"Loss, pain, and suffering are an inevitable part of the human experience. However, these circumstances can offer people opportunities for growth. Just as some flowers only bloom in the dark, so, too, some people require the darkness to bloom and become their best selves. Michelle Pearce, PhD, offers twelve practical tools for transforming loss and pain into positive growth and hope. In each chapter, she explains one of twelve empirically based principles of blooming in the dark, followed by writing prompts designed to help readers experience the principles in their own lives. Tools such as self-reflection, meaning-making, narrative creation, benefit-finding, and inspired value-based action help readers move through their trauma toward a newfound beauty, joy, and exuberance for life"-- Provided by publisher
