From Grief to Love:

Finding the Sacred in the Wake of Loss

by Jacqueline Robertson

From Grief to Love: Finding the Sacred in the Wake of Loss is a soulful, compassionate guide through the transformative landscape of grief, framed through the lens of the Hero’s Journey—the archetypal path of descent, initiation, and return. Written by licensed psychotherapist Jacqueline Robertson, whose professional work in trauma, grief, and spiritual healing is deeply informed by personal loss, this book invites readers to see grief not as the end of a story, but as the sacred beginning of a profound journey inward.

With a blend of personal narrative, psychological insight, and practical guidance and exercises, Robertson explores how life’s unexpected accidents—losses, deaths, ruptures, and painful transitions—can become portals to self-discovery, resilience, and awakening. Each chapter is a step along the Hero’s path, guiding the reader through grief’s dark forests and unknown thresholds toward greater clarity, purpose, and love.

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Grief is the sacred fire that crystallizes love into wisdom.

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Through mindfulness-based tools, rituals, and reflective exercises, readers are gently encouraged to build a relationship with their grief—not to fix it, but to listen to it as a wise teacher. Along the way, they begin to uncover their own calling—what Jungian psychologist, James Hillman, might call the soul's code or what many traditions refer to as dharma—the unique gifts that long to emerge through the cracks of the broken heart.

From Grief to Love is not just a book about healing loss; it is a guide to becoming—an invitation to live more fully, love more bravely, and trust that the heart’s deepest wounds can point us toward our soul’s true path.

Whether you're in the midst of sorrow or looking to understand its place in the larger arc of your life, this book offers a map for the journey—from heartbreak to wholeness, from pain to purpose, and ultimately, from grief to love.