A Thousand Little Memories: A Mother's Brave Pilgrimage to Reclaim JOY After Traumatic Loss

When her 19-year-old son took his life, Julie Green began a pilgrimage through the darkest lows of the soul to the brightest heights of the human spirit. In this book, she shares her journey of healing, from taking the heaviest first steps to relearning how to soar.

A Thousand Little Memories: A Mother's Brave Pilgrimage To Reclaim Joy after Traumatic Loss offers an inspiring story of a mother's resilience in the face of profound loss, guiding readers through their grief with compassion and courage. Julie's pilgrimage up the Mountains of Grief serves as a beacon of hope, helping readers to find their footing, navigate their own grieving process, and recreate their life after loss. Anyone who wants to heal can make the journey. This book is a comforting hand to hold as they make the climb to rediscover purpose and reclaim joy.

Written in four parts, A Thousand Little Memories guides readers up the four Mountains of Grief and into a life of wonder. Readers start on the Mountain of Shock, where they learn how to get through the overwhelming devastation right after loss. Next, they move up the Mountain of Hope, where they learn different healing modalities to process grief so authentic healing can begin. Third, they scale the Mountain of Recreation, where they tap their inner strength and give themselves permission to try life as a new self with a new purpose. And finally, the pilgrimage leads to the peak of the Mountain of Contribution, where authentic joy is found in living that purpose and using it to connect with community.

This book covers:

• First Steps Toward Healing After Loss
• Proven Therapeutic Methods to Process Grief
• Rituals and Techniques To Bring Meaning to the Loss
• A Method To Identify and Dissolve Unprocessed Grief from Earlier Losses
• The Best Method to Bring Renewed Hope and Purpose Into Your Life Again
• Suggestions for Honoring Your Loved One's Memory and Keeping Their Spirit Alive

By following Julie's example and implementing the proven techniques and methods she shares, readers will crest the Mountains of Grief to find serenity on the other side.

Author: Julie Green
Publisher: Hope Publishing House
Published: 02/02/2025
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9798991795210

About the Author
Green, Julie: - Julie Green is a grief recovery specialist, a mother of four, and a registered nurse who has taken care of the tiniest and most vulnerable patients in the NICU for almost thirty years. After the shocking death of her 19-year-old son Jack to suicide, she began a personal journey toward reclaiming joy after profound loss.Along this pilgrimage, Julie gained experience in many therapeutic methods that helped her to move through her grief, including the Grief Recovery Method(TM), a framework that helped her to process the loss of her son and several others. Finally free from the weight of these losses, Julie found the space to recreate herself and her life. Julie is now the Parish Nurse at St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach, California and a prominent mental health advocate on their Health Ministry Team and in the greater Orange County area. She became a certified specialist in the Grief Recovery Method and now leads groups of people through their own pilgrimage of healing.