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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems
The worst thing that a parent can ever go through is the loss of a
child. The pain, the emptiness, the guilt and the sadness that you
feel, is like no other. Does it get any easier? Yes, it does. Will
your heart ever mend? Yes, it will. But it does take time to heal.
Jenny lost her little girl twenty-eight years ago - a long time.
But had she healed? Not as much as she thought. That was until she
decided to write this book and share her story with the world. "I'm
sharing this heartbreaking time of my life to let other parents
know that it's okay to feel the way they do. I want to let people
know that talking about their feelings, their sorrow, their
worries, their pain - but also their joy, could help them to grieve
and be more at peace with themselves and the world around them -
just like I have!" - Jenny Ford This book supports Child
Bereavement UK by making a donation from every book sold. Please
help Jenny to support this worthy cause.
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as
genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children
and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Mate is a revered
physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology -
and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical
practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents -
and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the
biology and psychology of the human brain. Scattered Minds: -
Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible
impairment and developmental delay - Explains that in ADD, circuits
in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention
control fail to develop in infancy - and why - Shows how
'distractibility' is the psychological product of life experience -
Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick,
and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and
behaviours - Expresses optimism about neurological development even
in adulthood - Presents a programme of how to promote this
development in both children and adults
Have you lost somebody close to you? This book can help you to deal
with loss, grief and bereavement. "It's important to remember that
everyone's journey of grief is personal and individual. However,
there are similarities for everyone in the process of grief. My aim
is to help everyone to understand that there really is some light
at the end of the tunnel, and to help them on their journey towards
it." The Grief Garden Path is easy to read, with plenty of
practical advice, which you can dip into whenever you have time.
Chapters include information about the 'grief path', and outlining
the types of grief you might experience. You'll find simple
exercises you can follow to help you going forward, with tips to
help you feel better, even on your worst days. And you'll be able
to share personal stories from people who have experienced the loss
of people very close to them, including their own tips on how to
cope with grief. At a time when you might not feel able to join a
group in order to share your own feelings, we are sure that you
will find it inspirational to hear about how others have coped with
the pain of losing a loved one. Julie New is always happy to hear
from anyone who is struggling to overcome personal setbacks. You'll
find her contact details on her website: www.julienew.co.uk Linda
Magistris, the founder of the Good Grief Trust
(www.thegoodgrieftrust.org) has included a foreword.
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 The New York Times
bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese
Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up
mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her
own identity in the wake of her loss. 'As good as everyone says it
is and, yes, it will have you in tears. An essential read for
anybody who has lost a loved one, as well as those who haven't' -
Marie-Claire In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and
endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling
singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells
of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene,
Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high
expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months
spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and
her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work
in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band
- and meeting the man who would become her husband - her Koreanness
began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she
wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal
pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a
reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of
taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious,
lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive
on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that
will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share,
and reread. 'Possibly the best book I've read all year . . . I will
be buying copies for friends and family this Christmas.' - Rukmini
Iyer in the Guardian 'Best Food Books of 2021' 'Wonderful . . . The
writing about Korean food is gorgeous . . . but as a brilliant
kimchi-related metaphor shows, Zauner's deepest concern is the
ferment, and delicacy, of complicated lives.' - Victoria Segal,
Sunday Times, 'My favourite read of the year'
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