When someone you love dies or you experience a significant loss of any kind, it's normal and necessary to grieve. Grief is the thoughts and feelings you have inside you about the loss, and sadness is often the most prominent and painful emotion. In other words, it's normal to be depressed when you are grieving. This compassionate guide by respected grief counselor and educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt will help you understand and befriend your natural depression, express it in ways that will help you heal, and know when you may be experiencing a more severe or clinical depression that would be eased by professional treatment. "A renewed sense of meaning, purpose, and, yes, even joy, await you," writes Dr. Wolfelt. "A deep harmony of mind, body, and spirit was yours at birth and can be yours again.

Coming out of the darkness of depression is within your grasp if you use the ideas in this book to create an action plan for your body, mind, and spirit." Book jacket.