Title Synopsis:
How will I survive this loss?
When her life shifted from fairytale to nightmare due to her husband’s death by suicide, Michelle Ann Collins found herself in the darkest place imaginable, reaching for answers to questions like: How am I going to eat, sleep, get out of bed, and do all the things? As a yoga therapist and wellness coach, she had more tools than many suicide loss survivors do, and yet escaping the dark grief cave required the most excruciating work of her life.
It may feel like it now, but your life did not end with theirs.
In this book, Michelle shares the tools, insights, and practices that enabled her to drag herself out of the cave, release the mental and emotional burdens, and build a deep resilience as she climbed the mountain of grief and eventually gained enough strength to turn around and help others.
When you need to remember how to breathe, eat, sleep, or wonder if you will ever be able to move forward, open up this book and grab Michelle’s hand.
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What can I do to help?
One of the most painful parts of Michelle’s journey was the realization that her friends didn’t have the information or skills they needed to help her.
When you don’t know how to help, open up this book and find the information and skills you need to support yourself and your suicide loss survivor.
Author Bio: Michelle Ann Collins is a best selling author, certified yoga therapist, wellness coach, and grief educator. Her yoga therapy practice focuses on movement-challenged clients who suffer from disabilities and chronic diseases. As a coach, she integrates the ancient practices of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation combined with modern psychology and neuroscience to promote optimal well-being in her clients. After suffering a series of heartbreaking losses, including the loss of her mother to cancer, her divorce, and losing her second husband to suicide, Michelle dove deeply into the healing arts of Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Through study and practice, she developed life-changing skills to survive, recover, and ultimately thrive. Now, Michelle teaches what she received from her studies and her journey, that post-traumatic growth can happen and with the right coaching and support, everyone, no matter what challenges they face, can live in vibrant health and joy.
When Michelle isn't writing or teaching, you can find her paddle-boarding on the Willamette River near her Portland, Oregon home, playing on the beach with her pomsky, Happy, or hiking in the beautiful Oregon forests.
Author: Michelle Ann Collins
Narrator: Michelle Ann Collins
Publisher: Saved By Story Publishing
Copyright: 2025 Michelle Ann Collins
Audiobook Release Date: 8/27/2025
Original Book Release Date: January 26, 2023
Running Time: 05:30:53
Audiobook ISBN: 9781961336216
