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Restorative Grief is a 31-day guide and memoir to help you work through your grief whether from a death, such as Mandy’s loss of her mother or some other type of loss. We all experience various forms of loss in different ways and we must all work through it.  Mandy briefly shares her story and gives the reader a 31-day guidebook to go through the grief process.  Though in a 31-day format, Mandy encourages the reader to take as much time as they need. 

 

Each of the 31 days starts with a quote, gives a tool to use, a concept, and also techniques that may help the reader.  Mandy also uses bible verses in her work.  She acknowledges that bible verses will not work for everyone and to use what works for you.  There is also a list of resources for reference and recommended books and also a list of support and concepts.  

 

Mandy knows what she is talking about as she mentions the loss of her mother and her experience with that grief. She is also a certified grief and life coach, and she also founded The Restorative Grief Project. She believes in long term support of grief and Restorative Grief was truly her baby and she genuinely wants to help others in their times of grief.  

 

The only critique I can really give is that as a reader, I was wanting more of Mandy’s story.  We just got little bits here through the chapters.  That is not really memoir-ish for me.  This is a book that will help those that need assistance with going through their grief one day at a time. This book would work for those in the counseling/ helping professions to help others deal with their grief. This is a book that I will keep for future use when needed.