When You Don't Know What to Say, 2nd Edition: How to Help Your Grieving Friends

Name: When You Don't Know What to Say, 2nd Edition: How to Help Your Grieving Friends
Brand: Beacon Hill Press
SKU: 127999
Price: 7.72 USD
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Author: Harold Ivan Smith
ISBN: 9780834127999

By: Harold Ivan Smith

Beacon Hill Press / 2012 / Paperback

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For those who have a friend that has been devastated by the loss of a loved one. When others care enough to rub shoulders with grieving friends and are willing to be inconvenienced. It requires someone to care enought to put aside cliché condolences and stick close through a long grieving process.

An individual's grief can never be "fixed". But friends can wash a sink full of dishes. One can listen. Or they can go along on a cemetery visit. Sharing another's grief is not about "fixing it"--it's about showing up.

Harold Ivan Smith, popular speaker and grief educator, guides others to respong with their heart. He shows tangible, meaningful ways to make a significant difference as one journeys through grief with someone they care about.

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Title: When You Don't Know What to Say, 2nd Edition: How to Help Your Grieving Friends
By: Harold Ivan Smith
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 128
Vendor: Beacon Hill Press
Publication Date: 2012

Dimensions: 7.00 X 4.50 (inches)
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0834127997
ISBN-13: 9780834127999
Stock No: WW127999

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For those who have a friend that has been devastated by the loss of a loved one. When others care enough to rub shoulders with grieving friends and are willing to be inconvenienced. It requires someone to care enough to put aside cliche condolences and stick close through a long grieving process. An individual’s grief can never be ’fixed’. But friends can wash a sink full of dishes, listen, go along on a cemetery visit. Sharing another’s grief is not about ’fixing-it’- it’s about showing up.Harold Ivan Smith, popular speaker and grief educator, guides others to respond with their heart. He shows tangible, meaningful ways to make a significant difference as one journeys through grief with someone they care about.

Author Bio

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Harold Ivan Smith is a popular speaker and grief educator. He received a doctorate of pastoral care from Rice Seminary and a doctorate of spiritual formation from Asbury Theological Seminary. Smith has published more than 30 books and numerous articles, including A Decembered Grief and When Your People Are Grieving (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City).

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Harold Ivan Smith is a grief specialist on the teaching faculties of Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, and the Carondolet Medical Institute in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is recognized as a Fellow in Thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He had also received the Distinguished Service Award from ADEC. He earned his doctorate from Asbury Theological Seminary and an EdS from Vanderbilt. His primary research is on the grief of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies. He has facilitated Grief Gatherings, storytelling groups for grievers, at Saint Luke's Hospital for more than fifteen years.