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Sometimes I Cry In The Shower: A Grieving Father's Journey to Wholeness and Healing
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by R. Glenn Kelly
R. Glenn Kelly
Sometimes I Cry In The Shower: A Grieving Father's Journey to Wholeness and Healing
182
by R. Glenn Kelly
R. Glenn Kelly
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Overview
You are here because you know, somewhere inside, it is truly time to begin the journey forward.
You are a man who has experienced the profound loss of someone you love dearly. Feeling despondent? Lost? It could not be more understandable. After all, you had a "Blueprint" for your future mentally and emotionally drawn out ahead of you, which included that someone you love so dearly. That was the future you had planned on...laid your dreams on!
Then, suddenly, your blueprint was brutally ripped away, and you were left not only anguishing for that one you lost, but also wondering, "Where do I go from here?"
As a man, do you feel that instinctive urge to keep all those emotions within grief stuffed deeply inside, where no one will think you unmanly and weak? Do you feel it is wrong to have an urge to seek out those tasks and activities which allow you to organize, systemize and put yourself in control of something after the loss? Anything?
These are not wrong responses. Instead, they are natural reaction of who you are. However, they can be incredibly unhealthy and destructive if not acknowledged, understood, and addressed.
Women – Do you want to understand your man? If the two of you sadly lost a child, do you think he loved that precious gift less because he does not openly cry as often as you...or seemingly not at all? Do you understand why, at times, he puts his own grief aside to care for others, or crawl off to contemplatively spend time alone?
Men grieve and hurt as deeply as a woman, yet men and women are programmed through both Nature and Nurture to do so in a different manner.
Did we men get our "manly" traits from our fathers during childhood, when Dad repeatedly told us, "Big boys don't cry?" Or, were those traits genetically burned into our very DNA from the dawn of mankind, when we spent months away on the hunt, silently and stoically repressing fear as we stalked that which could easily turn the tables and have us as a meal?
Why are women so much more empathetic then men, with an instinct to constantly survey the feelings of others around them? Why do they instinctively desire to gather in groups to share feelings? How can the mother tell the needs of a newborn child when that infant does not even have the ability to speak?
Are these skills and traits something which must be taught, generation after generation, or is each gender, male or female, "pre-wired" to be who we are?
Come inside "Sometimes I Cry In The Shower" and discover how we can begin to heal while being patient with ourselves...and each other. Only through understanding and acceptance can we begin the journey towards a life of wholeness and healing.
Peace and purpose,
R. Glenn Kelly
You are a man who has experienced the profound loss of someone you love dearly. Feeling despondent? Lost? It could not be more understandable. After all, you had a "Blueprint" for your future mentally and emotionally drawn out ahead of you, which included that someone you love so dearly. That was the future you had planned on...laid your dreams on!
Then, suddenly, your blueprint was brutally ripped away, and you were left not only anguishing for that one you lost, but also wondering, "Where do I go from here?"
As a man, do you feel that instinctive urge to keep all those emotions within grief stuffed deeply inside, where no one will think you unmanly and weak? Do you feel it is wrong to have an urge to seek out those tasks and activities which allow you to organize, systemize and put yourself in control of something after the loss? Anything?
These are not wrong responses. Instead, they are natural reaction of who you are. However, they can be incredibly unhealthy and destructive if not acknowledged, understood, and addressed.
Women – Do you want to understand your man? If the two of you sadly lost a child, do you think he loved that precious gift less because he does not openly cry as often as you...or seemingly not at all? Do you understand why, at times, he puts his own grief aside to care for others, or crawl off to contemplatively spend time alone?
Men grieve and hurt as deeply as a woman, yet men and women are programmed through both Nature and Nurture to do so in a different manner.
Did we men get our "manly" traits from our fathers during childhood, when Dad repeatedly told us, "Big boys don't cry?" Or, were those traits genetically burned into our very DNA from the dawn of mankind, when we spent months away on the hunt, silently and stoically repressing fear as we stalked that which could easily turn the tables and have us as a meal?
Why are women so much more empathetic then men, with an instinct to constantly survey the feelings of others around them? Why do they instinctively desire to gather in groups to share feelings? How can the mother tell the needs of a newborn child when that infant does not even have the ability to speak?
Are these skills and traits something which must be taught, generation after generation, or is each gender, male or female, "pre-wired" to be who we are?
Come inside "Sometimes I Cry In The Shower" and discover how we can begin to heal while being patient with ourselves...and each other. Only through understanding and acceptance can we begin the journey towards a life of wholeness and healing.
Peace and purpose,
R. Glenn Kelly
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668599495 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 11/26/2021 |
| Pages: | 182 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d) |
About the Author
R. Glenn Kelly, or Ron to his family and friends, is a bereaved father and author of both non-fiction and fiction books that deal with moving forward after loss or other tragic events in life.
After losing his sixteen-year-old son and only child, Jonathan, to a rare congenital heart defect, Ron struggled with grief and his own identity. As he found healthful ways to move forward, he would publish his first book, Sometimes I Cry in the Shower, and become a highly sought-after Keynote Speaker and Workshop Presenter for several national bereavement support organizations, churches, universities, Fortune 50 companies, and more.
Speaking on the topic of grief healing, Ron has appeared as a guest on numerous television talk shows, radio programs, podcasts, and in newsprint articles. He has served as a National Board of Directors member for multiple national bereavement support organizations and a Board of Advisors member at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN, where his son passed away. Considered a Subject Matter Expert on the diversities between male and female grief, he enjoys conducting couples’ workshops for parents who have experienced child loss.
When not involved in his favorite pastime of writing, Ron speaks at local civic organizations, churches, and businesses to bring greater attention to the impacts of grief in the workplace, both to the bereft and to their employer. His books can be found in print, ebook and audiobook at most online retailers, as well as bookstores everywhere. To find out more about R. Glenn Kelly, or to book him for speaking events, please visit https://rglennkelly.com.
Visit him at:
https://rglennkelly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rglennkelly/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rglennkelly/
After losing his sixteen-year-old son and only child, Jonathan, to a rare congenital heart defect, Ron struggled with grief and his own identity. As he found healthful ways to move forward, he would publish his first book, Sometimes I Cry in the Shower, and become a highly sought-after Keynote Speaker and Workshop Presenter for several national bereavement support organizations, churches, universities, Fortune 50 companies, and more.
Speaking on the topic of grief healing, Ron has appeared as a guest on numerous television talk shows, radio programs, podcasts, and in newsprint articles. He has served as a National Board of Directors member for multiple national bereavement support organizations and a Board of Advisors member at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN, where his son passed away. Considered a Subject Matter Expert on the diversities between male and female grief, he enjoys conducting couples’ workshops for parents who have experienced child loss.
When not involved in his favorite pastime of writing, Ron speaks at local civic organizations, churches, and businesses to bring greater attention to the impacts of grief in the workplace, both to the bereft and to their employer. His books can be found in print, ebook and audiobook at most online retailers, as well as bookstores everywhere. To find out more about R. Glenn Kelly, or to book him for speaking events, please visit https://rglennkelly.com.
Visit him at:
https://rglennkelly.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rglennkelly/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rglennkelly/
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