Grief is a Sneaky Bitch
An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss
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A comprehensive and compassionate guide to navigating loss.
When social worker Lisa Keefauver became a widow in 2011, she was alarmed to discover that even though 100 percent of us experience loss, we're living in a grief illiterate world. In her work as a therapist, and in her search for help in the wake of her own loss, Keefauver began to see how the misguided stories we consume about grief lead to unnecessary suffering. Responding to the problematic narratives that grief is something to move on from after completing the five stages like some sort of to-do list, Keefauver became a grief activist. Through this book and her hit podcast of the same title, she creates a safe place to be inside the messiness of it all, to discover the full spectrum of grief, and to find the tools that help grievers move forward, not on. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is a comprehensive guide--both a manual full of insights and skills and, even more importantly, a thoughtful companion that helps readers feel seen and held.
Keefauver shares her personal and professional wisdom alongside the lessons she's learned from clinicians, authors, poets, and friends. In place of rigid instructions and must-do checklists, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch invites reflection, encourages self-compassion, and explores the therapeutic power of humor with, yes, a bit of profanity.
About this Author
Lisa Keefauver is a social worker, grief activist, and founder of Reimagining Grief. She is an adjunct professor of loss and grief at the University of Texas at Austin, an organizational consultant, and a keynote speaker (including at TEDx). In 2019, she created the popular podcast Grief is a Sneaky Bitch.
Reviews
This must-read companion guide for those who are grieving has captured the heartbreak of grief with compassion, insight, and humor. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is the book we have been missing!
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is a candid, direct, and at times humorous exploration of the life-changing tides of loss. Keefauver expertly combines her clinical background and personal experiences to provide us with a compassionate and practical guide for navigating all forms of grief. Whether your loss was long ago or last week, this book will help you find your own way of living with it.
When we lose a loved one, Lisa Keefauver reminds us in Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, grief becomes a part of our story. But the good news is that it will never be our whole story. What could be more hopeful than that?
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is wise, accessible, safe, practical, and ultimately life-enhancing. Lisa's capacity to capture so many types of grief experiences, while honoring each and every one of them, astounds and comforts. This book is a true companion that each of us should always have close by.
Lisa Keefauver has done something miraculous in this book in that she has taken the griever into account. She knows that her readers will need short, easy-to-digest material while also providing them with depth, profundity, and step-by-step invitations to process grief. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch reads like a witty, truth-telling best friend mixed with the most supportive grief counselor you'll ever meet. A beautiful companion for anyone moving through loss.
A truly helpful, honest, and important trail map for the journey we all eventually must take through grief. In easy-to-remember, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always truthful ways, Lisa is a superb guide.
Lisa Keefauver has crafted a warm, irreverent, and powerful guide for those of us who are either navigating grief, or supporting the bereaved. She manages the extraordinary feat of being inviting and accessible while at the same time packing in an immense amount of knowledge and science around grief and the grieving process. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is an extraordinary, must-read companion for anyone struggling with any form of grief or loss.
Lisa Keefauver shares insights and compassion along with humor. She talks about the importance of sharing her husband's life, not just his death. She encourages grief supporters to keep showing up for our grievers and to remember it's not anyone's job to fix them. Grievers aren't broken. There's nothing to fix.
Her fabulous book: GRIEF IS A SNEAKY BITCH: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss is out today! It's one to own and gift. We love it as a grief resource.
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