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Holding Space

On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go

by Amy Wright Glenn
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A hospital chaplain reflects on grief and loss, mindfulness and healing, in this “beautifully written” meditation on the spiritual, emotional, and philosophical implications of end-of-life care (Jan Chozen Bays, author of Mindfulness on the Go)
As a hospital chaplain, Amy Wright Glenn has been present with those suffering from suicide, trauma, disease, and unforeseen accidents and has been witness to the intense grief and powerful insights that so often accompany loss. She weaves together memoir, philosophical inquiry, and cutting-edge research on death/dying to chronicle how we, as individuals and as a culture, handle everything from grief to mortality.
Glenn is also a professional birth doula with a deep and committed mindfulness practice who has thought deeply about the significance of human love and loss. She asks us to embrace the task of being present with what is—through courageous and mindful expressions of compassionate presence—and helps us to accept the fact of our own mortality on a visceral and emotional level, not simply as an intellectual abstraction.
Holding Space concludes by integrating key insights drawn from working directly with the dying into a moving and compelling meditation on the healing power of “holding space” for all involved in caring for the dying, a healing sorely needed in our culture at this time.

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    November 21, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781941529799
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      • ISBN: 9781941529799
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    • English

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    • Booklist

      November 15, 2017
      As a young girl, Glenn wrote a fan letter to a favorite Christian author. When the author learned that Glenn was Mormon, she wrote an excoriating reply. Startled, Glenn was marked by the experience and began exploring other religions. This process of letting go was a death of sorts, as was letting go of a relationship with an angry, mentally ill mother. As she writes of her father's terminal illness and the losses of wanted pregnancies, Glenn invites readers to accept the inevitabilities of pain and death in a way that is heart-soothing and hopeful. Trained as both a chaplain and a doula, Glenn explores how both roles have taught her to hold space by being present for the big events in people's lives. Holding space means to walk alongside others, especially in times of pain or difficulty; to be there without trying to influence any outcomes, interpret feelings, or dodge the grief that must be experienced for healing to begin. Part memoir, part spiritual exploration, this also includes an author interview and many helpful resources.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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