Storybooks for Healing (SFH) is an eight week group program to assist people saddened or immobilized by grief after a death to a return of comfortable and active living. Using Grief Reflection, a specific writing and remembrance Workbook, participants gently face the life and death of their loved one in order to identify and express their loss. The process results in creation of an important life-preserving story about their loved one that is easily published, shared, remembered and cherished.
Step 1 : Workbook and Group Support
The SFH Workbook , known as Grief Reflection, consists of four (4) sections to help you Discover, Publish and Share the important stories of your loved one’s life. You’ll write through past, present and future:
- Life Reflection: Stories to Remember
- Grief Reflection: Sad, Mad and In-Between
- Reflection on Meaning: The Gift From Loss
- Living Forward: Your Journey Defined
More than a simple interview or generic prompts, the questions and group activities* are designed to connect you with your grief and changed life as you recall more about your relationship and the values of your loved one’s influence in your life. The workbook is your private writing, freeing you to release all the emotions of loss. Then, simultaneous activities that bring together family photos and life stories prepare you to preserve precious memories forever in a storybook.
Step 2: Preserving Memories in a Storybook
Participants in the SFH program are encouraged to publish an optional lasting hardcover storybook created using our exclusive online program, My Storybook Publisher. By collecting, producing and sharing the stories, values, lessons learned, photos and memorabilia of your loved one, the fear of forgetting is erased. There is pride in knowing you’ve gotten beyond the chronological events and into the heart of your loved one’s story. Whether your loss is a friend, sibling, parent, child or partner, your storybook can be read anytime for an ongoing closeness that defies words. You do not need to attend a SFH program to write your storybook. Anyone can publish custom storybooks, calendars or cards at any time.
*Storybooks for Healing is available only through bereavement organization at this time. If you’d like to find or request to host a SFH program please contact us now!
Ready to Preserve Your Loved One’s Story without Attending SFH?
If you feel ready to publish your photos and stories but need some help getting organized, order the SFH digital eBook The Storybooks For Healing Start to Finish Guide to Discover, Publish and Share your Loved One’s Story.
Your Digital eBook comes with:
• Week by Week Instructions
• Checklists to keep you on track
• Writing Worksheets
• Photo Organization Tools
• Personal Publishing Account
• Timely Tips via e-Mail
• Bonus Writing Ideas
Order and download today Only $9.95**
**Storybooks and print products sold separately. SFH uses secure, encrypted checkout. Digital downloads are non-refundable.
New! You free online wellness journal!
Storybooks for Healing is pleased to announce we’ve opened an online writing community. You’ll have free access to your own personal writing journal and opportunities to connect with others. No more searching all night for websites to find people who understand the pain of loss like you do. If you like our Facebook page, you’ll love this SFH community.
- Free weekly prompts for personal development.
- Specific self-guided and group programs available.
- Journal posts can be private, semi-private or public. You choose each time.
- Secure, safe, reliable.
- Forums on topics of interest for loss.
- Feedback and comments.
- Much more!
Also, in the works…
In the coming year SFH is adding additional workbook resources for End-of-Life / Anticipated Grief and Adoption. Please sign up for the SFH newsletter to be the first to hear of new developments.
