Available April 2, 2024
Grief Hack
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There is magic to this life
Six Healing Questions
A Gentle Path to Healing Childhood Loss of a Parent is for anyone facing a well of grief. Written for adults who have lost a parent or parents at an early age, Madonna shares her own story of loss, asks gentle questions, provides tangible tools, and easy-to-understand research.
Discover:
- your hidden strength
- your unique gifts
- a path to find wholeness
Six Healing Questions is about accepting your story and embracing hope. Join me on this path to healing—there is indeed magic to this life.
“Brilliant … Candid … Inspiring!”
—Susan Page, author of Why Talking is Not Enough.”
“Provides an authentic and informed perspective on the grieving process and the enduring impact of loss.”
—The BookLife Prize
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Her Story
Madonna was born in rural North Dakota, the youngest of four children. Being the only girl with three older brothers and loving parents, life seemed perfect. Little did she know that her life would soon change drastically when both her parents died before she turned eight years old.
Still, life went on. Her family did not dwell on the past. In fact, it was not really talked about at all. The feeling was that nothing could be done about the past, so why bring it up? Best to move on and do what you can today. And so, as a child, Madonna learned to ignore her emotions and do what was needed without much drama.
This was her way of life until she reached her forties. It was at this point that she decided to explore what happened to her and how it had impacted her life. As she explored she remembered that as a child, after the death of her parents, she had often felt different from her peers, like she was on the outside looking in. She didn’t tell anyone about how she felt, because on some level, she felt a sense of shame about feeling so different. No matter what she might have shared with anyone, her truth was that her parents had died, that still she had “been left.”
"This inspiring and empathetic manual guides readers through the aftermath of a parent's death. The author recounts her own experience of losing her parents as a child, thus providing an authentic and informed perspective on the grieving process and the enduring impact of such loss. Written in clean, clear prose, Treadway quickly establishes a tone of both warmth and assuring authority, while providing a logical progression of ideas delivered in organized, digestible sections."
My Thoughts
Author Interview with Madonna Treadway
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