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Every grief journey starts with a first step. Author, Marilyn Willis, took her first step at fifteen years old after her mother died from cancer. Her healing began in high school when she joined a grief group. Recognizing the healing power of community, Marilyn has been leading grief groups ever since and has seen the content, dialogues, and exercises found in the RESTORED workbook restore lives.
Mary Wall, RNC, the President of the Board for Kauai Hospice stated, “Marilyn was hired as our bereavement coordinator and quickly became the best bereavement coordinator I have worked with. Marilyn was most well known in the community for the impactful grief groups she led for Gentiva Hospice families and the community. All her members felt accepted, understood, and more at peace after completing the group. In RESTORED, Marilyn has been able to bring the grief group experience, that so many in our hospice and community have benefited from, directly to your home and heart. Sharing the stories of many survivors of loss, this workbook gives you a place to process your loss, learn about common reactions to grief and engage in practices that help you reflect on the changes taking place in your life.”
Marilyn Willis is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, who graduated from Colorado Christian University with a Master of Arts in Counseling. Over the past twenty years, Marilyn has been leading grief groups at churches, nursing homes, and as a hospice bereavement coordinator.
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Restored: A Self-Paced Grief Workbook for Your Journey from Loss to Life by Marilyn Willis is a handy manual that gives good guidance to readers who are survivors of loss. This book will help them move on to the restored life they are seeking. The book is a good tool to reflect on loss and find peace, community, comfort, and compassion. Grief is a personal emotion and the way mourning happens, the support, and the relationships that sustain can vary from individual to individual and this workbook is the perfect model to the path of healing. Though everyone's grief process varies, the loss leaves everyone with more or less the same challenges. This book walks readers through five key parts of restoration and will help readers open the doors to healing.
Marilyn Willis's personal story and stories from other survivors will make readers going through loss realize they are not alone. The author's compassionate mindset and her ability to understand the pain of others will encourage readers experiencing loss to become strong, resilient, love more, be grateful, and enjoy life. She speaks about the topic extensively and expansively, helping readers find a balance in their grieving. The Suggested Exercises and Reflection Questions are equally useful when it comes to restoring life after a loss. The approach to the topic is engaging and interesting and will pull readers in to participate in the Suggested Exercises and Reflection Questions and find peace and comfort. The author also gives biblical examples and how they overcame their grief by connecting with God. The book is comforting and leaves those who are struggling to overcome their grief and pain with hope and a sense of peace.
