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Good from Grief: How to turn Unimaginable Grief into Something Positive in 288 Uplifting Twitter-sized Life Stories
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by May Chao, Augusto Failde
May Chao
Good from Grief: How to turn Unimaginable Grief into Something Positive in 288 Uplifting Twitter-sized Life Stories
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by May Chao, Augusto Failde
May Chao
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Twitter-Inspired: How to turn Unimaginable Grief into Something Positive in 288 Twitter-sized Life Stories. Includes helpful sections with latest information on "How Grief Impacts our Health," "What Coping Strategies are others grieving using to get through their Grief Attacks," "What are these Signs from Above that people talk about," & "How to find Grief Support by your Type of Loss".
Demographic, social and health trends indicate that the total number of people grieving, and specially children, will climb to some of the highest levels ever, but in a new survey by online grief support non-profit, www.MyGriefAngels.org, the overwhelming majority of respondents said: "They were not prepared for dealing with the loss of a loved one, they want schools to do a better job of preparing us for this natural part of life, and they associate grieving with pain and depression".
New Twitter-inspired book, "Good from Grief" (www.GoodfromGrief.org), addresses head on the survey's call for greater grief education, and grief's negative association.
The book is by two Harvard classmates that felt uneducated, unprepared and lost in dealing with the death of their loved ones. Through a Twitter project, "Turning Grief into Something Positive", they selected and shared daily stories of individuals who in the midst of unthinkable pain found the inner strength to turn their grief into something positive.
The unexpected healing effect of this project on their own grief journeys, led them to make a case for the positive side of grief with this book. The side that is empowering individuals worldwide in the midst of unbearable pain to turn their grief into something positive for all of us.
The authors, Chao and Failde, share 288 of these life stories in twitter-sized paragraphs that give us a view of the powerful positive impact grief, through individuals like those featured in the book, is making in our communities worldwide.
From unshakeable personal commitments to new laws, organizations, research, and awareness campaigns so others they have never met will not have to face the tragedies their families faced - to achieving new heights in the arts, sports, and literature to help others heal and to serve as an examples of triumphs over grief.
Chao and Failde point out that, "We all grieve differently and the stories shared here are not meant as a roadmap through grief, but as a glimpse at some of the possibilities through the roads taken by others."
The book includes the inspiring, uplifting and educational examples of folks like,
"A grieving daughter from a family of doctors, whose mother had gone in for knee replacement surgery but died due to complications, turner her grief to a mission and foundation to help prevent the 200,000 yearly deaths from preventable medical error."
"Bruce and Denise Morcombes, who were recently rewarded for their unrelenting dedication to child safety with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), Australia's highest recognition". Since the death of their son after being abducted in 2003, they have dedicated themselves to helping other children avoid the fate of their son."
"A mom, whose 14 year old son was repeatedly bullied at school for being Gay and Asian, is on mission to get new anti-bullying laws in place in schools."
"Named by Interview magazine as one of the "Most Noble Crusaders of the Modern Era," Vance's life was turned upside-down when she lost her only son, Sam, a 19 year old college freshman, to the scourge of heroin. Determined to make a significant impact, Vance took her "fashion with a cause" message to the fashion and entertainment industries with the Sam Vance Foundation and Sama Eyewear."
In an effort to address the need for greater grief education, all authors' proceeds from the distribution of the book will go to fund the development of free "Grief Education" Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the efforts of those who would want to turn their grief into something posi
Demographic, social and health trends indicate that the total number of people grieving, and specially children, will climb to some of the highest levels ever, but in a new survey by online grief support non-profit, www.MyGriefAngels.org, the overwhelming majority of respondents said: "They were not prepared for dealing with the loss of a loved one, they want schools to do a better job of preparing us for this natural part of life, and they associate grieving with pain and depression".
New Twitter-inspired book, "Good from Grief" (www.GoodfromGrief.org), addresses head on the survey's call for greater grief education, and grief's negative association.
The book is by two Harvard classmates that felt uneducated, unprepared and lost in dealing with the death of their loved ones. Through a Twitter project, "Turning Grief into Something Positive", they selected and shared daily stories of individuals who in the midst of unthinkable pain found the inner strength to turn their grief into something positive.
The unexpected healing effect of this project on their own grief journeys, led them to make a case for the positive side of grief with this book. The side that is empowering individuals worldwide in the midst of unbearable pain to turn their grief into something positive for all of us.
The authors, Chao and Failde, share 288 of these life stories in twitter-sized paragraphs that give us a view of the powerful positive impact grief, through individuals like those featured in the book, is making in our communities worldwide.
From unshakeable personal commitments to new laws, organizations, research, and awareness campaigns so others they have never met will not have to face the tragedies their families faced - to achieving new heights in the arts, sports, and literature to help others heal and to serve as an examples of triumphs over grief.
Chao and Failde point out that, "We all grieve differently and the stories shared here are not meant as a roadmap through grief, but as a glimpse at some of the possibilities through the roads taken by others."
