A Hole In the World: Finding Hope In Rituals of Grief & Healing by Amanda Opelt

NEW Without Tags A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief & Healing by Amanda Held Opelt Hardback edition Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of the year What does it mean to truly grieve and to grieve well? Why is it so hard to move on? What am I supposed to do now? Amanda’s search for answers led her to discover that generations past embraced rituals that served as vessels for pain and aided in the process of grieving and healing. Today, many of these traditions have been lost as practice declines, cultures amalgamate, death is sanitized, and pain is averted. In this raw and authentic memoir of bereavement, Opelt explores the history of human grief practices and how previous generations have journeyed through periods of suffering. As Opelt explores each bereavement practice, it gives her a framework for processing her own pain. She shares how, in spite of her doubt and anger, in the midst of sorrow, that when we carefully and honestly attend to our losses, we are able to expand our capacity for love, faith, and healing. Self-help grief death dying culture spirituality loss coping health bereavement mourning mind body soul healing psychological memoir reference psychological self healing spiritual nonfiction