Summary of Nan’s Books:

• ASK ME. 30 THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW (SECOND EDITION) One of our most popular books about living beyond suicide. It focuses on helping yourself or a helping a friend. Teaches what to expect and how to respond.

• BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: Written from the heart, Nan tells her story about their real grief experience and how the sudden death of her 21-year-old son impacted her future and loss of dreams. She candidly shares her attempt to resurface from unbearable pain when community and friends couldn’t understand why her grief should last so long.

• HITCH YOUR HOPE TO A STAR: Here is a collection of journal writings about HOPE. Each shares a perspective through analogies and lessons learned. An excellent book that reassures that we are resilient individuals who survive the roller coaster of emotions and experiences in life and grow from telling our story.

• HOW A FORTUNE COOKIES HEALS GRIEF: Did you ever think that a fortune cookie could offer a profound message of comfort, happiness, and peace in a life stressed by grief? Nan weaves a modern parable of life and offers a ritual and/or project of griefwork using the Twelve Gifts of Hope.

• HOLDING ONTO HOPE WHEN LOSS HURTS : Accepting that “This is real!” is the first step to finding hope. Nan believes that grief has the power to transform you. She believes our loved ones who died influence our future choices and who we become after loss. Every dark cloud can have a silver lining of hope strengthened by not giving up or giving in. This book is a testimony that the sun will shine again.

• HOW TO HONOR AND CREATE CONNECTION WITH SOMEONE LOVED AFTER LOSS: (New release Sept. 2023) This book was written after the death of my husband in Jan. 2023 and shares glimpses of “forever love” challenged by grief. There is power over loss using simple everyday behaviors that give me a smile, wipe away a tear and help me as I’m healing my grief. Doing nothing prolongs grief. Doing something brings you closer to peace.

• WHEN THE HOLIDAYS HURT: Holiday celebrations remind us of what we are missing after loss. In this book, find ideas to preserve holiday sanity and sanctity. Learn how to unwrap and add heart warming commenmorative rituals into the holiday that honors and remembers your loved one who died.

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