I’m Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart

Author: Kris Carr Category: Forthcoming, Motivational & Inspirational, Self-help ISBN: 9788119554461 Binding: Paperback Dimensions: 216 x 140 Number of Pages: 240

New York Times bestselling author KRIS CARR shares (embarrassing, painful, helpful, and often hilarious) stories and observations in this transformational book about loss, grief, and what to expect when you’re not expecting your world to fall apart.

A few years ago, Kris, a highly popular wellness leader who has educated and empowered millions for nearly two decades, found herself in the midst of a major life rupture—that moment when your worst fears are being realized. Her father was dying, her business was faltering, and her 20-year anniversary of living with an incurable stage IV cancer was on the horizon. But, as Kris found, “Even the worst ruptures can reveal a road map to our next chapter of fully alive living.”

In I’m Not a Mourning Person, Kris couples her signature wit and raw storytelling with tools and practices to help you tend to your most painful wounds with fierce grace. When your life has been turned upside down—whether by the dissolution of a relationship or marriage; the end of a job or career; or, like Kris, the grief of illness or death—it may feel easier to deny or bury whatever big, messy feelings threaten to overwhelm you. As Kris reveals, however, “When we’re brave enough to tend to our hearts, our messy emotions can teach us how to be free—not free from pain, but free from the fear of pain and the barrier it creates to fully living.”


Kris Carr

Kris Carr is a multi-week New York Times best-selling author, speaker, and wellness activist. She is the subject and director of the documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and aired on TLC, The Discovery Channel, and The Oprah Winfrey Network. Kris is also the author of the award-winning Crazy Sexy book series. Her latest books, Crazy Sexy Diet and Crazy Sexy Kitchen, will change the way you live, love, and eat! Kris regularly lectures at hospitals, wellness centers, corporations such as Whole Foods, and Harvard University. Named a “new role model” by The New York Times, she has been featured in Glamour, Vanity Fair, Scientific American, Success, Forbes, People, Good Morning America, the Today show, CBS Evening News, The Early Show, Access Hollywood, The Doctors, Super Soul Sunday, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In Oprah’s words, “Kris Carr’s riveting journey started a revolution.” Visit her at Kriscarr.com.

Leave your thoughts