How Do You Overcome a Mountain of Loss? New Book Offers Help to People Coping with Major Life Change

When our losses are catastrophic, like when we lose a job or a loved one dies, the sudden change can be overwhelming and we can become paralyzed by grief. How do we begin the journey of healing from our loss and carving out a new chapter in our life?

(PRWEB) May 26, 2004 -- We lose things quite frequently, whether it be a set of keys, a matching sock, or the electric bill. When we experience this type of loss, its easy to chalk it up as something that just happens" and move on. But when our losses are catastrophic, like when we lose a job or a loved one dies, the sudden change can be overwhelming and we can become paralyzed by grief. How do we begin the journey of healing from our loss and carving out a new chapter in our life?

In her new inspirational, self-help book, Soaring Through Setbacks: Rise Above Adversity, Reclaim Your Life, (Peak Publications, $16.95, ISBN 0-9745824-1-7), life change expert Cheryl Perlitz shows readers that life really does go on after suffering a tremendous loss. Perlitz walks readers through each stage of the change process and accompanying grief. The anecdotes she provides reassure readers that they are not alone in their feelings and that things will get better. But rather than just try to make people understand change better, she goes a step further to include practical Survival Tips" readers can put into action to jump-start the healing process. Perlitz also shows how readers can transform challenges into opportunities for adventure and positive change.

With compassion and practical advice, Soaring Through Setbacks shares Perlitzs many life changing moments, including the sudden death of her husband and the subsequent loss of her financial security and home business. Perlitz knows first-hand the scary feelings of change and loss and the challenges of creating a new life. As an outdoor adventure enthusiast, she likens the journey to the challenges of mountain climbing. Perlitz says, Life is full of mountains to climb, and they are challenging and painful. At the same time, they are full of adventure and almost always teach us lessons we must learn. If we have an idea where we want to go, prepare for survival, step out of the comfort zone, face the obstacles in our path, throw the rope for help, and persist through the final push, those mountains become vehicles for wonderful new beginnings."

Cheryl Perlitz is neither a counselor nor therapist; she is a regular person" who, through personal experience, has become an expert on change and loss. She is also a mountain climber and nature lover who enjoys sharing the lessons she learns from physical challenge, from nature, and from pushing personal boundaries and translating them into daily life. Cheryl is a motivational keynote speaker and has been a program facilitator since 1997. She also works with families who have lost a child and with children who are fighting cancer.

For more information or a review copy of Soaring Through Setbacks: Rise Above Adversity, Reclaim Your Life, please call 866-372-2636 or send an email to david@cameopublications.com.
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