I wasn't ready for Invisible Loss. This is not the kind of novel you just crack open and get started on. It's a book that rips you open from the inside out and rebuilds what it breaks (or in my case, finds broken). It's a great novel that was incredibly helpful.

4.2/5 Stars! Thank you, NetGalley and Sounds True Publishing/Sounds True for this eARC of Invisible Loss by Christina Rasmussen.

This one took me a little longer than I wanted to finish reading. I found this to be a very beautiful well written book in helping deal with grief. I've explored all sorts of grief, like the loss of my son with special needs and his future - the image and thought of his future and who he would've been to the loss of my third son at 21.5 weeks. I believe this book can offer a helpful tool with comforting and coping mechanisms on their own grieving journey. It's hard and different for everyone.

This book is definitely worth a shot and I can see it being a hit or miss with some. It depends on the person and how much they are able to accept at that current state. Very enjoyed and will highly recommend this book.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a great book. I found it very helpful in dealing with grief.

I read 1/3 of this book and decided it was not really for me at this time. As someone processing a very visible loss, it was hard to separate myself and think of more underlying losses at this time.

If you are someone who is facing a dead end be in self-help/improvement, this book could help you get to the next level and truly dive in to what is happening under the surface.

This was beautiful and felt like it found me exactly when I needed it, rather than me finding it. The accuracy of this book hit home and genuinely helped me, which isn't something that happens often with these kinds of books

A good and helpful exploration of some of the internalized grief we carry, and how we can process it in a thoughtful way

I struggled with this book. I thought I was reading a grief book and after losing my dad at 55 to cancer last year, I've been reading a lot of them. This is unlike any other grief book I've read, and unfortunately, that's not a good thing.The author describes how she lost her husband at 31 years of age and starts a grief group, noticing patterns of people grieving and connects it with other types of "loss." The type where no one actually dies, but instead, someone suffers from something emotional. It compares the "original self," who we are in the absence of external influence, to someone who has changed and although I have a deeply personal experience with both, I don't see the connection or the parallels attempted to be drawn.

My father was an alcoholic. When he drank he was angry, aggressive and incredibly nasty. But when he was sober, he was the best person in the world, especially to me. Experiencing this at a young age, scared me away from alcohol. I chose not to drink myself, I chose not to attend events that incorporated drinking and I chose people in my life who made the same choices. When I first met my husband, he had a few drinks and once his behavior was altered even slightly, I burst into tears. I could not separate my dad's inability to control himself with alcohol with anyone else who chose to drank and this altered my perception for the rest of my life. Instead of participating and experimenting with alcohol and alcohol related events with my peers, I refrained due to fear. This is a heavy example of what the author would describe as an invisible loss, a change from my original self due to external influence.

However, when my dad died last year that is a completely and incomparable situation to what I experienced my entire childhood and still into my adult life. I don't know if I'm focusing too much on the words grief and loss, but it almost feels like a dagger to the heart to be comparing an argument with someone's parent to actually losing the closest person to me through death.

Perhaps this book offers support for someone who hasn't experienced loss and instead is dealing with heartbreak and emotional turmoil, but this is not at all what I expected from a book that focuses on grief and loss.

For those familiar with the self-help genre, "Invisible Loss" builds upon the foundations of well-established principles, but presents them in a logical and engaging manner.The writing style is accessible and easy to follow, making it a digestible guide and the inclusion of the homework sections throughout the book allow it to be used a practical resource. It is a book best consumed slowly and with intention.

The one thing that did detract from my experience were the client stories shared throughout the book. I understand their purpose but they read a little lengthy at sections and again, anyone familiar with the genre may find them a tad tedious.

Overall I believe this book offers a valuable, accessible, practical tool of support and I would recommend it to anyone who believes they could benefit from it.

As someone in active and fresh grief, I felt I needed to read Invisible Loss. Which is why I was so thrilled to get the opportunity to read this ARC thanks to the publisher. The Life Reentry model is great and I feel its very relevant to what this book is about. If you have lost someone or know someone who has, I highly recommend this book to help bring you some comfort and coping mechanisms because the grief journey is brutal.

"Invisible Loss" by Christina Rasmussen is designed as a resource for self-reflection and healing. Rasmussen focuses on the invisible losses people carry that keep them from moving on, and elaborates on how they remain in a metaphorical "waiting room." I would recommend this for anyone interested in exploring the Life Reentry® Model, created by Rasmussen to help guide people to find a way out. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Invisible Loss by Christina Rasmussen is a book that you need to be mentally and emotionally ready for. It is not a sit-down and read-and-be-done book. The reader really needs to take the time and be prepared to dive deep to unpack emotions that may have been long buried.

While some of the stuff discussed seemed a bit complicated to understand, there are examples to help the reader along.

In Invisible Loss, the author highlights unrecognized forms of grief. She states that because we avoid invisible loss, we don’t process it; instead, we seek the protection of an endless “waiting room” in the hope that time will heal our wounds. The author discusses the origin of invisible loss and how we have coped along the way, the five life reentry phases based on the Life Reentry® Model she developed, and exercises to help the reader find a way out of the waiting room.

This is a good book to have for anyone dealing with loss of any kind.

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I liked this one, but I have not dealt with the kind of loss she has and I can't imagine how hard that must have been. I lost my father a few years ago and the grief from that has been hard. But I did find sky helpful tidbits within this book.
I do like how she breaks everything down into usable steps. It was very encouraging. I like that it's really go at your own pace and you can read a little bit at a time here and there.
I think this will help people who are dealing with a major loss.
Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.