{"product_id":"healing-the-well-a-journey-through-grief-after-stillbirth-9789619747001","title":"Healing the Well: A Journey Through Grief After Stillbirth","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tanja Behrens\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Another Angle Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Another Angle Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Death, Grief, Bereavement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealing the Well: A Journey Through Grief After Stillbirth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Tanja's son was born still, she found herself in a place no parent is ever prepared for - a grief so profound it felt impossible to bear, let alone heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about loss. It is a book about learning to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealing the Well\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal and spiritually rich account of one mother's journey through the aftermath of stillbirth. Written for bereaved parents - those who know what it means to love someone they never got to hold for long - it offers not platitudes or prescriptions, but honest companionship through the darkest terrain of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, the book is structured around the I Ching, the ancient Chinese oracle also known as the Book of Changes, which became the author's unexpected spiritual companion in grief. Each chapter draws on a hexagram - as translated by Hilary Barrett - that came as an answer to a question asked in the depths of pain. Together, they trace a path from the initial shock of loss through the slow, nonlinear process of healing: stripping away the old self, retreating inward, releasing the grip of the mind, repairing the well of the subconscious, and gradually, tenderly, returning to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book moves through grief's many landscapes - the paralysis of fresh loss, the torment of unanswerable questions, the unexpected gifts hidden within pain, the challenge of letting go without abandoning love - with a voice that is at once unflinching and compassionate. It does not promise that grief will disappear. It offers something more truthful: that within the pain lies a doorway to a deeper self, and that our children, though gone from our arms, are never truly gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the I Ching, Lao Tzu, Jungian psychology, neuroscience of the subconscious mind, and the author's own raw experience, \u003ci\u003eHealing the Well\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the personal and the universal, the ancient and the contemporary. It speaks to anyone navigating the loss of a child - at any stage of pregnancy or infancy - and to anyone who has ever stood at the edge of unbearable grief and wondered how to go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.-Richard Bach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an invitation to find the butterfly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Another Angle Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968800768151,"sku":"9789619747001","price":1261.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789619747001.webp?v=1782919444","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/healing-the-well-a-journey-through-grief-after-stillbirth-9789619747001","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}