Here are your free gifts
from Meryl Hershey Beck's Pre-Release Book Launch
Footprints of the Heart
eBook: Footprints on the Heart: A Remembrance Anthology is a collection of poetry and prose by bereaved parents and families from different parts of the world who have been inspired and profoundly moved by the love and loss of their babies.
7 Ways To Cope With Loss
Dealing with loss is one of life’s greatest challenges. In “7 Ways to Cope with Loss,” Heidi Bright, MDiv, who lost her son to drug addiction, gives you several ways help deal with loss.
Greiving the Loss of a Child
So often, we don’t know what to say or what to do when our friend or family member experiences a loss. “How to Help Someone Who is Grieving the Loss of a Child” is a helpful guide, suggesting the DOs and DON’Ts for family and friends.
Faces of Suicide Chapter 4
Receive a copy of Chapter 4, “Jonathan Hershey Beck," as published in Faces of Suicide: Volume Four. This book is a collection of stories from the heart, written to show the world that that these people lived and their lives mattered.
Spring Cleaning Healing Meditation Experience
Mordechai David Naseck will take you on a healing journey past the mind, past the sub-conscious mind, into the deep annals of the heart and soul. From this place one may have a direct experience of The Divine inside the body. It's The Divine that does the healing.
"We all experience pain and loss as a part of life. The key is to turn the pain into a labor pain and have the curse help us to give birth to a blessing as we learn from the authors’ experience and our own. What the contributors share in Loss, Survive, Thrive and with their words can help us all to learn from the survivors and ease our own pain."
Bernie Siegel, MD
Author of A Book of Miracles and The Art of Healing
"Not long after my son died, I realized I had to make a decision. I could listen to the common wisdom that claimed I would never get over his loss or I could choose to create a meaningful life. I didn't just want to survive, I wanted to thrive, and thanks to the support of countless people, I am thriving today. Loss, Survive, Thrive is an important book that breaks through common ideas about what grief should look like and shares the stories of families who are creating meaning after experiencing the death of their child. We need to raise these voices and this book does exactly that."
Jeannette Maré
Executive Director/Ben's Mom, Ben's Bells Project
"As an expert with more than 30 years in the field of death, dying, and bereavement, I'm delighted that this book exists. With so much grief and loss in the world, this book offers hope to bereaved parents. The contributing authors share their very personal stories of how they pulled themselves out of the abyss of pain, and found the strength to keep on going. This wonderful book will be an invaluable guide to others who have lost a child."
Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT
(Fellowship in Thanatology), Award-Winning Author: The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life
"When someone has to face the tragedy of losing a child, I'm glad this book is available to help them get through it. The stories offer hope and role models. My own grandmother gave up on life after her eldest son was killed in the Second World War and she died not long after. As bereaved parents trudge through the darkest of days, the stories in this book show they are not alone and give them hope that life can go on."
David Feinstein
Author of Rituals for Living and Dying
"This is such an important book! When people are faced with a major trauma, like losing a child, they feel they are out alone in the middle of a deep, dark ocean with no land in sight. That’s when they need a life preserver and compass to not drown in the intensity of the emotions of grief. Every story in Loss, Survive, Thrive demonstrates how a bereaved parent made it out, each with a different roadmap. This book will be treasured by not only the grieving parents, but also their support people who don’t know how to help."
Robin Trainor
Trauma Specialist
"As a trauma therapist, I have seen how a major loss can lead to a lifetime of suffering. I also know that even the most devastating trauma can be healed under the right conditions. However, most people never find the quality of support that's needed, and this is especially true in the case of the death of a child – an immeasurable loss on many dimensions, which strikes at the core of our identity and trust in the goodness of life. Meryl Hershey Beck has a rare ability to unflinchingly share her journey, showing how it is possible to honor a life cut short with an ongoing relationship that is fully open to love. This message could only be delivered by someone speaking from her own experience. I highly recommend Loss, Survive, Thrive to bereaved parents and those who care about them, and for anyone who looks for reassurance that we can emerge from the depths of grief to rebuild a life of strength, compassion, and undiminished joy."
Kate Hawke
Director, Trauma Transformation Network
"I have lived through the grief of losing many loved ones. Reading these stories of loss of a child, extreme grief and healing has affected me greatly. Each chapter broke my heart wide open again. Each chapter became a salve of healing again. The grace and courage it takes to dive into unfathomable suffering and not only drift through but fight and kick through to resurfacing into acceptance, hope and joy became another level of healing my own heart wounds. I recommend it to anyone who has a heart."
