From the Book - Sixth edition.
1. Loss and the mourning after : a universal human experience
2. First responses to a major loss : when your worst fears become real
3. Sudden loss or prolonged loss : there is no easy way
4. Recovering your balance : creating a new normal experience
5. Perception : the key to healing
6. Steps to recovery : a common path to wholeness
7. The inward search : grief is a personal experience
8. Four key facts about grief : building a foundation for recovery
9. Start now! : today is a better day to begin than tomorrow
10. Grief and growth : growing through loss
11. A test of endurance : life after loss takes determination and time
12. Beliefs that help or hurt : life after takes determination and time
13. Quiet losses : private struggles grieved in silence
14. Children and grief : it's a big hurt for little people, too
15. Losses in later life : tarnish on the gold years
16. Making new discoveries : beginning with loss
17. Significant points along the way : mileposts on the road to recovery
18. Choosing to live again : ways to take charge of your own grief
19. Opening new doors : decisions that make a difference
20. Your own best friend : completing the journey
21. Preparing for loss : a new dimension in wholeness
Appendix A: Words that describe feelings
Appendix B: Forming a support group.
