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<b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B">A New Leash on Life: A Remedy for Healing After Loss</span></i></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B"> is a one-of-a kind self-
help book led by Midas, a feisty golden retriever. Perfect for young readers, Midas is a gentle guide who teaches valuable lessons about life, death, abandonment and emotional well being. Using snippets from his own life growing up as the runt of the litter,
to losing his mother and eventually being adopted, Midas is determined to help any reader who has reached the end of their own leash. He leads the reader through the stages of grief, and each chapter is filled with worksheets for the reader on how to combat
these as he urges the reader to face their feelings full on instead of ignoring them and eventually making things worse. Midas is not only a dog with unconditional love, deep devotion and true loyalty, he is a dog who has suffered big losses in his life. In
this book, he teaches us some of life's most valuable lessons. He will show you how to stop barking up the wrong tree by giving tools to help you overcome grief and loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B">Do you feel like you have reached the end of your leash with nowhere else to go? That is what happened to Midas. He tried to ignore his feelings but that didn't solve anything.
In fact, it made things worse. Pretending that things were alright didn't make them go away. Healing began once he decided to stop cowering away in the comfort of his dog house and take action. You're invited to join him in his story. Together, you will learn
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B">Also, there is a website: Whatsyourgrief.com that has a list of 64 books that you might want to explore for further reading material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B">If I can be of further assistance to you, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#69727B">Take care<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">{405} 533-6331</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 3:10 PM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board <<a href="mailto:counselors@lists.onenet.net">counselors@lists.onenet.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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one in 2<sup>nd </sup>grade) just lost their dad in a car accident over the weekend. I would appreciate any advice or ideas as I am a new SC and this is my first experience as a SC dealing with this directly. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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