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A Widow's Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First 5 Years
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"Kristin Meekhof's journey is both inspiring and courageous and something we can all learn from." —Dr. Deepak Chopra

An inspiring, accessible, and empowering grief book for widows on how to navigate the unique challenges of widow grief and create a hopeful future.

Are you a widow searching for solace and guidance as you navigate the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of your partner or spouse? This heartfelt and empowering book offers gentle support and invaluable advice to help you find strength, find hope, and embrace life once again. Kristin Meekhof, a licensed social worker who lost her husband to cancer, shares her personal journey and expertise to provide compassionate guidance through the first five years of widowhood.

You'll find:

  • Comprehensive Support: You'll find practical tools, emotional support, and insightful advice tailored to each stage of your healing process.
  • Gentle Approach: This guide acknowledges the unique experiences of widows and offers a compassionate and understanding voice.
  • Expert Insights: Benefit from the wisdom of experts in various fields, including grief counseling, psychology, and self-care.
  • Resilience and Empowerment: Take control of your healing journey with practical strategies to navigate the challenges of raising children, handling finances, and rebuilding a fulfilling life.
  • Essential Topics: Explore self-care practices, navigate legal and financial matters, find support networks, manage stress and anxiety, and embrace new possibilities with confidence and resilience.
  • Whether you are a recently widowed person or further along in your journey, A Widow's Guide to Healing is an essential companion that will empower you to heal, find purpose, and embrace the beauty of life once again.

    "Thanks for writing such a thoughtful book . . . I wish it was there when I was widowed at 41." —Katie Couric

    "Inspiring and insightful." —Maria Shriver

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          KRISTIN MEEKHOF, MSW, is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, MariaShriver.com, WomenThatSoar, and others. Widowed at a young age, she can speak from experience on the unique and unforeseen challenges of widowhood. Currently, she is doing social work in Kenya until January 2015.

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    "Kristin Meekhof's journey is both inspiring and courageous and something we can all learn from." —Dr. Deepak Chopra

    An inspiring, accessible, and empowering grief book for widows on how to navigate the unique challenges of widow grief and create a hopeful future.

    Are you a widow searching for solace and guidance as you navigate the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of your partner or spouse? This heartfelt and empowering book offers gentle support and invaluable advice to help you find strength, find hope, and embrace life once again. Kristin Meekhof, a licensed social worker who lost her husband to cancer, shares her personal journey and expertise to provide compassionate guidance through the first five years of widowhood.

    You'll find:

  • Comprehensive Support: You'll find practical tools, emotional support, and insightful advice tailored to each stage of your healing process.
  • Gentle Approach: This guide acknowledges the unique experiences of widows and offers a compassionate and understanding voice.
  • Expert Insights: Benefit from the wisdom of experts in various fields, including grief counseling, psychology, and self-care.
  • Resilience and Empowerment: Take control of your healing journey with practical strategies to navigate the challenges of raising children, handling finances, and rebuilding a fulfilling life.
  • Essential Topics: Explore self-care practices, navigate legal and financial matters, find support networks, manage stress and anxiety, and embrace new possibilities with confidence and resilience.
  • Whether you are a recently widowed person or further along in your journey, A Widow's Guide to Healing is an essential companion that will empower you to heal, find purpose, and embrace the beauty of life once again.

    "Thanks for writing such a thoughtful book . . . I wish it was there when I was widowed at 41." —Katie Couric

