Solving the Grief and Loss Puzzle: Piecing Together Your New Normal Life Radiant Life Series No. 2

By Barbara Steingas

Everyone experiences loss at some point in their life. Whether its the passing of a loved one or beloved pet, the breakup of a friendship or romance, a divorce, getting fired, losing a limb, or suffering a natural disaster, it hurts. We all experience a grieving process to overcome it, helping us to become stronger and create a new normal life.

How we cope with and process our emotions after these losses and tragedies occur determines how the rest of our lives unfold. We either remain victimized by these experiences, staying stuck in the grief emotions, or we come to some sense of acceptance and explore different ways to experience happiness in our lives.

In Solving the Grief and Loss Puzzle, author Barbara Steingas pinpoints the top seven body, mind, emotional, and spiritual strategies key to dealing with and recovering from the loss of a loved one and other forms of grief. Based on her personal experiences, she shares how she pieced together her new normal life of health, happiness, and joy after the devastating losses of her husband and then three years later, her fianc. Her advice helps heal the mind and the heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Mar 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781504398930

Barbara Steingas

Barbara Steingas is a native of New Jersey and an award-winning, bestselling Amazon author (The Healing Puzzle and Solving The Crohns & Colitis Puzzle). She is also a Radiant Life Coach and an inspirational speaker, holding a Certified Convention Speaker designation. In addition, Steingas is a member of the National Association of Experts, Writers, and Speakers. This is her fifth book.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-9892-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-9894-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-9893-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018902566

Balboa Press rev. date: 03/20/2018

Dedicated to my three special men, who have crossed over to the other side:

George, my late fiancé

Bob, my late husband

Jack, or as I called him, Daddy-O

I refer to them jokingly now as Manny, Moe, and Jack (a.k.a. the Pep Boys)

whenever they send me a sign in unison from the other side.

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Contents

About the Author

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Body Strategies

1. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate

Action A

Action B

2. Deep Breathing

Action C

Action D

Action E

3. Proper Sleep, Rest, and Quiet Time

Action F

Action G

Action H

4. Eat Properly

Action I

Action J

5. Exercise

Action K

Action L

6. Vitamins and Supplements

Action M

7. Essential Oils and Herbs

Action N

Summary Review and Questions

Resource Guide: Body Strategies

Chapter 2 Mind and Emotional Strategies

1. Shock

2. Denial

Action A

Action B

3. Guilt

Action C

4. Anger

Action D

Action E

Action F

5. Bargaining

Action G

6. Depression and Sadness

Action H

Action I

Action J

7. Acceptance

Action K

Action L

Summary Review and Questions

Resource Guide: Emotional and Mental Strategies

Chapter 3 Spiritual Strategies

1. Meditation

Action A

2. Positive Thoughts

Action B

Action C

3. Ask Your Angels or Guides for Help

Action D

4. Forgiveness

Action E

Action F

5. Gratitude

Action G

Action H

6. The Art of Giving and Receiving

Action I

7. Love and Connection

Action J

Action K

Summary Review and Questions

Resource Guide

Conclusion

Epilogue

"To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness.

—Erich Fromm

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About the Author

Barbara Steingas is a native of New Jersey and an award-winning, bestselling Amazon author. She is also a Radiant Life Coach and an inspirational speaker, holding a Certified Convention Speaker designation. In addition, Barbara is a member of the National Association of Experts, Writers and Speakers. She has written three other books. The first, Germans Are Funny, Too! Stories of My Cuckoo Kraut Family, is a humorous account of her German family. This read spotlights the warmer, fuzzier side of her culture and shows us how we can all learn to laugh at our own family dysfunctions.

Her second book, The Healing Puzzle: Overcoming A Chronic Illness Through Unconditional Love, won fourth place and honorable mention in the self-help/inspirational category in a global contest