Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies

Helping widows and widowers learn how to cope with the grief of losing their helpmate, their lover, and perhaps their financial provider, this guide shows them how to find continued meaning in life when doing so seems difficult. Bereaved spouses will find advice on when and how to dispose of their mate's belongings, dealing with their children, and redefining their role with friends and family. Suggestions are provided for elderly mourners, young widows and widowers, unmarried lovers, and same-sex partners. The information and comfort offered apply to individuals whose spouse died recently or long ago.


Author: Alan Wolfelt
Publisher: Companion Press (CO)
Published: 11/01/2003
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9781879651371
ISBN10: 1879651378
BISAC Categories:
- Self-Help | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement

About the Author
Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, serves as director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He writes the "Children and Grief" column for Bereavement Magazine and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, and Today. He is the author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart, and Understanding Your Grief. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.