From Grief to Acceptance: An Active Process for Healing While Honoring Our Loved Ones

By Misty Proffitt-Thompson

After the death of a loved one, have you felt as if you were living at the mercy of your grieving process? Have you felt you were grieving “wrong”? Do you believe it is time to look at grief from a different perspective in order to no longer feel defenseless against it and experience acceptance once and for all?

From Grief

• Language: English
• Publisher: Awaken Village Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9780578440699

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From Grief

to Acceptance

An Active Process for Healing

While Honoring Our Loved Ones

Misty Proffitt-Thompson

This is a work of nonfiction. All events described herein are all true from the author’s perspective. The content of this book is for general instruction only. Each person’s physical, emotional, and spiritual condition is unique. The instruction in this book is not intended to replace or interrupt the reader’s relationship with a physician or other mental health professional. Please consult your doctor for matters pertaining to your specific health.

© 2019 by Misty Proffitt-Thompson

All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America.

Editing by Amanda Johnson, Awaken Village Press

Author photograph by Melissa Kim Corter

ISBN (paperback): 9780578440682

ISBN (ebook): 9780578440699

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019900130

Published by Awaken Village Press

www.awakenvillagepress.com

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: A New Perspective on Death and Grief

Chapter 1 Understanding Death

Chapter 2 Receiving Spiritual Gifts

Chapter 3 The Process of Grieving

Part 2: The Five Encouraging Phases of Grief

Chapter 4 Choosing Love over Fear

Chapter 5 Choosing Vulnerability over Shame

Chapter 6 Choosing Compassion over Judgment

Chapter 7 Choosing Forgiveness over Resentment

Chapter 8 Choosing Gratitude over Guilt

Part 3: Healing Through Grief

Chapter 9 Crossing the Bridge

Chapter 10 Applying the Lessons

About the Author

Advance Praise

Over the years, I’ve witnessed Misty Proffitt-Thompson’s spiritual growth, set in motion by the tragic loss of her sister, Stephanie. As anyone who grieves the loss of a loved one, Misty has experienced a full range of emotions, ultimately leading to love, forgiveness, and gratitude.

In From Grief to Acceptance, she shows us that we don’t have to live at the mercy of our grief and that we play an active role in our own healing and grieving process. We have a choice—how we choose to live our lives after loss is ultimately our decision.

In the pages within, Misty shares not only how to navigate through the different phases of grief but also how to empower yourself to heal while honoring your loved ones in spirit. I know this book will find its way into the hands and the hearts of those who may benefit from the wisdom she has to offer because I’ve always believed books have a way of finding us when we need them most. If you’re holding this book right now, there is a reason. Open yourself up to her guidance. You no longer have to be a prisoner to your grief.

– Shanda Trofe, Founder of Spiritual Writers Network and Transcendent Publishing

In my line of work, helping people navigate difficult and emotional situations, there are a few topics many will shy away from. Grief is one of those topics, and it takes a very gentle kind of soul to support others who are moving through it. During one of the darkest moments we can face as humans, grief and loss touches each of us in a different way. Misty Proffitt-Thompson is one of those gracious, compassionate, and loving souls who has valuable insight and personal experience that she has lived and learned through. Her willingness to walk through the devastation of loss while supporting others is not only admirable, it is something that society is desperate to experience. People need a safe place to go to process these painful moments with someone who can hold them in a space of love and provide a foundation for them to stand upon. This ability is rare, yet Misty has captured the essence of this experience and crafted a beautiful book of inspiration and healing. Misty’s book From Grief to Acceptance: An Active Process for Healing While Honoring Our Loved Ones is that safe place and contains tools and insights to help you find the perfect pace and support for your own journey of healing, helping you discover you are never alone while honoring your own personal journey through grief.

– Melissa Kim Corter, Author, Hypnotherapist, and Transformational Coach

This book is about forgiveness, trust, and love. Misty does a beautiful job weaving together these three crucial elements of personal development. She helps us achieve a sense of acceptance during times of great loss. She restores our right to feel, grieve, and express so that we might release pain, open to love, and receive our divine gifts.

– Kyra Schaefer, As You Wish Publishing

Full of insight and truth, From Grief to Acceptance takes the reader on a healing journey, offering the reader wisdom and encouragement. It presents easy-to-digest points about the feelings