A Stronger Me: Your Illustrated Guide For Healthy Grieving

By Chelsie James

 

How can we rebuild our life around our grief and loss, healthily? grief is a universal experience that we go through in our lives. A choice that sadly, we don't have. When what we once couldn't imagine happens. We lose our loved ones and find ourselves amidst the pain, searching for answers to our questions, but information on the complicated topic of grief and loss can be overwhelming.

Do you wish you could understand your grief and loss better? When Chelsie's dad, Robert, died unexpectedly, she found herself even more overwhelmed by the academic jargon when researching grief and loss. She felt compelled to change that for others. Co-authored by a bereavement therapist, A Stronger Me provides easily digestible information, practical and reflective activities, that helps you to navigate and come to terms with your grief and loss.

 

In A Stronger Me, Chelsie begins to find the answers; what is the grieving process? can we grieve healthily? how can we live with our grief and loss. 

Recognising that our grief is unique, Chelsie shares her own bereavement experience, whilst giving you the space to explore your personal story of loss; healthily.

This book will be your companion, offering a source of support, comfort and validation that you need, to feel less alone whilst living with your grief and loss. 

 

A Stronger Me is a book for grieving people, those supporting others, and all those seeking to understand grief- healthily.

 

What readers are saying:

 

'A perfect balance of professional advice and a loving, supportive chat with a friend.''

'I felt supported and heard and could also journal my own thoughts in my own time, which has helped me channel my grief and gain different perspectives."

''It helped me to explore memories that I have struggled with and answered questions I've been searching for the answers to.'' 

''This book brings comfort to those remembering loved ones, allows the time and space needed for genuine reflection and makes us grievers feel a little less alone.''

''The guided activities are accompanied with relevant, easy to digest and relatable facts and guidance.''

''I look forward to continuing to use this book on my journey after loss - it applies to me now, six months on, and I know it will continue to be relevant for many months and years to come."

''I instantly felt connected and wanted to continue to read the book.''

 

In this honest and unique grief and loss book, you'll discover:

 

• practical activities and easily digestible information written by a bereavement therapist

• grief insights and tips to help us understand our unique version of grief

• toolkit of helpful exercises to work through and revisit at any stage of your grief and loss journey

• how to self-care and manage your mental health whilst grieving and healing after loss

• suggestions on how to support and comfort loved ones grieving

• support network and community of others grieving– to help tackle the isolation in grief

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chelsie James
• Release date: May 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201213398

Book preview

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Introduction

My Story

I’m Chelsie, Chels for short. I’m the creator, founder and girl behind A Stronger Me Grief Guide. I want to share with you my own grief story, how I found myself here to this day. So grab a cup of positivi-tea, get yourself comfy, sit back and read on.

At the young age of 22, I lost my Dad Robert (he was known to most as Bob), hence the sentimental meaning behind Bereavedat22. I lost my amazing Dad unexpectedly and very suddenly due to heart failure. One day he was here, the next he was gone. He was only 54 too, so to lose him so early on in my own life at an age I never imagined is pretty hard to put into words. I still feel robbed of the future that I should have had with him. I’m sure you might feel the same about your loved one(s) too.

I personally felt quite isolated in the early stages of my grief, as I didn’t really know anyone my age who had experienced a bereavement. I was struggling to find others of my age that could truly relate in their own personal way. I was searching for others to connect with, people who I could identify with. Those who might be able to help me to understand this dreadful experience and if everything I was thinking, feeling and doing was normal and that I wasn’t totally alone in my grieving journey.

So, that’s why my grief blog, bereavedat22.co.uk was initially created to build my own grief community, to not only help myself, but serve others along the way too. Fast forward to now since I started it, I have connected with so many of you around the world through my blog and social media channels, having heartfelt, teary, and happy conversations together, talking about our loved one(s) and sharing our grief stories and relating to one another in our own unique ways.

I can’t put into words just how much this has helped me to process and navigate my own grief. The wisdom and inspiration I have received from connecting with you, the friendships I have made. It’s just been incredibly amazing to think how grief brings people together.

Reach me on socials

Blog: www.bereavedat22.co.uk

Instagram: @Bereavedat22

Twitter: @Bereavedat22

Join our support group

Grief can be isolating, you don’t have to be alone on this never-ending journey. This group can become an helpful resource of support for you to connect with others who understand and have their own story of loss.

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I would encourage you to connect with other readers of A Stronger Me and access a supportive grief network. I look forward to welcoming you there.

Your free gift

As a way of me saying thank you, I’m offering you my FREE downloadable print illustration as featured in the book, you can print and frame it, to keep close by you and have as a helpful reminder when you need it the most.

>>Download here>>

https://mailchi.mp/d9ac7ba29542/free-a-stronger-me-illustration-download

Me holding butterfly

Why I wrote the book

This book was once just an idea as I sat journalling, scribbling my morning thoughts onto paper. I can remember sitting and having a moment of realisation. I wished I had something like this as a resource of support, so I wanted to change that and make this happen for others.

I wanted to share parts of my own grief story with you, but I also wanted to include advice and guidance from a qualified bereavement counsellor. I found Clare Williams to help me do that. You will see that Clare features throughout the guide and you will learn from her as the guide goes on.

Although it’s only three years since my Dad passed, I have channelled my own grief into creating the guide. It’s been so helpful to get me through my tough grief days and it’s given me the purpose and motivation to keep going. Even if it provides a tiny bit of uplifting grief support to you, wherever you may be, and if it helps just one of you, that’s all that matters. I hope this book will become your companion guide.

Please, keep strong and remember; you’re never alone on your grief journey.

How this book will benefit you

Thank you for purchasing this guide. Whether it’s a gift from a friend or loved one; or from you, to you. My love and thoughts are with you, I just know how tough this never-ending grief journey is.

In the world of grief we live in, our days can be dark and gloomy. This is your empowering and confidence-filling reminder that each day you get through is an achievement. For every sad moment there are also happy and joyful moments that make up our day and our worlds, but sometimes, understandably, we can find it difficult to experience happiness when we’re grieving the loss of a loved one.

As you may have noticed, this guide has been created to be all things uplifting and to help you to explore your grief in the most helpful