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David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts on healing and loss. His experience with thousands of people on the edge of life and death has taught him the secrets to living a happy and fulfilled life.
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- Creating Meaning after Tragedy and Loss
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- Hope and Miracles in the Last Years of Life
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- Life Lessons: Is this really how I want to live my life?
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- Loss: A force for change
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- Meaning: The sixth stage of grief
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- The Needs of the Dying
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- Visions, Trips and Crowded Rooms: Who and what you see before you die
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- You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding peace after a breakup, divorce or death
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David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts on healing and loss. His experience with thousands of people on the edge of life and death has taught him the secrets to living a happy and fulfilled life.
He is the author of five bestselling books, including You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After Breakup, Divorce or Death with Louise Hay. He co-authored two bestsellers with the legendary Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: On Grief and Grieving and Life Lessons. His first book, The Needs of the Dying, received praise by Mother Teresa. His services have been used by Elizabeth Taylor, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marianne Williamson when their loved ones faced life-challenging illnesses. He also worked with late actors Anthony Perkins and Michael Landon. David’s work has been featured on CNN, NBC, Fox, PBS, and Dr. Oz. David is a contributing writer for Oprah.com, Dr. Oz’s Sharecare.com, Anderson Cooper 360 and the Huffington Post.
He is the founder of grief.com which has 2 million visits a year in over 155 countries.
Dealing with Change
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Patient Centered Care
A force for change: Coping with grief through activism and advocacy
CNN
Every tragedy, big or small, leaves behind victims and loved ones whose lives are inalterably changed. In some cases, survivors find themselves driven to become activists or advocates, finding meaning in the tragedy by fighting whatever caused it. There are many examples… Read more
What the death of a parent can teach us, if we’re willing to learn
The Los Angeles Times
The death of a parent can send shock waves through your self-perception and reposition the mental space you occupy on the planet. The grief can be life changing. Think you’re noticing a higher than usual number of people posting on Facebook about… Read more
Death’s Best Friend
New York Review
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George H.W. Bush’s Hospitalization After Barbara’s Funeral Could Be Due to Broken Heart Syndrome
People Magazine
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Near death, seeing dead people may be neither rare nor eerie
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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