Pia, thank you so much for backing The Grief Spiral, and for your kind comments. I hope my work will be helpful for you in treating the bereaved. It has transformed many of my clients' lives. I am going to your page right now to watchlist your book. Thanks again, and if you are moved to comment further, I'd love to hear from you.

Elissa - The Grief Spiral - I admire people who can structure a process. I'm familiar with the extensive research on loss as part my work with clients over 30 years. A book with many examples, like yours, is bound to be helpful, if only to show how much death is part of life. Backed, Pia (Course of Mirrors)

Becca, you asked: "Did you study this or come up with it on your own? It's a profound and well executed guide, and reads at an educational level while at the same time accessible. Definitely right on target for a self help style resource." This is my own original theory that emerged from my experience with loss and the experiences of my clients. Thank you so much for your appreciative comment! I have put Forever Girl on my watchlist.

Did you study this or come up with it on your own? It's a profound and well executed guide, and reads at an educational level while at the same time accessible. Definitely right on target for a self help style resource. xBeccaX The Forever Girl

Thank you so much, Eunice, for your appreciative and empathetic comment, and for backing The Grief Spiral. It sounds like you've been there, done that. I imagine you have learned a lot from your experiences, and discovered that the rewards of loss can balance the pain. I look forward to reading The Temple Dancer and have put it on my watchlist.

Firstly, may I offer you my deepest condolences for your sad losses. My husband and brother died within months of each other, and then my father passed away. I was lucky to have such a strong faith, and knew they were in a happy place. My work as a medium, has also been of great help. Your book is sensitively written, and is both insighful and inspiring. Pain can be our greatest teacher, but we often don't see the lesson until we have come through it. Your work is very important in healing the lives of others. I am backing your book with pleasure. Eunice - The Temple Dancer.

When we experience intense grief turning to those who are closest to us is not always the answer since by so doing we may increase their unhappiness and intensify our own. A book such as this will surely prove the help we all need in times of sorrow. Backed Robert Davidson THE TUZLA RUN

As an active member of the clergy for over four decades, I can relate to the ideas and the stories you share in your book as the realities I hear from people moving through grief. I am especially taken by the final paragraph you have shared in which we are reminded that most people have anticipated that arriving at Acceptance will resolve all of the issues of their loss. The poignant question you leave us with is "Now what?" and I certainly want people to have access to what you will say about continuing the process of grief after the chimera of initial acceptance is reached. I am eager to find out more about the stages of Return, Reconnection, and Creation you promise - because I believe from experience, both personal and professional, that the real healing and the real promise lies beyond Acceptance, and I long for the language, insights, and models to give substance to that belief.

As an active member of the clergy for over four decades, I can relate to the ideas and the stories you share in your book as the realities I hear from people moving through grief. I am especially taken by the final paragraph you have shared in which we are reminded that most people have anticipated that arriving at Acceptance will resolve all of the issues of their loss. The poignant question you leave us with is "Now what?" and I certainly want people to have access to what you will say about continuing the process of grief after the chimera of initial acceptance is reached. I am eager to find out more about the stages of Return, Reconnection, and Creation you promise - because I believe from experience, both personal and professional, that the real healing and the real promise lies beyond Acceptance, and I long for the language, insights, and models to give substance to that belief.

Timely and comforting for many...well done! Backed (soon) Stewart

Your instructional book is moving, poignant, insightfull and I agree with the points that you make. Grief over a lost loved one does indeed haunt us all. Your work is well written and your gentle first person narrative voice is perfect for this genre. Backed with pleasure. Andrew Burans The Reluctant Warrior: The Beginning

Thank you for your appreciative and encouraging comments, yasmin!

I'm particularly taken with the organization of the material and the use of subjects' stories to advance the understanding of grief. Certainly the spiral can be experienced in a variety of ways and the psychological dynamics are fascinating to me because of my background in sexual abuse. Having lost to death the abuser, my own book is an attempt to understand my own reactions and loss, in terms of love and misgivings. Good luck to you.

Elissa, What a immensely insightful book. Thank you for writing it and sharing it with us. It is a novel way to look at bad experiences and i believe books like yours do make a difference and change this world. Boy do we ever need that. Hats off to you. Backed for sure The Mind Setter

Elissa, The Grief Spiral is a very useful self-help book. Backed with enthusiasm.

I think this is an excellent choice of subject matter - two people close to me are going through the grieving process at the moment for lost family members and a book like this could help them negotiate the ups and downs to come. Very strong cover too - if grief had a colour, it might well be dark purple. Backed. Vanessa Banana In The Briefcase

Dear Elissa, I love that you are helping grieving people to have closure. :) Your pitch & table of contents prepared me to find out how. :) I always say, "my mom went to be with Jesus - she went & left me" - I know she's pain-free, now & running around Heaven helping everyone the way she did here. :) Thank you for taking the time to share with the world the grieving process. :) I've backed your book :) - could you please take just a moment to back my memoirs book? :) Thanks so very much. :) Love, Susie :) This is information from authonomy (so beware of any other untrue information you may receive that is spam & not quotes of authonomy): "When you back a book, it only improves the ranking of that book, not yours. However, the author whose book you are backing may decide to back your book also, in which case yes, your ranking would be improved" "Every time you place a book on your bookshelf, your recommendation pushes the book up the rankings. And while that book sits on your bookshelf, your reputation as a talent spotter increases depending on how well that book performs."

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