Infinite Thread: Healing Relationships beyond Loss

by Alexandra Kennedy

Overview

The death of a loved one is often accompanied by regrets among the survivors. These kinds of unresolved feelings can prevent someone from letting go and moving on, affecting other relationships. In The Infinite Thread, previously titled Your Loved One Lives On Within You, Alexandra Kennedy explains that death need not separate people from those they love, and that, in fact, the end of a life can lead to a new beginning with the person considered lost forever. At the heart of Kennedy’s approach to grieving is the use of the imagination as a transformative tool. Through active imagination and inner dialogue, readers develop the power to create and re-create relationships, heal old wounds, and experience deep intimacy. This continuing relationship with the person who has died offers powerful opportunities for healing, resolution, and even guidance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781458700087
Publisher:	ReadHowYouWant
Publication date:	07/13/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	xv
Part 1	Looking Within
1.	The Living Presence within You	3
Part 2	Reaching Within
2.	Communicating with One Who Is Dying	25
3.	Dreaming of One Who Has Died	47
4.	Letters: Beginning a Correspondence	71
5.	Dialogues: Going Where They Take You	89
6.	Connecting through Imagery	107
Part 3	Reaching Outward
	Family Communication after a Death	125
8.	Reaching Your Living Partner	145
9.	Reaching Your Living Children	157
10.	Reaching Your Living Friends	171
11.	Healing Grief Passed Down through Generations	179
12.	Healing Daily Losses	191
	Epilogue	199
	Suggestions for Grieving and Exercises for Healing Relationships beyond Loss	203
	Bibliography	241
	About the Author	245

What People are Saying About This

Rachel Naomi Remen

At last! A deeply and profoundly wise book on healing a life after loss...The Infinite Thread stands out like a lighthouse, beckoning those who travel in the dark to the refuge of a safe harbor..a must-read for anyone who has ever thought that their heart could never heal.
— Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

Editorial Reviews

The book is a practical tool and will be immensely helpful to so many wounded ones forsaken at a frightening threshold. Rich in imagination, it invites us to let our imaginations become pathways to retrieve subtle presences hidden under surface absence.
— Forward

John O'Donohue

Kennedy (a psychotherapist) offers an approach to facing and overcoming grief using one's own creativity and intuition. She describes the use of dreams, letters, dialogues, and imagery; and she discusses relationships with family, romantic partners, children, and friends, and the means of healing daily losses. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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