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A noble profession, the funeral industry is known for its strong sense of decorum, compassion, empathy, and common sense. Such a busy profession leaves little time for self-care. Yet, when funeral professionals are unable to refuel between families and at the end of the day, the emotional residue of secondary traumatic stress can take a toll. Filled with 25 evidence-based strategies, Compassion Fatigue in the Funeral Profession offers easy how-to tactics to mitigate the effects of stress and vicarious trauma, and support funeral home staff before they burnout.

When young Shelley Brown's secret journal was discovered by her preteen classmates, she found herself on a rollercoaster to a freight train down a rabbit hole. Like many, she then spent decades trying to fit in and get off the ride. In her new book Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z, Brown's escapades entertain audiences with her witty, sometimes angst-filled and often hilarious stories about real life. Through her childhood of pink possibilities to countless misfortunes of the hair, body and beauty kind, and a string of lookin' for love in all the wrong online places, Brown discovers along the way that she no longer had to be who others thought she should be. With boldly titled chapters including, "Ooops, there goes my vagina," "Miss Diagnosed," and "The girl draggin' the tattoos," Brown produces a "compilation of sweet, salty and deliciously snack-sized tales that will make you laugh, cry, nod and, most of all, celebrate your own weirdness," states Leslie Ehm, WSJ, USA Today and Amazon #1 bestselling author of Swagger.A fusion of Erma Bombeck meets Sex in the City, Weird Girl Adventures is "Equal parts honest, raw, funny, and empowering," says Laura Gassner Otting, WashPost bestselling author of Limitless.A corporate strategist who spent 25 years practicing the fine arts of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, public-private transitions, acts of God, performance reviews, KPIs, workplace cultures, and more, marathon runner Brown kept her weird to herself until her vertebrae collapsed, forcing her to rethink who she was, and why. Through this adversity, she tapped into her own fearlessness to take the stage with her innovative W.E.I.R.D. program, a fun, engaging session designed to teach corporate leaders and employees how to be the drivers of their own awareness so they can be more effective, productive, and present. Her popularity and repeated requests for her stories prompted Brown to pen her first book, Weird Girl Adventures From A to Z."Weird Girl Adventures is filled with stories that will have you laughing so hard you're going to pee, crying because you feel all the FEELS, nodding because, hell yeah, you think the same thing," states Teresa Quinlan, founder of IQ+ EQ+TQ "Shelley Brown shows us how to cherish ourselves with all the quirks that make us beautiful humans," says Jeanette Bronée, culture strategist, author and speaker.

TJ Barganski grew up in a dysfunctional Mormon home as a female, yet from a very young age he felt like a boy in a girl''s body. Too young to understand or articulate why he felt like a misfit, he became an angry and confused child who acted out. In addition to being bullied, tormented, abused, and sexually molested, Barganski was put in special education in school. Nobody knew what to do with him. As a young adult, Barganski first became a firefighter and then enlisted in the Navy with hopes that would give him peace. But after serving his country for two years, he was unceremoniously discharged for homosexuality just two years before it became a nonissue. He left the Navy, returned to firefighting, and became a federal firefighter. He loved his job but endured relentless ridicule and torment at the hands of his firefighter brothers. One day, he just couldn''t take anymore. Feeling helpless and hopeless, Barganski embarked on a suicidal plan. "I could no longer live in this body or mind. I could no longer live in this body of mine," he said. As he began to enact his two-step suicidal plan, what happened next can only be described as divine intervention in the form of a Geraldo Rivera show that put Barganski on the path that saved his life through sex reassignment surgery.In May 1995, on his twenty-ninth birthday, Barganski underwent the final surgery that would complete his transition from female to male, and finally begin living life as a man. In doing so, he became California''s first federal firefighter to undergo female-to-male gender reassignment. "With each surgery I endured, it was as though an emotional weight was lifted from the deepest part of my inner soul. The pain and recovery were nothing compared to the years of mental torment, emotional torture, taunting, teasing, and being ridiculed my entire life. At long last, I felt as though I was slowly setting myself free and becoming the person I should have been born as," says Barganski.After finding peace as a man for the past 25 years, Barganski shares his story for the very first time in his debut book, She, He & Finding Me. In poignant detail, Barganski reveals candid glimpses of what it means to live with gender dysphoria with hopes of raising awareness and sparing others the pain he lived with for the first 29 years of his life.

Based in a basic understanding of grief, this workbook is a companion to the iCare Grief Ministry Guide. Designed to offer simple ways to help support and nourish the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of the bereaved in both your community and church.

As disciples, we have the power to tend to the hearts of the mourning in a meaningful way. Based in a basic understanding of grief, this guide offers simple ways to support and nourish the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the bereaved in both your church and community.

Barely Breathing is an essential and hope-filled guide for grieving parents and those who support them. Drawing from her own experience of losing her daughter Lydia, bestselling author Daphne Bach Greer offers ten secrets to surviving in an easy to follow, thoughtfully written book. Filled with grace and compassion, Greer's wisdom and secrets are a guiding light for bereaved parents struggling with deep grief.

The survivors of victims of murder and suspicious deaths are often victimized twice-first by the loss of their loved one and subsequently by the system they rely on for justice. In pursuit of police transparency, retired investigator Dennis Griffin takes us inside the world of real crime cases to expose the shocking truth behind the alarming number of unsolved murders and suspicious deaths that are unsolved, closed, or misclassified with little to no investigation.

Dead bodies. Crying families. Middle of the night calls. These are just a few of the things funeral directors deal with as part of life's calling. What inspires someone to choose a career in the funeral profession? What do they love about their job? How do they really feel when handling dead bodies?In Through the Eyes of a Funeral Director, seventeen funeral directors and embalmers invite readers inside one of the most unusual jobs in the world and give honest answers to common questions. Confessing the bad with the good, the funny and the unusual, and revealing the true joys of their job as a funeral director, the collection of heartfelt stories reveals the importance of one of the oldest and most sacred caregiving professions in the world.

In Living with Gastroparesis, 15 women invite readers inside the misunderstood world of gastroparesis and other motility disorders. Answering candid questions and confessing firsthand emotions, fears, and hopes, the collection of stories offers refreshing insight into the challenges of living with motility disorders from nonclinical perspectives, and highlights the unexpected ways we find hope, strength, and courage to continue the fight.