Book Description

Awaken to Good Mourning - An Essential and Practical Guide for Dealing With Grief.Rebuild your life after the loss of a loved one. Awaken to Good Mourning, which became an Amazon Kindle bestseller in less than 24 hours, is an essential guide for anyone struggling to cope with grief. The courage required to make it through such an intensely personal journey can be found in this book. After experiencing his own heart-wrenching grief, Mark E. Hundley created a life-saving road map designed to show readers how to deal with grief in dynamic ways. By using these effective strategies for grief reconciliation, you can learn to rebuild your life.Personal Experience With Grief. Mark wrote this book after his own personal experiences with death, mourning, and recovery. He, like so many others in our society, was not prepared to face the excruciating pain when his first wife, Christy, died after a car accident in 1989. He suddenly found himself the single father of a 7-year-old daughter. He was numb, angry, confused, and frightened as he searched for some kind of guidance and support to get through the tasks ahead.As he worked through his grief, he learned many practical principles and discovered some very helpful resources around which he rebuilt his life. He wrote Awaken to Good Mourning because he believed that individuals and families facing the devastating death of a loved one could also benefit from these resources and principles.Benefits For Readers * Contains sections to guide you through each of the three phases of mourning. * Offers essential encouragement throughout each grief phase. * Provides tips to help you with challenges and choices that are common for each grief phase. * Outlines how to cope with various emotional and physical feelings related to grief. * Helps you track your progress using a mourning assessment. * Includes a list of important paperwork and things to remember and consider when dealing with the loss of a loved one. * Features several personal worksheets focusing on topics, such as building an action plan and creating a life plan.Valuable Grief Resource. Awaken to Good Mourning * Has been given by life insurance companies and funeral homes as a gift to client families. * Has been referenced and quoted in scholarly articles and graduate level counseling textbooks. * Has been shared with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of death losses.About Mark E. Hundley Experienced Grief Counselor Mark and his wife, Vanessa, own McKinney Counseling Services in McKinney, TX and their main specialty is grief counseling. He is a Life Transition Specialist with a specific expertise in the field of grief. He works with individuals, families and corporations to create and implement strategies for powerful living despite obstacles faced. Mark is also a public speaker and has traveled throughout the country speaking to various groups regarding coping with grief. He is a co-founder of the Journey of Hope Grief Support Center in Plano, TX, a non-profit agency that provides free group grief support to children, adolescents and their parents or adult caregivers as they learn to mourn the death of a loved one. Education and Credentials Mark earned his B.A. in Sociology from Hardin-Simmons University and his Master's in Counseling from the University of North Texas. .He has worked with children, youth and families since 1971 in various capacities - ministry, education and private counseling practice.