The book includes the inspiring, uplifting and educational examples of folks like,
"A grieving daughter from a family of doctors, whose mother had gone in for knee replacement surgery but died due to complications, turner her grief to a mission and foundation to help prevent the 200,000 yearly deaths from preventable medical error."
"Bruce and Denise Morcombes, who were recently rewarded for their unrelenting dedication to child safety with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), Australia's highest recognition". Since the death of their son after being abducted in 2003, they have dedicated themselves to helping other children avoid the fate of their son."
"A mom, whose 14 year old son was repeatedly bullied at school for being Gay and Asian, is on mission to get new anti-bullying laws in place in schools."
"Named by Interview magazine as one of the "Most Noble Crusaders of the Modern Era," Vance's life was turned upside-down when she lost her only son, Sam, a 19 year old college freshman, to the scourge of heroin. Determined to make a significant impact, Vance took her "fashion with a cause" message to the fashion and entertainment industries with the Sam Vance Foundation and Sama Eyewear."
In an effort to address the need for greater grief education, all authors' proceeds from the distribution of the book will go to fund the development of free "Grief Education" Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the efforts of those who would want to turn their grief into something posi
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493574605 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
| Publication date: | 11/03/2013 |
| Series: | Good from Grief , #1 |
| Pages: | 300 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d) |
About the Author
AUGUSTO FAILDE:
After the unexpected loss of his mother, and being unprepared to deal with the loss and grief - Augusto and his brothers channeled their grief into a non-profit online community effort to help others grieving. They launched www.MyGriefAngels.org, which in six months has become one of the leading online directories of grief support resources on the web, and often found on first page online searches for Grief Support Directory, Grief & Our Health, Grief Attacks, and others.
Mr. Failde is also the co-author of one of the first Business Self-Help books for the US Latino population - Simon & Schuster's "Latino Success" (English) / "Exito Latino" (Spanish). https://www.amazon.com/author/augustofailde
Professionally, Augusto is a senior international executive engaged in the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), International Higher Education, and Venture Capital industries. He is a co-founder of www.MOOCsUniversity.org, and creator of one of the leading MOOCs Provider Directories, www.MOOCs.co.
Mr. Failde holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree in International Relations from Stanford University.
MAY CHAO:
A few months after painfully facing the death of her beloved mother, May again faced unimaginable pain with the unexpected death of her sister followed by two additional family members. It is her very personal lessons from this unsolicited grief journey that led May to this project.
May graduated from Wellesley College, Summa Cum Laude, as a Wellesley College Scholar with a B.A. in Economics in three and a half years where she also earned Freshman Distinction and was Business Editor of the Wellesley News. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School where she obtained a Master in Business Administration.
As a Commissioner for the New York State Governor, she served as Chairperson and Executive Director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB). CPB's core mission is to protect New Yorkers by publicizing unscrupulous and questionable business practices and product recalls; conducting investigations and hearings; enforcing the "Do Not Call" Law; researching issues; developing legislation; creating consumer education programs and materials; responding to individual marketplace complaints by securing voluntary agreements; and, representing the interests of consumers before the Public Service Commission (PSC) and other State and federal agencies.
After the unexpected loss of his mother, and being unprepared to deal with the loss and grief - Augusto and his brothers channeled their grief into a non-profit online community effort to help others grieving. They launched www.MyGriefAngels.org, which in six months has become one of the leading online directories of grief support resources on the web, and often found on first page online searches for Grief Support Directory, Grief & Our Health, Grief Attacks, and others.
Mr. Failde is also the co-author of one of the first Business Self-Help books for the US Latino population - Simon & Schuster's "Latino Success" (English) / "Exito Latino" (Spanish). https://www.amazon.com/author/augustofailde
Professionally, Augusto is a senior international executive engaged in the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), International Higher Education, and Venture Capital industries. He is a co-founder of www.MOOCsUniversity.org, and creator of one of the leading MOOCs Provider Directories, www.MOOCs.co.
Mr. Failde holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree in International Relations from Stanford University.
MAY CHAO:
A few months after painfully facing the death of her beloved mother, May again faced unimaginable pain with the unexpected death of her sister followed by two additional family members. It is her very personal lessons from this unsolicited grief journey that led May to this project.
May graduated from Wellesley College, Summa Cum Laude, as a Wellesley College Scholar with a B.A. in Economics in three and a half years where she also earned Freshman Distinction and was Business Editor of the Wellesley News. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School where she obtained a Master in Business Administration.
As a Commissioner for the New York State Governor, she served as Chairperson and Executive Director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB). CPB's core mission is to protect New Yorkers by publicizing unscrupulous and questionable business practices and product recalls; conducting investigations and hearings; enforcing the "Do Not Call" Law; researching issues; developing legislation; creating consumer education programs and materials; responding to individual marketplace complaints by securing voluntary agreements; and, representing the interests of consumers before the Public Service Commission (PSC) and other State and federal agencies.
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