The Infinite Thread: Healing Relationships Beyond Loss [Paperback]

The loss we feel when a loved one dies is profound, often accompanied by regret for all that we didn’t say or do. Such regret can hinder emotional growth and create wounds that affect all other aspects of our lives. But loss doesn’t necessarily mean the end of a connection with a loved one. In fact, it can open the doors to a unique relationship that offers intimacy, healing, and renewal.

InThe Infinite Thread, author Alexandra Kennedy helps us deal with loss in a powerful new way: by using active imagination, letters, and inner dialogue to re-create and heal past relationships. In doing so, we also amend the often-strained ties with those still living.

The Infinite Threadstrips away the veils of mystery surrounding death and transcends preconceptions about death and dying. Rich with opportunities for reflection, it brings enormous comfort to anyone who has ever lost a loved one or been faced with their own mortality.Alexandra Kennedy, MA, is the author ofLosing a Parentand has been a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for twenty-five years. She is a faculty member at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension and has served on the faculty of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where she offered a yearly graduate course on death, dying, and grieving. Her work has been featured inUSA Today,San Jose Mercury News,San Francisco Examiner,Boston Herald,Yoga Journal, andMotheringmagazine. At last! A deeply and profoundly wise book on healing a life after loss...The Infinite Threadstands out like a lighthouse, beckoning those who travel in the dark to the refuge of a safe harbor...a must-read for anyone who has ever thought that their heart could never heal.
—Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author ofKitchen Table Wisdom Refreshingly original in its approach,The InfinlÃÜ