Former Counselor Pens Book About Grief

March 22, 2021 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment

March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Losing a loved one is life-shattering. Sunny Armstrong dealt with this grief firsthand when her son Nick suddenly passed away at the age of twenty-six. In her newly released book, “I Have a Nick Story Book 3: Amazing, Happy Stories…Friends,” she shares how she used her counseling experience to handle this life-altering loss by writing in a journal.

Throughout the book, readers will experience the numerous incidents that occurred immediately after Nick’s death, not only to the author but also to family members and friends. Whenever Armstrong would experience an incident/sign of her son’s presence she would always share with loved ones saying, ‘I Have a Nick Story,’ which became a mantra among her family. With the help of her faith, God has allowed Armstrong’s son to visit earth often and through numerous signs, letting her, her family and his friends know he is healthy, happy and loves living in heaven.

“As soon as Nick died, unusual, amazing experiences started happening to me, my daughter, my grandsons and Nick’s friends,” said Armstrong. “I chose to keep a journal of all the amazing signs God was allowing Nick to give us to ease our pain and make us laugh. I realized all these signs were not just for me but needed to be shared with all. God does not cause our pain; He helps us through it.”

Armstrong beautifully shows that even though she lost her child, he is still with her every day. Ultimately, “I Have a Nick Story Book 3” will show readers the wonderful signs Nick gave his family, and Armstrong shares the experience of these visions throughout each page.

“I Have a Nick Story Book 3: Amazing, Happy Stories…Friends”
By Sunny Armstrong
ISBN: 978-1-6642-0443-0 (softcover); 978-1-6642-0442-3 (hardcover); 978-1-6642-0444-7 (eBook)
Available at WestBow Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the author
Sunny Armstrong was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, along with her two sisters. She has lived in California most of her life. Armstrong is a former elementary teacher, middle school teacher, counselor, administrator and community college professor. Armstrong enjoys vacationing with family and visiting her numerous nieces and nephews, immediate children, extended family, and precious grandchildren. Armstrong has written three books dedicated to her late son, Nick, titled “I Have a Nick Story.” Books 1 and 2 have been on the Hollywood Producers list, and 3 will be joining the first two books in the coming month.

WestBow Press is a strategic supported self-publishing alliance between HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Author Solutions, LLC — the world leader in supported self-publishing. Titles published through WestBow Press are evaluated for sales potential and considered for publication through Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. For more information, visit www.westbowpress.com or call (866)-928-1240.

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Understanding Grief

February 19, 2020 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment

by Rich Nilsen

“Grief only comes in one size, extra large.” — Dennis Manning

If grief can be summed up in a nutshell, it is how we feel now that an important person is no longer in our life. In essence, we hurt and feel sorry for ourselves. Our focus is usually on what WE lost. Grief, of course, is a normal reaction to the loss of someone or something. Each of us will handle these feelings in our own way and in our own time. There is no blueprint to the process and no timetable to how long you will hurt.

Author J. William Worden describes four facets of mourning:

1 – Accepting the reality of the loss

2 – Experiencing the pain of grief

3 – Adjusting to an environment without the lost loved one

4 – Reinvesting emotional energy in life

Having been through the complete grief process, I can relate to each of these “steps.” Accepting the loss almost immediately helped me move on with my mourning quicker, although it didn’t make anything easier.

I cannot help you acknowledge the reality of your loss. Only you can do that, and hopefully you are well past that stage by the time you receive this book.

Sometimes, intense feelings of grief will catch us by surprise. It may startle you when you fall “into the pits” several months after the tragedy. It is at this time that many people will be expecting you to be over your loss. Don’t believe them. It is only normal for this to happen. Just remember your grief is unique. No one else is just like you. No one else had the same relationship with the person who died.

Understand that a main purpose of grief is to help you reach the point in your life when you can remember without the pain.

What I present later in this guide are several steps to help you get through the grieving process in a positive way.

This article – Understanding Grief – is an excerpt from The Road to Recovery – check it out here
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Grief Help: Using Writing to Help Us Process Our Sorrow

July 10, 2019 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment

Eight months after John died, Neustadter started sending emails to his old Yahoo address, because “communicating with John was truly the only thing I wanted to do at that time,” she said. It gave her a way to keep the conversation alive.

“And it felt symbolic and ritualistic to send an actual letter out somewhere into the unknown,” Neustadter said.

Neustadter also used writing to make sense of John’s suicide—why did he turn to suicide? what signs did she miss? She wrote down everything about John that she could remember.

Writing gave Neustadter “some sense of purpose.” She wanted to write the book she wished she’d had: “a book about a young woman, effectively widowed at 29, struggling to make sense of the loss of her soul mate and why he took his life. There were a lot of parts to this, and I had a lot of questions. None of the books on grief that I found helped me with understanding how to navigate my loss.”

“If I could offer other women (or men) like myself a book that made them feel less alone and helped them navigate through traumatic grief, then maybe, just maybe, it would make my experience of John’s death worthwhile in some way.”

Grief Help: Authors Start Book Series On Infertility

February 3, 2019 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment

Despite all the medical approaches to infertility, two Chandler women think those who struggle with the problem might want to consider divine intervention.

That’s why Evangeline Colbert and Angela Williams wrote “Borrowed Hope: Sarah’s Story of Triumph Over Infertility” – the first in a series of books aimed at bringing comfort to women who have struggled with infertility and miscarriages by examining the struggles with infertility that are recounted in the Bible.

Colbert, a certified professional life coach, already wrote an earlier book on the subject, titled “A Seed of Hope: God’s Promises of Fertility,” and began working with Williams, a counselor and mediator, two years ago on the joint creation.

Now they’re working on publicizing that first joint effort, starting with a book-signing party at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at Sunrise Faith Community Center, at 800 W. Galveston St., Chandler.

Both women think their own lives back up their encouragement and words of hope to women who struggle with infertility and miscarriages…

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“Healing After the Loss of Your Mother: A Grief & Comfort Manual,” A New Step-By-Step Grief Recovery Guidebook

January 15, 2019 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment

Author Elaine Mallon has released “Healing After the Loss of Your Mother: A Grief & Comfort Manual” ($14.95, paperback, 9781733538909; $9.99, ebook, 9781733538930), a practical, step-by-step guidebook for those mourning the loss of their mother and for supporters hoping to help a loved one through grief. It is a book of comfort, guidance, and hope.

Mallon’s insight into grief comes from the heartbreaking experience of losing her mother suddenly and unexpectedly. Devastated and unprepared for how life-changing and painful processing the loss would be, Mallon found herself wondering: “Where’s the manual?” and “How do I do this?”

“This is the book I desperately needed when my own mom died,” says Mallon. “It is an essential companion for anyone uncertain about what to do or where to turn after their mother’s death.”

Like a compassionate friend, Mallon captures the raw, unique pain of losing your mother with empathy, honesty, and eloquence. She guides the reader through each step of the grieving process, offering straightforward answers to many common questions and tenderly addressing fears faced by those in mourning, as well.

This book also offers direction for those hoping to comfort someone who is grieving, by explaining what a person in grief is going through and how to be most helpful to them.

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August 26, 2014 by GriefHelp_org Leave a Comment