Finding Hope in Heartache: Janet K. Johnson’s Re-Launched Holiday Survival Guide Offers a Lifeline for the Grieving This Season

FAITH NEWS SERVICE – United States—Monday, November 18, 2024

Surviving the Holidays While Grieving will be free to download tomorrow, November 19, 2024

As the holiday season approaches, many face the challenge of navigating celebrations while grieving loved ones. Janet K. Johnson’s re-launched book, “Surviving the Holidays While Grieving,” marks its fourth anniversary as a powerful resource for those mourning during this emotionally charged time.

In this heartfelt guide, Johnson—who has endured the tragic losses of a brother to murder, a son to a car accident, and a brother-in-law to suicide—shares the insights she has gained on handling grief during the holidays. With compassion and personal understanding, she offers practical tools for coping with loss, such as activities for expressing emotions, ideas for managing holiday triggers, and ways to honor loved ones through new and meaningful traditions.

Written from a biblical perspective, “Surviving the Holidays While Grieving” is a timely lifeline, guiding readers toward healing and peace. It serves as both a gentle companion and practical toolkit, ideal for anyone seeking solace or wanting to support someone grieving through the season.

Janet Johnson’s “Surviving the Holidays While Grieving” will be free and available for download on Amazon for 5 days, Tuesday, November 19 through November 23, 2024. “Surviving the Holidays While Grieving” is rated highly by those who purchased and reviewed the book. Here’s what just a couple of the reviewers have said:

Rebecca White

5 Stars Easy to read yet full of wisdom
This book is a simple to read book but that is so necessary for those in a state of grief. The ideas to help connect with your loved one as you go through a holiday season without them are simple to do, written with good instructions, and provide an impactful statement. This is especially a great book for families with children that have lost someone close and need things to show that the loved one is still a part of the child’s life.

Edward C. Pagan

5 Stars  Practical and transforming! A must-read!

I have heard said that “we are experts on our own experience!” Thank you, Janet, for sharing your wisdom and compassion through “Surviving the Holidays While Grieving”. The practical tools in this book are not only good to get through the holidays, but also useful throughout the year. I also find the applicable scriptures to be very encouraging! This book also has important points that will help me in the prayer ministry. A must read!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Janet Johnson is an award winning author, speaker, pastor and mentor in spiritual formation, whose passion is helping others draw closer to God in all of life’s situations. She finds joy in the ordinary opportunities of life and knows it is God’s love that has sustained her on her life’s journey. Janet holds a BA, MSW, and MDiv degrees in addition to the completion of the Academy of Spiritual Formation, the Pastors of Excellence Program, and is a member of Advanced Writer’s and Speaker’s Association, She Writes for Him, Christian Communicators, and Serious Writer. She serves on the Board of Aldersgate Renewal Ministry and is the past Community Spiritual Director of the Blue Ridge Walk to Emmaus. She worked as a medical social worker, a home-school coordinator and a teacher before God called her into full-time ministry in 1996. Now retired, she and her husband Richard, live in North Carolina with their Cavapoo, Gracie. They have four grown children and several grand and great-grandchildren. In addition to writing, she enjoys sewing, cooking, and playing with her grandchildren who remind her how precious each moment can be.

For interviews, contact Janet at joyfilledjan1@gmail.com