Bearing the Unbearable
Joanne Cacciatore
Bearing the Unbearable is a Foreword INDIES Award-Winner — Gold Medal for Self-Help.
When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable—especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, “NO!” with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear—and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should.
Organized into fifty-two short chapters, Bearing the Unbearable is a companion for life’s most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore—bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest, and leading counselor in the field—accompanies us along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities—as well as her own experience with loss—Cacciatore opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief.
Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. Organized into fifty-two accessible and stand-alone chapters, this book is also perfect for being read aloud in support groups.
Duration - 16h 12m.
Author - Joanne Cacciatore.
Narrator - Joanne Cacciatore.
Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2017 Joanne Cacciatore ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Bearing the Unbearable is a Foreword INDIES Award-Winner — Gold Medal for Self-Help. When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable—especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, “NO!” with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear—and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. Organized into fifty-two short chapters, Bearing the Unbearable is a companion for life’s most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore—bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest, and leading counselor in the field—accompanies us along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities—as well as her own experience with loss—Cacciatore opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief. Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. Organized into fifty-two accessible and stand-alone chapters, this book is also perfect for being read aloud in support groups. Duration - 16h 12m. Author - Joanne Cacciatore. Narrator - Joanne Cacciatore. Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024. Copyright - © 2017 Joanne Cacciatore ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:14:54
Foreword
Duration:07:41:49
Prologue
Duration:20:52:47
Chapter 1: The Role of Others in Our Grief
Duration:09:04:42
Chapter 2: Public and Private Grief
Duration:06:36:48
Chapter 3: Ritual and Artistic Expressions of Grief
Duration:07:59:23
Chapter 4: Early Manifestations of Grief
Duration:17:03:29
Chapter 5: Nutrient-Deficient Soil
Duration:04:39:53
Chapter 6: Cultural Sensitivity
Duration:14:00:04
Chapter 7: Bearing the Unbearable
Duration:06:19:54
Chapter 8: Pause, Reflect, and Feel Meaning
Duration:08:54:15
Chapter 9: The Terror beneath the Terror
Duration:04:48:02
Chapter 10: The Pursuit of Happiness and the Unity of Opposites
Duration:10:11:02
Chapter 11: Bypassing Grief, Bypassing Love
Duration:08:04:34
Chapter 12: Intensity and Coping
Duration:04:01:12
Chapter 13: Contraction and Expansion
Duration:10:10:17
Chapter 14: The Collision of Love and Loss
Duration:07:05:49
Chapter 15: Boundless and Timeless Love
Duration:05:03:17
Chapter 16: Personifying Grief
Duration:06:18:12
Chapter 17: Pausing with Grief
Duration:07:18:25
Chapter 18: The Practice of Being With
Duration:04:25:33
Chapter 19: My Heart Cried Many Tears
Duration:07:00:12
Chapter 20: The Barefoot Walkabout
Duration:03:07:41
Chapter 21: The Vitality of Self-Care
Duration:05:27:41
Chapter 22: Self-Care and Sleep
Duration:08:04:52
Chapter 23: Ways to Care for Yourself
Duration:07:05:23
Chapter 24: Telling Family and Friends What We Need
Duration:07:37:23
Chapter 25: Self-Care as Distraction
Duration:03:14:23
Chapter 26: Learning, Adapting, and Trusting Intuition
Duration:05:15:50
Chapter 27: Re-Grieving
Duration:03:13:10
Chapter 28: Surrendering and Stretching
Duration:09:21:13
Chapter 29: When We Fragment
Duration:04:04:01
Chapter 30: Duration of Grief
Duration:05:09:18
Chapter 31: The Courage to Remember
Duration:05:15:29
Chapter 32: Joining Hands
Duration:05:11:26
Chapter 33: The Power of Unprocessed Traumatic Grief
Duration:06:23:49
Chapter 34: Silenced for Decades
Duration:06:58:43
Chapter 35: Guilt and Shame
Duration:10:19:52
Chapter 36: Inward and Outward
Duration:08:13:59
Chapter 37: Works of Love
Duration:05:51:19
Chapter 38: Waves of Grief
Duration:05:06:31
Chapter 39: “Remember Me,” She Said
Duration:04:20:09
Chapter 40: Ritual and Microritual
Duration:09:20:50
Chapter 41: Meaning through Compassionate Action
Duration:03:15:05
Chapter 42: Kindness Projects
Duration:07:36:51
Chapter 43: Through Knowing Suffering
Duration:04:29:47
Chapter 44: Fierce Compassion
Duration:04:10:57
Chapter 45: The Horse Chemakoh
Duration:09:53:18
Chapter 46: The Price of Unrealized Grief and Trauma
Duration:07:35:22
Chapter 47: Transgenerational Grief
Duration:07:04:57
Chapter 48: Grief Broth
Duration:08:04:50
Chapter 49: The Darkness Has Its Gifts
Duration:06:21:02
Chapter 50: What I Know
Duration:05:38:27
Epilogue
Duration:02:43:45
Acknowledgments
Duration:02:17:42
Ending Credits
Duration:00:22:44