Beyond The Broken Heart Leader Guide

How does the heart understand grief when it is broken by the death of a loved one? To survive and live forward, those who grieve must find answers. Beyond the Broken Heart is an eight-week support and ministry program for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Author Julie Yarbrough chronicles her personal experience combined with a deep love of Scripture and years of leading grief support groups to create an authentic and deeply personal exploration of the grief journey. The Leader Guide includes session plan outlines for eight group sessions to assist leaders in forming and sustaining grief ministry groups. In addition, leaders will find step-by-step instructions to guide them through the group session process and tips for launching, planning, and facilitating a successful group experience. There are also suggestions for creating a group to serve several churches or community programs. “Julie Yarbrough has walked through the valley of the shadow of death and experienced the pain and anguish of great grief, and she knows firsthand the comfort and strength that only God can provide. I commend this remarkable grief ministry program to you highly.” James W. Moore, Pastor in Residence, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas “With wisdom informed by her own experience and a warm regard for those who grieve, Julie Yarbrough guides the brokenhearted on an honest journey toward acceptance and hope. A refreshingly excellent resource for grief support.” Stephan Bauman, Senior Minister, Christ Church New York City “Julie Yarbrough weaves understanding, care, and comfort together in such a way that the seemingly intolerable becomes tolerable, one breath at a time. This resource provides everything you need to promote, establish, and conduct grief groups throughout the year.” Judith Bone, Director of Adult Discipleship, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee "A gift to those who face the difficult journey through the grieving process. I highly recommend this program, not only for those who have lost, but also for those in the helping professions who offer guidance and counsel to the grieving." Ann Reese, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Hard Questions presents “an ideal guide for anyone suffering from a broken heart” (Tara Branch, author of Radical Acceptance). When a relationship ends, the anguish and disappointment can be devastating. A broken heart is genuinely traumatic. Typical recommendations to keep busy, move on, repair your hidden flaws, and then forget about it may not be helpful. In these pages, Susan Piver reveals that heartbreak actually creates an opportunity for genuine emotional and spiritual transformation, enabling you to emerge on the other side stronger, softer, and capable of loving with renewed confidence. In the years following her own experience, Piver searched the world’s wisdom traditions and discovered that heartbreak can be an uncompromising teacher of authenticity, power, and even joy. She shares that wisdom here, with instantaneously recognizable anecdotes, insights, on-the-spot practices, exercises, meditations, and down-to-earth advice that make The Wisdom of a Broken Heart a steadying prescription of solace and encouragement, wisdom and humor, during the hardest time of your life. Like an infinitely patient, trusted friend, Piver tells you in a thousand different ways the most important thing to remember and the easiest to forget: You’re going to be okay. “A care package . . . that can help the broken-hearted heal.” —Spirituality & Practice

As a Pure Desire group leader, you are, first and foremost, a servant. You, too, are moving toward health and healing. However, a group leader strives to inspire encourage, affirm, believe in, and serve the members in her group. The Betrayal & Beyond Leader's Guide will help you create and develop a vision for your group, giving an opportunity for each member to buy in and take ownership of the hope and freedom available through Jesus.

What do you do when your broken heart is bleeding all over the floor? How do you mend your heart, get on with your life and do it with a smile? How do you rebuild a happier life, learn to trust and love again? Dinah S. Temple has the answers. In her new book, Picking Up the Pieces, Ms. Temple shares the wisdom she gained after going through her own heartbreak recovery following her broken marriage. Picking Up the Pieces offers savvy, practical advice on how to regain balance in a shattered life, spinning out of control after a relationship breakup. It provides a winning combination of lessons on love, infidelity, trust, forgiveness and moving forward. Temple quickly connects with each reader on a level that only someone who has "been there" can. New hope springs from each page as Temple navigates readers through the grieving and healing process. Temple details positive ways to channel emotions into productive, healthy energy focused on rebuilding a new life. She writes with compassion and wit as she nudges readers back to a happy and whole heart. Readers come away with a more positive outlook on life, fueled to rebuild their self-esteem and start again with confidence and hope. They learn how to survive the tragic loss of love, journey through the tunnel of pain and come out on the other side— triumphant, strong, still sane, secure and ready to love again.

After a breakup, you need to get back on track. The Guide to Surviving a Broken Heart helps you do just that. Filled with concrete tips and positive advice, this book will give you the courage and support necessary to move past the heartbreak and discover your true self again.