**The official companion to <The Wild Edge of Sorrow<&mdash;reflection prompts, timely exercises, and rituals of renewal for moving with grief and loss from bestselling author Francis Weller

&ldquo;[The Wild Edge of Sorrow] blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." &mdash;Anderson Cooper, <All There Is<**

Inspired by Francis Weller&rsquo;s revelatory bestseller, <The Wild Edge of Sorrow Workbook< offers a guided pathway through the sacred depths, unexpected turns, and soul-restoring work of grief.

Chapter by chapter, Weller walks readers through rituals, writing exercises, embodied practices, and guided reflections. The workbook is designed to be flexible: you can work section by section as you read the book or dip into standalone chapters that resonate with your own specific experiences. Weller invites you to cultivate a conversation with your grief, to understand your pains and losses in new and poignant ways&mdash;and he welcomes you into a deepened relationship with the <anima mundi<, the soul of the world.

New exercises include:

• </l<lJournal prompts: The Five Gates of Grief

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In a profoundly fractured world, Weller&rsquo;s gentle and compassionate voice calls us back into ourselves&mdash;our griefs, joys, pains, and the ineffable qualities that make us human&hellip;and opens us up, once again, to the interdependence and healing connections that make us whole.

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Francis Weller is a psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist. He is a master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures, and poetic traditions. He has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people. He founded and currently directs WisdomBridge, an organization that offers educational programs that seek to integrate the wisdom from indigenous cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from Western poetic, psychological, and spiritual traditions. His writings have appeared in anthologies and journals exploring the confluence between psyche, nature, and culture, including The Sun magazine, the Utne Reader, Kosmos Journal, and Ruminate. He is the author of Wild Edge of Sorrow and is currently completing his fourth book; Facing the World with Soul and Why It Matters.

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**The official companion to The Wild Edge of Sorrow—reflection prompts, timely exercises, and rituals of renewal for moving with grief and loss from bestselling author Francis Weller

“[The Wild Edge of Sorrow] blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." —Anderson Cooper, All There Is**

Inspired by Francis Weller’s revelatory bestseller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow Workbook offers a guided pathway through the sacred depths, unexpected turns, and soul-restoring work of grief.

Chapter by chapter, Weller walks readers through writing exercises, embodied practices, guided reflections, and rituals from The Wild Edge of Sorrow. The workbook is designed to be flexible: you can work section by section as you read the book or dip into standalone chapters that resonate with your own specific experiences. Weller invites you to cultivate a conversation with your grief, to understand your pains and losses in new and poignant ways—and he welcomes you into a deepened relationship with the anima mundi, the soul of the world.

New exercises include:

• Orientation: An apprenticeship with sorrow
• Writing practice: Supporting your grief work
• Reflection prompt: Deepening your kinship with the living earth
• Invitation: Holding a ritual space
• Journal prompts: The Five Gates of Grief
  In a profoundly fractured world, Weller’s gentle and compassionate voice calls us back into ourselves—our griefs, joys, pains, and the ineffable qualities that make us human…and opens us up, once again, to the interdependence and healing connections that make us whole.