    "Inspiring and insightful." —Maria Shriver

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        • source: Dr. Deepak Chopra
        • content: "This is a very valuable and practical guide for any woman who has lost her husband due to an untimely death. Kristin Meekhof's journey is both inspiring and courageous and something we can all learn from."
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        • source: Maria Shriver
        • content: "I'm proud of Kristin Meekhof, who has written this inspiring and insightful book to help guide widows through their grief. This book is by an Architect of Change, for all of us who must deal with grief."
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        • source: Katie Couric
        • content: "Thanks for writing such a thoughtful book...I wish it was there when I was widowed at 41."
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        • source: Amy Morin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Bestselling Author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
        • content: "A Widow's Guide To Healing offers a wonderful balance of practical knowledge and inspiring advice that will give its readers a sense of peace and hope. I would have definitely appreciated a book like this when I first became widowed."
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        • source: Carolyn Moor, founder, Modern Widow's Club
        • content: "Finally a book that offers women who are new to widowhood a solid blueprint and empowering game plan while facing life's greatest challenge. This book offers supportive comfort to widows as they find hope again and most importantly, the healing needed to recreate their life. I wished I had this book when I became widowed many years ago. A light in the darkness of a widow's journey."
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        • source: Susan Toffler, media strategist and widow
        • content: "Kristin Meekhof provides a gentle and hopeful guide as you deal with the dark days. This is the book that will help you carry on despite the unbearable fog to find your inner confidence again."
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        • source: Lord Loomba, CBE, Founder and Chairman Trustee of The Loomba Foundation
        • content: "This is a book that should be essential reading for every woman struggling to make sense of life after the death of a husband. I recommend this book because it is highly accessible and will surely improve the lives of many widows and those who help widows."
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        • source: Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, University of Michigan, Director - Endocrine Oncology Program, Director - Center for Organogenesis
        • content: "This book is a valuable resource for people within the medical profession to better understand hospice, palliative care, and death from a family perspective. When death does occurs, this book can serve as a resource for providers as they guide widows and families through their grief."
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        • source: Michelle King Robson, president of EmpowHer
        • content: "This guide is an incredible resource for anyone in need of healing after losing their spouse. With Kristin Meekhof's book, recent widows can gain the tools and courage they need to carry on."
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        • source: Kathryn Craft, author of The Far End of Happy
        • content: "The most important quandaries bereavement poses-some with lifelong import-must be faced while widows are still reeling from emotional trauma. Or must they? Meekhof and Windell help vulnerable readers sort what can be put off and what must be done-and where to get help doing either. Had this guide been available back when I was rushing to extricate myself from the financial havoc left by my husband's death, their financial advice alone would have saved me substantial sums from which my children would have benefitted."
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        • source: Lee Daniel Kravetz, author of Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering & Success
        • content: "One of the few things we know without certainty about life is that, in life, we never know. A Widow's Guide to Healing is that rare gem, a practical guide that makes the unthinkable bearable, the painful manageable, and the road to healing a little brighter. You will be hard pressed to find a better guide on growth in the aftermath of loss."
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        • source: Dianne Gray, President, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation
        • content: "Kristin Meekhof's book, strikes a perfect balance between practical guidelines and compassionate wisdom for all seeking
          guidance following the often overwhelming loss of a spouse. It's the perfect everyday companion for readers as they
          follow their own life journey toward a "new normal"."
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        • source: Library Journal
        • content: "In this encouraging resource, new widows can find compassionate emotional and practical assistance. "
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          September 15, 2015

          Clinical social worker Meekhof knows firsthand what it's like to lose a loved one. Drawing from her own experiences and the stories of other widows, the author supplies a blueprint for navigating the legal system, coping with grief, and solo parenting. Meekhof addresses the roller-coaster ride of guilt and anger as well as handling in-laws and surviving the workplace. In sum, she reminds new widows that they are not alone, to go easy on themselves, and to reach out for help. VERDICT In this encouraging resource, new widows can find compassionate emotional and practical assistance. Also suggest Janet Boyanton's Alone and Alive.

          Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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    An inspiring, accessible, and empowering grief book for widows on how to navigate the unique challenges of widow grief and create a hopeful future.

    Are you a widow searching for solace and guidance as you navigate the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of your partner or spouse? This heartfelt and empowering book offers gentle support and invaluable advice to help you find strength, find hope, and embrace life once again. Kristin Meekhof, a licensed social worker who lost her husband to cancer, shares her personal journey and expertise to provide compassionate guidance through the first five years of widowhood.

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