How Do I Survive?: 7 Steps to Living After Child Loss - Paperback

by Patricia Sheveland (Author)

You are riding an emotional rollercoaster that literally takes your breath away. One minute you are feeling "okay" but then a wave of grief hits without warning and you are ready to drop to your knees. You are trying your best to manage day-to-day, but many days it is a chore to just keep going. Imagine stepping off this rollercoaster onto stable ground. In How Do I Survive? 7 Steps for Living After Child Loss, Patricia Sheveland shares how to create balance and healing in your grief. You will learn: what an effective support system looks like and how critical it is to choose the right people to be your "tribe"; simple activities to regain your physical energy, bringing peace and calm when you are feeling emotionally out of control; how abandonment, guilt, and anger can create imbalance in your emotional & physical wellbeing, and what steps you can take to release any lingering negative emotions; and the importance of ceremony and regularly honoring your child.

Author Biography

Best-selling author, Patricia Sheveland, RN is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, specializing in grief coaching for bereaved parents. Pat is a certified Funeral Celebrant through Insightâ and lives in Minnesota with her family (four generations) in their multi-generational home.