HOLD FAST
How to Heal Personal and Climate Grief by Staying Connected to All We Have Lost.
A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY BEYOND DEATH, A TESTAMENT TO THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE, AND A ROADMAP TO SURVIVING UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF.
Join Dr Wendy Sarkissian on her journey to help humanity transcend the boundaries of sorrow, and usher in a narrative of healing, hope, and a shared commitment to healing personal grief, and climate grief.
HEAR FROM WENDY ABOUT THE CRASH, AND THE BIRTH OF HOLD FAST.
A HEARTFELT, INNOVATIVE GUIDE TO NAVIGATING GRIEF AND HOLDING FAST TO ALL WE HAVE LOST.
In 2016, Dr Wendy Sarkissian's life is shattered when her husband, Karl, drowns in a tragic car crash. She escape,s but is physically and emotionally wounded. Soon, she finds solace in daily journaling inspired by Rudolf Steiner's writings on connecting with people who have died. Then, astonishingly, over 20 months, Wendy forges a profound new bond with Karl, resulting in 400,000 words of communication.
Their transformative journey is a testament to love's enduring power, as Wendy and Karl rekindle their relationship through candid conversations. Drawing from innovative bereavement therapy, Hold Fast offers practical advice to staying connected with departed loved ones.
Its four-part healing model guides readers to engage with acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and service. And its powerful contemporary resonance guides us to confront climate grief and recognise the powerful impacts of climate breakdown. The book's practical advice and heartfelt storytelling affirm life's enduring miracles and inspires readers to embrace healing in the face of both personal and planetary loss.
This remarkable tale of love, loss and an unbreakable bond offers a lifeline and roadmap for finding meaning in the face of unimaginable loss. And it also highlights healing approaches to our unique contemporary grief posed by climate breakdown, particularly for young generations.
Hold Fast is a revised and updated version of Stay Close.
Hold Fast covers Dr Sarkissian's innovative approach to navigating climate grief which is not covered in Stay Close.
FROM HOLD FAST BY WENDY SARKISSIAN
"Welcome! I’ve been waiting for you, and I’m so glad you’re here. I conceived this book for you in unimaginable pain and crafted it with love and hopefulness. It’s both a story and a guide. It’s a personal story of love, loss, redemption, and healing.
And it’s a guide to a specific approach to healing from loss and grief following the death of a loved one.
This book is about staying connected with a loved one who has died — and finding and following helpful ways of doing that. It explores ways of using that connection for healing, using approaches that have stood the test of time and that integrate psychological, spiritual, and mental processes.
This book is my “meaning-making” — a new form birthed from the deep sorrow of the sudden loss of my beloved husband, Karl. I have learned that meaning can give hope to suffering and may ultimately bring joy into our lives. I found that one key to healing is finding meaning in what we have suffered."
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Hold Fast will be available for purchase soon - watch this space!
In the meantime, you can read the Preface, Chapter 1: Losing Karl, and Chapter 12: Hold Fast Survivor Mission Approaches to Climate Grief from this incredible new book.