Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Amazon Lost and Found Amazon Author Page Category:  Relationships Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN-10:  1456367102 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 190 Copyright: Oct 7, 2011 ISBN-13: 9781456367107 Love After Loss is a blueprint on how to redesign your life after the loss of a partner from death, divorce or break-up in order to be able to find and welcome new love in a healthy and successful manner. Love After Loss: Writing the Rest of Your Story chronicles the author's journey as she moved through her young widowhood to find new love and life. Through a series of coaching exercises and real-life dating stories that underscore the presented "Rules and Tools" for developing healthy and successful relationships, the reasder is offered a workable blueprint for redesigning his or her future to include a new love connection. Written by a grief and relationship coach, this book is applicable for those who have lost a partner from death, divorce or break-up. Excerpt PREFACE I was 46 years of age, a widow of seven years, and a veteran of a happy twenty-year marriage at the time I began writing this book. Although I was told that it would take from five to seven years for me to feel truly healed from the wound inflicted upon my heart from my late husband’s unexpected death at the age of 41, I really did not believe it. After all, seven years sounded like a very long time! I must admit, though, that the seven-year mark did make a difference. It isn’t that I grieved deeply the entire seven years, or that I even grieved in the same way and for the same things each year. It was simply, somehow, at that juncture, it just felt different. Perhaps there is something to the theory that states there is a natural release of energy every seven years, which encourages one to move forward and make changes. Moreover, listening to your inner self, rather than to friends and family, or to your outer self (which is what you project to the world), helps you to flow with these cycles and find change less fearful. As this seventh year was upon me, I knew I had moved through my grief journey in a healthy and successful manner to reach a point of readiness to search for love once again. How confusing it was, yet, at the same time, how wonderful and exciting! And, although I was relatively new to the dating game, I did have the experience of a successful twenty-five-year relationship history, so I knew what it took to forge a healthy and successful one. Of course, it had been a long time since my last date – 27 years, to be exact – and I just wasn’t sure how to find one again! At first, I approached it as a science experiment as I examined the environment and specimens carefully. In truth, this was not my first foray into experimentation concerning human behavior, a subject which you will read about later on in “The Do-Over.” Over time (and many dates!), I refined my attitude and techniques to become a happy and successful dater. In a short eleven months, I met the new love of my life, and we were married on the one-year anniversary of our first date. In the following pages, I will share with you how I called upon the life lessons I previously learned and their application to my life after loss and dating adventures, as well as the new lessons I learned as I opened up my heart to life and love again. I ask you to hold on to my hand for support and, through my story, allow me to shed light on how to find Love After Loss.

You Can Be Your Own Best Coach
As a professional coach and mentor, I am passionate about assisting my clients to be their own best coach. I found "Love After Loss" to be written with this same premise in mind. Ellen uses her own triumphant story of finding love again, after the loss of her spouse of 20 years, to illustrate how to find and connect with a new partner. Combined with her professional perspective, she provides discerning advice, helpful suggestions, and practical tips on how to re-enter the dating world.
~Lisa Kramer

Supportive Guidance For Finding Love After Loss
As a marriage therapist & relationship coach, I frequently encounter men and women who have experienced the loss of a spouse or a cherished loved one in the break-up of a long term relationship. The thought of dating or connecting with someone new is often frightening and overwhelming. By generously sharing her journey, Ellen provides heartfelt & supportive guidance through one of life's most difficult transitions.
~Vicki Carpel-Miller

Uplifting Guide to Finding Love After Loss
A fabulous step-by-step guide on how to find love again after the loss of a partner from death, divorce or break-up. Ellen Gerst systematically guides you through the process of dealing with and healing from your loss, while clearly defining the necessary steps to take to find happiness in a new relationship. Her practical, concise writing style, combined with personal anecdotes, interesting quotes, poems and exercises creates a very uplifting and emotionally exciting read.