Title: The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement
Author: Dr. Bob Rich, PhD
Genre: Nonfiction, Inspirational Self-Help
The Hole in Your Life by Dr. Bob Rich is a heartfelt, practical guide to understanding grief and healing from it. Rooted in personal experience-most notably the loss of his daughter, Natalie-and decades of psychological counseling, Dr. Rich offers readers compassionate tools for navigating bereavement. Drawing on real-life case studies, mindfulness techniques, and the “seven magic bullets” for wellbeing, he explores the complexities of grief, from anticipatory sorrow to finding meaning and renewal. Blending storytelling, humor, and therapeutic insight, this book serves as both a comfort and a roadmap for anyone experiencing loss, emphasizing that while grief is unique and unpredictable, growth and peace are possible.
“Grief is something that touches everyone’s life at some point or another, so it only makes sense to empower ourselves with the tools to cope-and who better to learn from than Dr. Bob Rich, a psychologist with decades of experience helping patients overcome a wide variety of life’s problems, including of course, grief.” — I. C. Robledo, a bestselling author and editor in self-development.
“The Hole in Your Life is a good toolbox for coping with grief and I agree with all of it. Among the points that resonated with me most deeply are these ideas: grief is part of our life experience, so let’s not be afraid of it; it is easier to recover from grief if you grieve before the person dies and suffer with them; and, that only way to learn from loss with meaning is through suffering, as long as it is not self-inflicted.” — Alfredo Zotti, author of Music Therapy: An Introduction with case studies for mental illness recovery.
Book Links
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Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-hole-in-your-life/id6747968433
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Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-hole-in-your-life-grief-and-bereavement-by-bob-rich
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237265529-the-hole-in-your-life
Dr. Bob Rich is an Australian storyteller who has retired 5 times so far, from 5 different occupations, one being decades of psychotherapy. He is still going strong as a writer, editor and Professional Grandfather.
Any person under 25 qualifies as his grandbaby; they only need to apply. Everything he does, including his writing, is designed to work for a survivable future, and one worth surviving in.
His self-help books include woodcraft, coping with cancer, conquering depression, anxiety and anger. Fiction ranges over historical, contemporary, and speculative. The book that has won the most awards is a biography.
Author Links
Website: https://bobrich18.wordpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscendingSpiral/
X: https://x.com/bobswriting
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bobrich18.bsky.social
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bob-rich
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Bob-Rich/author/B000APMAXU
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8309822.Bob_Rich
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