![]() She is also the recipient of more than twenty honorary doctorates. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She spent many years speaking to standing room only audiences and writing over twenty books on the subject. “My goal was to break through the layer of professional denial that prohibited patients from airing their inner-most concerns,” she wrote. Her first book On Death and Dying in 1969 made Kübler-Ross an internationally renowned author. She began giving lectures featuring dying patients who talked about what they were going through. Unlike her colleagues, she made it a point to sit with terminal patients, listening as they poured out their hearts to her. “They were shunned and abused, nobody was honest with them”, she said. At the Hospital where she worked in New York, she was appalled by the standard treatment of dying patients. ![]() She graduated Medical School at the University of Zurich in 1957. She was born in Zurich Switzerland, one of triplets. Elisabeth spent most of her life working with the dying. She has earned a place in history as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subject. And this is the story of Eric, a model son, a loving sibling, a loyal friend, and a musician with a heart of gold, who left his physical body at age 24, and how he came here to change us, to affect us, to make us better, and to remind us to look around and appreciate the wonders of this beautiful world that we take for granted.Įlisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D was a psychiatriarst and the author of the groundbreaking On Death and Dying. She found healing and peace in the realization that not only was Eric still around in spirit, but that the love he gave us while he was here on Earth continues on. Little by little she was able to gain a whole new philosophy and understanding of life, death, afterlife and God. She searched to find out how this could happen, to find the God she thought she knew, to find meaning and purpose in her life, to find truth, and to find her son. In the depths of grief, she began a quest to find answers. In May of 2017, Dolores Cruz’s 24-year-old son, Eric, was killed in a horrific car accident. Read MoreĬongratulations to our Writing through Grief and Trauma workshop student, on her new book! In Finding Meaning, Kessler shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools that will help those experiencing loss. That, ultimately, was the sixth state of grief-meaning. How does the grief expert handle such a tragic loss? He knew he had to find a way through this unexpected, devastating loss, a way that would honor his son. ![]() Despite his knowledge, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. For most of his life, Kessler taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about end of life, trauma, and grief, as well as leading talks and retreats for those experiencing grief. His journey with grief began when, as a child, he witnessed a mass shooting at the same time his mother was dying. Kessler’s insight is both professional and intensely personal. In this book, Kessler gives readers a roadmap to remembering those who have died with more love than pain he shows us how to move forward in a way that honors our loved ones. In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler-an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving-journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning. LATEST BOOK Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
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