Can Anyone Tell Me?

Essential Questions About Grief and Loss

De: Meghan Riordan Jarvis MA LCSW

Narrado por: Annalee Scott

From psychotherapist and leading grief expert Meghan Riordan Jarvis comes answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about grief, offering hopeful real-world lessons and practical steps for navigating loss.

If you’ve experienced the trauma of loss, you might find yourself struggling with the “whys” of grief: Why can’t I remember anything? Why can’t I sleep? Why do I feel angry and isolated? Why do I suddenly dislike my friends? Psychotherapist and grief specialist Meghan Riordan Jarvis shares a research-based resource filled with clinical insights to these questions and more, along with practical steps for navigating loss. “Though each experience is unique, we all grieve in our bodies,” says Meghan. “By recognizing grief as a kind of trauma, we better understand why our mind and body respond in sometimes perplexing ways to loss.”

In this accessible guide, Meghan provides the answers you’re seeking on the grieving process, offering profound real-world stories and hopeful lessons, informed by neuroscience and biophysical science. Whether you’re grieving or are supporting someone who’s going through loss, you’ll find valuable insight. From sorting through the physical materials left behind to honoring the experience of continuing bonds, Meghan breaks things down into manageable bites as a series of commonly asked questions on the brain, body, emotions, sense of self, relationships, timeline expectations, and how to get the right support. Here you’ll explore:

• Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the grieving process
• Explanations for what you’re going through
• Guidance, tips, support, and practice ideas for grievers and their support network
• For grievers: assessment of symptoms and history with loss
• For supporters: potential offerings for support that feel most authentic
• Ways to engage and move through the experience

Grief and loss are inevitable parts of life. What you’re going through is normal, and becoming grief-informed will help you begin to feel less confused and alone. Whether you’re currently grieving or are looking to support a loved one, here is guidance to uncover the answers to why and discover what you can do to help.

©2024 Meghan Riordan Jarvis (P)2024 Sounds True

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Can Anyone Tell Me? offers hope for some of grief’s most difficult challenges—namely, how to navigate all the change that comes with big loss. Foremost a needed and informative guide, this book addresses topics such as grief’s effects on the brain and the body and how grief can complicate everything from functioning to relationships. This book is for anyone looking for solace, truth, and wisdom about navigating some of life’s deepest losses.” —Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC, author of Conscious Grieving

“There is no universal blueprint for navigating the landscape of grief. Meghan Riordan Jarvis’s book Can Anyone Tell Me? is a practical and personal reference that contains wisdom, explanations, personal experience, and tactical answers that can help all of us feel less overwhelmed, scared, and alone in the universal journey of loss. It’s an invaluable guide for everyone at this place in life.” —Lee Woodruff, coauthor of the bestselling In an Instant

“If you’re human, you’ve experienced loss. But most of us don’t know how to deal with it and end up feeling isolated and confused. Thankfully, Meghan Jarvis has taken her decades as a trauma therapist—along with wisdom gained from her own deep personal loss—and created a comprehensive and relatable resource for grievers and their loved ones that answers questions you’ve wanted to ask, offers actionable suggestions you’ve been craving, makes you feel sane and seen, and, above all, provides a voice of hope at life’s hardest time.” —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and cohost of the Dear Therapists podcast

Grief Recovery

My second read in my recovery that I put in first place! I’m buying the book to hold in my hands and read again. Thank you for this life resource!