Erhältlich:
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Buch (Softcover): Ratgeber
The Support That Stays
How to Keep Showing Up for Someone Who Is Grieving After the Funeral and Through the Months That Follow
Verlag:
Dorrance Publishing Company Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36870792
EAN: 9781911838869
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Fr, 25.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 24.80
Beschreibung
WHEN SUPPORT GROWS QUIET. When the funeral is over, the flowers begin to fade, and other people return to ordinary life, grief does not simply disappear. Many caring friends, relatives, coworkers, and community members want to keep helping, but they are unsure what to say, how often to make contact, or when support becomes pressure. A PRACTICAL WAY TO KEEP SHOWING UP. The Support That Stays is a practical guide to showing up with steadiness, respect, and clear boundaries through the months and years after a death. It explains how grief can affect communication, routines, work, family life, memory, difficult dates, and everyday decision-making. Rather than asking the grieving person to manage the help, the book shows how to make specific offers, send low-pressure messages, listen without trying to fix the loss, and follow through without taking control. WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK DIFFERENT. At the centre of the book is the Long-After Loop: Remember, Reach, Offer, Follow Through, and Recalibrate. This repeatable framework helps readers adjust their support as circumstances change. Seventeen chapters and twelve practical appendices provide realistic scenarios, one hundred message examples, a twelve-month support calendar, a fifty-two-week contact map, conversation guides, planning pages, phrase alternatives, and ready-to-use support plans. The guidance also addresses child and teenage grief, pregnancy and baby loss, suicide loss, drug-related death, complicated relationships, workplace re-entry, distance, digital communication, culture, faith, and the second year after loss. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR. This book is for readers who want to support a grieving friend without demanding a reply; relatives trying to provide practical help while respecting choice; coworkers and managers preparing for bereavement re-entry; parents, teachers, and youth workers supporting children or teenagers; and community or faith members who want their care to remain useful after the first wave of attention has passed. CARE THAT CAN LAST. Support does not need to be dramatic to matter. It needs to be specific enough to trust, light enough to sustain, and flexible enough to change. For readers seeking a clear and compassionate guide to what to say, what to offer, and how to keep showing up after a loss, this book provides a structured place to begin.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Evelyn Mara Cole
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 170