David Kessler - Grief

David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts ongrief, loss, and navigating life’s changes. He's written six bestselling books,while his first book, The Needs of The Dying,received praise from Mother Teresa.  His advice has been featured by TheNew York Times, Unlocking Us with Brene Brown, TODAYShow, and GQ, to name a few. Kessler’s experiences withthousands of people on the edge of life and death has taught him the secrets toliving a fulfilled life, even after life’s tragedies.

David has a waiting list he will never be able to get to,so now he is releasing a workbook to bring those conversations rightinto your home.   He wanted this workbook to be like sitting acrossfrom him at a kitchen table and having a personal conversation with David aboutthe challenges you face in your life.   Finding Meaning: GriefWorkbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love (BridgeCity Books; paperback; Oct 1, 2024) allows you to understand your unique andpersonal experience with grief, begin to work through loss, release the hurt,and learn to grieve with more than pain.  Because it is in love where youcan find meaning,

Here is David walking through an exercise with Jay Shetty.  https://grief.wistia.com/medias/q7ywjd8cao

David’s personal experience as a child witnessing a mass shooting while his mother was dying in a hospital helped him begin his journey. He's taught thousands of physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about the end of life, trauma, and grief. However, despite his vast knowledge, his life was turned upside down by the sudden death of his 21-year-old son. 

When you experience grief, your world can feel overwhelming. It can be difficult to imagine a future. You feel lost and hopeless.

In this companion workbook to David’s bestselling book Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, you will come to understand your unique and personal experience with grief and begin to work through the loss,releasing the hurt and learning to grieve with more love than pain . . .because love never dies.

The Finding Meaning workbook is filled with:

• Self-reflective exercises
• Journaling opportunities
• Warmhearted guidance for releasing pain
• Navigation techniques for complicated grief
• Tools for guilt, rumination, and overwhelming feelings