieving.

"...It’s not preachy at all. The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts...." Read more

"An amazing daily read on grief - I found this very comforting and helpful for me, in a time when maybe not everyone is able to relate to the subject..." Read more

"This book has been of immeasurable help to me after the searing loss of my spouse...." Read more

"Daily meditations that help make small steps to recovery. Very helpful if you are not ready for immersion into books of self-help." Read more

6 customers mention "Writing quality"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book well-written and helpful. They say it's written with compassion and thoughtful suggestions.

"The writing is beautiful and so profound in its wisdom...." Read more

"Bought used - writing inside front cover. Very happy with book and quality. Cover is not the same as the product I received (which is fine.)" Read more

"...It is well written." Read more

"Written with compassion, thoughful suggestions and doing it without getting into the deep Bible philosophies of how to deal with grief...." Read more

I found this helpful after my mom passed
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I found this helpful after my mom passed
I bought this book before I needed it, knowing that when I needed it, I probably wouldn’t be able to figure out how to help myself. My mom passed a few weeks ago. I didn’t pick up the book till a few weeks after but it really has made a difference. It’s not preachy at all. The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts. The pages are marked with a date for everyday of the year, but I just started reading from the beginning, whatever I could get through on a day by day basis. Highly recommended for anyone having trouble dealing with the overwhelming grief from the loss of a loved one.
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  • Wall-e
    5.0 out of 5 stars I found this helpful after my mom passed
    Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2025
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    I bought this book before I needed it, knowing that when I needed it, I probably wouldn’t be able to figure out how to help myself.
    My mom passed a few weeks ago. I didn’t pick up the book till a few weeks after but it really has made a difference. It’s not preachy at all. The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts. The pages are marked with a date for everyday of the year, but I just started reading from the beginning, whatever I could get through on a day by day basis. Highly recommended for anyone having trouble dealing with the overwhelming grief from the loss of a loved one.
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    Wall-e
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    I found this helpful after my mom passed

    Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2025
    I bought this book before I needed it, knowing that when I needed it, I probably wouldn’t be able to figure out how to help myself.
    My mom passed a few weeks ago. I didn’t pick up the book till a few weeks after but it really has made a difference. It’s not preachy at all. The meditations are gentle and helpful, and reflective of one’s everyday thoughts. The pages are marked with a date for everyday of the year, but I just started reading from the beginning, whatever I could get through on a day by day basis. Highly recommended for anyone having trouble dealing with the overwhelming grief from the loss of a loved one.
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  • Joanne Kearsey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful
    Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2025
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    I recently lost my husband and was being consumed by my grief. I did not know if this was normal and I did not want to take any medication for grief and depression. This book has been a God send. It is helping me cope and accept grief and leading me to deeper understanding and healing.
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  • Ken Flynn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful
    Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2025
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    This helped me process the loss of my father. Daily reflections are coupled with quotes from famous authors.
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  • Keith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing/Perfect
    Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2024
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    I lost my wife just over a month ago… this was recommended by the bereavement counsellor. I started reading a week after she passed… from day 1 I found this book very helpful. Each passage presented each day seamed to fit the progress or day I was having. This daily read has helped me in the early days of my grief and I have bought an other copy for our daughter. I would strongly recommend this book. The short daily entries are easy to get through and just enough to ease my mind. Thank you.
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  • Poodlemom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to deal with grief
    Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2024
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    I bought this book when my mom died. These are daily meditations to help you remember and embrace grief. I have actually given this gift in lieu of flowers to a family member as well.
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  • Steve
    4.0 out of 5 stars book
    Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2017
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    Decent book
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  • Northstar Mystic Arts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice little book
    Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2024
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    I am finding this book helpful for getting through the days of grief. It is well written.
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  • 鶹 Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect companion
    Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2015
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    An amazing daily read on grief - I found this very comforting and helpful for me, in a time when maybe not everyone is able to relate to the subject, this book makes you feel understood, and helps you work through some of your more complex thoughts about immortality, life, death, loss and grief to name a few. It is very thought provoking and is very inclusive of all religions and beliefs, in the sense that it doesn't compartmentalize any one view of how things are. I find this book helpful to read when I am feeling waves of grief, or when I wake up, or before I go to sleep - it is nice to connect with these thoughts without having to read a whole book which might sometimes feel burdensome. The one-a-day entries are like a little advent calendar for the grieving soul. I got copies for my whole family and they are loving it too. Would highly recommend.
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  • Miss L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful.
    Reviewed in Mexico on September 21, 2022
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    It is what is says it is - a guide for the grieving. With short but profound thoughts for each day. Highly recomended, beautifully written and very helpful.
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  • Sam
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is really helping
    Reviewed in France on February 19, 2017
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    Bought for someone who had just lost their spouse it is proving to be a genuine source of inspiration and comfort. Very strongly recommended
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    5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
    Reviewed in India on December 4, 2023
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    It takes you each day through your own journey of life , it is as if the book is written for you
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  • Linus
    2.0 out of 5 stars Irresponsible book binding by the printers
    Reviewed in Singapore on March 25, 2022
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    This is a classic book, that provides some solace and words express the loss over 365 days, and we can repeat as the healing is unending...but the printer, William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) shows no appreciation of reading a book - for every page one has to prise the book at the binder to read the words at the inner edges (do see the image). The printer has reduced a 5-Star content-book to a 2-star reading experience - a disgrace to the dignity of reading!!!
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    Linus
    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Irresponsible book binding by the printers

    Reviewed in Singapore on March 25, 2022
    This is a classic book, that provides some solace and words express the loss over 365 days, and we can repeat as the healing is unending...but the printer, William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) shows no appreciation of reading a book - for every page one has to prise the book at the binder to read the words at the inner edges (do see the image). The printer has reduced a 5-Star content-book to a 2-star reading experience - a disgrace to the dignity of reading!!!
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  • Nicola Godfrey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend, love it !
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2025
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    Excellent book. Beautifully written and thought out with compassion and understanding of the pain and grief that
    comes with loss. It seems that almost every entry causes you to say, yes, yes that's how I feel, and although I'm suffering, I'm not alone and all of my feelings are normal. Highly recommend for anyone who has lost a loved one including a pet.
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